Sergio Pappagallo

Independent advisor for European funding. I design and write competitive proposals end to end, from needs analysis and logical framework to budget, work packages and Gantt chart.

1. Programmes. Horizon Europe Clusters 2, 5 and 6 (incl. Clean Hydrogen JU), MSCA Doctoral Networks and Staff Exchanges, ERC Synergy, Erasmus+ CBHE (Asia, Africa, Western Balkans, Southern Mediterranean), CB-VET, Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters, KA220, Creative Europe
2. 89 Global, London. Policy Associate for EU funds acquisition, preparing Horizon Europe Cluster 6 proposals (food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture and environment), with Work Programme analysis, Lump Sum budgets, partner eligibility and stakeholder mapping for multi-country consortia
3. IPR4SC, Link Campus University. Project manager for the final phase of the Erasmus+ Alliance for Innovation IPR4SC (GA 101056129, April to July 2025), coordinating Work Package 6 with partners in Italy, Spain, Greece, Poland and Portugal, monitoring deliverables and preparing the narrative and financial final report for EACEA
4. Full proposal development. Evidence-based needs analysis, logical framework, budgets from €0.5M to €4M with direct and indirect costs, risk register, dissemination and exploitation, sustainability, quality assurance
5. Consortia. Universities, public authorities and companies across Europe, the Mediterranean, Africa, Asia and the Western Balkans

PhD Fellow in Human Sciences for Innovation, Inclusion and Sustainability, XL cycle, PNRR, project AURORA. Supervisors Prof. Stefania Capogna and Prof. Eliseo Sciarretta.

1. Thesis. What compulsory online training means for non-managerial staff of municipalities in Italy and Spain, read through the Capability Approach (Sen, Nussbaum, Robeyns). A course is a resource, and conversion factors such as guaranteed working time decide whether it turns into learning. The capability to learn is treated as a second-order capability, and the two countries differ in the form of the duty, written for the employee alone in Italy and together with the right to train in Spain.
2. Methods. Scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR), analysis of laws and municipal training plans, a survey and in-depth interviews with municipal staff in both countries
3. Entropy Knowledge Network, industrial partner. Feasibility study and design of a knowledge-management platform for a public administration (2025), with co-design workshops, user personas, functional requirements, a benchmark of Confluence, Notion and SharePoint, and Agile sprints
4. Teaching. Ethics of AI courses for professionals; training team of the BUTH-AI hackathons on AI ethics for secondary schools (Erasmus+ Jean Monnet, 2026); trainer, Use of AI in Education, 27 hours (D-ChallengHE, 2024)
5. Publications. Journal of Posthumanism (2026), Quaderni di Comunità (two articles, 2025), Journal of Digital Pedagogy (2024)
6. Talks. HEAd'25 (Valencia), FORGING webinar on Industry 5.0 (December 2025), IPR4SC final conference (Ljubljana), Confprofessioni

Managed the financial and administrative side of Erasmus+ projects at Link Campus University, as project coordinator for UP2YOU, IPR4SC, YOULEADERS and D-ChallengHE, and on BUTH-AI and ECOLHE.

1. Quarterly and half-yearly financial reporting for EU funding agencies, in line with programme rules and institutional accounting standards
2. Staff effort reporting through timesheets under Italian Law 240/2010
3. Internal audits for procedural and financial compliance, and review of partner documentation for the European Commission audit of ECOLHE
4. Budget allocations for staff costs and travel, and expenditure authorisations within the institution's financial sustainability framework
5. Support to the delivery of RE-EDUCO, GEMINI and BE-COMS; two Erasmus+ KA220 proposals submitted with the Scientific Director (FLOW and RE-HECTION)
6. Reporting calendars and eligibility queries coordinated with consortium partners in several EU Member States

Research support at the DITES Research Centre on Erasmus+ and Jean Monnet projects, across research, teaching, project management and dissemination.

1. D-ChallengHE (KA220-HED). Desk research on digital-competence frameworks, content delivery and intellectual outputs
2. YOULEADERS (KA220-YOU). Deliverable monitoring, internal progress reports and partner liaison
3. BUTH-AI (Jean Monnet) and UP2YOU. Qualitative analysis with Atlas.ti on the AI Act and on European micro-credentials policy
4. E-learning courses on Moodle, research surveys with Google Forms and SurveyMonkey, bibliographies with Zotero, Mendeley and EndNote, interactive dissemination materials
5. Co-author of the DITES Newsletter (since 2023) and Triennial Report; guest lecture «AI in Education» (April 2024)

Administrative tutoring at the Department of Philosophy, Communication and Performing Arts across three consecutive contracts (530 hours in total).

1. Guided students through admissions, exams and degree requirements for Philosophy (L-5, LM-78) and DAMS (L-3)
2. Applied the University Academic Regulations and Ministerial Decree 270/2004
3. Acted as liaison between students and the Student Registry, Fees Office and Internship Office

Archival and cataloguing work for the University Library System.

1. Cataloguing under ISBD rules, subject indexing and conservation protocols on RomaTreDiscovery (SBN, the national library service)
2. Checked the accuracy and completeness of bibliographic records
3. Helped researchers and students with bibliographic searches and archival consultation