Andrea Nelson Mauro

I'm an entrepreneur, journalist and digital skills expert, focused on Open Data, Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Journalism, Artificial Intelligence and Vibe Coding. Since 2012 I've designed and delivered training for universities, public administrations, companies and nonprofits, at national and European level. I'm also a Research Fellow at the National Research Council of Italy's Institute for Educational Technologies (CNR-ITD), working on data and AI literacy, and I contributed to the translation and revision of DigComp, the EU's digital competence framework.

Over the years I've been working on numerous Erasmus+ projects with European Universities, Philanthropic Foundations and companies. I have been collaborating with public administrations — including Regione Piemonte, Regione Lombardia, Regione Emilia-Romagna and ANCI (the National Association of Italian Municipalities) — on Open Data and AI, worked as a data journalist for Repubblica - L'espresso, Corriere della Sera, SKYTG24, and consult on technology development for Il Sole 24 Ore's digital projects. I've received the Data Journalism Award and the European Press Prize for data-driven projects built with my team.

I'm the co-founder of Ondata.it (open data advocacy), Datapitch.it (digital skills training), Dataground.it (AI technology) and Dataninja (data journalism) — data has been my bread, and my study, for almost 15 years.

Since 2014 I've been teaching data journalism, data visualization, data and AI skills at the University of Bologna, the University of the Republic of San Marino, MIP Politecnico di Milano, the University of Milan-Bicocca (Data Science degree), the Walter Tobagi Master's in Journalism and the Bologna Master's in Journalism, as well as for the Order of Journalists of Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna.