Name and surname: Alessandro Poroli
Nationality: Italian
Office Address: School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University
Communication and Visual Arts Building 5, Hereford Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
E-mail address: [email protected]
Current university educational experience
Doctoral student in Communication Studies at the School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University
(September 2015-present)
Principal Supervisor: Dr. Angela K.Y. Mak
Principal Co-supervisor: Dr. Hyun Jee Oh
Past university educational experiences
-Master degree in “Journalism and Media Analysis” at Vytautas Magnus University, Faculty of Political
Science, Kaunas, Lithuania (period of study: August 2011 - June 2013)
-Exchange semester at the University of Tallinn, Tallinn, Estonia (period: August 2012 - January 2013)
-Exchange academic year (Erasmus programme) at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education of the
University of Tartu (Tartu Ülikool), Tartu, Estonia (period: August 2009 - June 2010)
-Bachelor degree in Political Science at “Università degli Studi di Genova” (University of Genoa), Faculty
of Political Science, Genoa, Italy (period of study: October 2007 - July 2011)
Past final university projects
-Final master thesis defended in June 2013 at Department of Public Communications of Vytautas Magnus
University (Faculty of Political Science) and entitled “Public Communication of Renewable Energy in the Baltic
States: Participatory Approach”. This was an in-depth analysis based on qualitative methodologies on the
importance of the participatory model in the process leading to development of renewable energy and on the
acceptance of these green technologies by the population. The practical part of the research focused on the
formulation of considerations on the potential applicability of this approach to the Baltic context.
-Final bachelor thesis presented at the University of Genoa (Faculty of Political Science) and entitled “Alcohol
and young people: the case of Estonia”. This was a sociologic study written in Italian language on causes and
consequences concerning the relevant phenomenon of the youth drinking in Estonia. This work was based on
ethnographic and qualitative research methods that resulted in the realization of a small video documentary covering the analysed topic.