Francesco Miele, PhD

Francesco Miele is a tenure track researcher at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Trieste. His main research interests regard the relationship between technology, care practices and organization. Over the last years he tackled research topics such as the algorithmization of care, the remote monitoring in people with chronic conditions, the invisible work of caregivers of elderly with multiple chronic conditions and the implementation of person-centered care models in long-term facilities. Most of his research focusses on health conditions interwoven with ageing processes, intended as long-standing process not limited to a specific phase of life. Methodologically speaking he uses ethnographic methods to explore the textures of practices that emerge around digital technologies in homecare and institutional contexts. He is currently principal investigator in a national project about the use of A.I. systems, with reference to robotic based and telecare applications in dementia care.