Dr. Noemi Del Bianco is Associate Professor of Didactic and Special Pedagogy at the Faculty of Education of the University of Macerata.

The research activity of Dr. Del Bianco is focused on the development of innovative, pedagogically-oriented solutions for people with Specific Learning Disabilities and disabilities, to promote strategies to improve their quality of life.

Her research interests are placed in the direction of internationalization, thanks to collaborations with foreign institutions. In this regard, Dr. Del Bianco is part of the reserch gruop within the bilateral Italy-USA agreement, between the Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism (University of Macerata, Italy) and the Salt Center (University of Arizona) since January 2020 to date. She is part the of the reserch gruop within the bilateral Italy-USA agreement, between the Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism (University of Macerata, Italy) and the The University of Rochester Institute of Technology since February 2022 to date. She direct the activities of different research group: at the “Salt Centre” (based in USA) from November 2019 since today; at “Moving Universe” (based in London) from 2015 since today

Dr. Del Bianco participates also at national research groups: Tin Tec -Research Center of Teaching and Learning, Inclusion, Disability, and Educational Technology (University of Macerata - Departments of Education and Training Sciences, Cultural Heritage and Tourism); “Everyone in the field - social agriculture and inclusiveness” financed with funds from the Marche Region Rural Development Program (PSR) 2014-2020"; “Perspective of the Life and Family Project”, in SIPES.

She has participated in numerous international and national conferences. Among the most recent: The Thirteenth International Conference on" The Inclusive Museum", Lisbon, 3/5-09-2020; Title: Virtual and Augmented Reality for the cultural accessibility of people with Autism Spectrum Disorders: a pilot study; JORNADA DE AUTISMO. No SIEEESP. Title: “Autismo no contexto Italiano” São Paulo State University, UNESP, Brazil, 16-04-2021; 2nd International Conference of the Journal "Democratic School". Title: “Special Education and Economy. New Scenarios for the Life Project of People with Disabilities and Their Caregivers "(04-06-2021); “5th International Conference of Special Education (ICSE-2021)”. Title: "Inclusion at University through technology: a case study in Italy" AB University Pristinia, Kosovo (25-09-2021); "10th International Conference On Education (ICED 2021) '", Title: Cultural accessibility and people with Intellectual disabilities: a case study in Italy "ARUCAD University, Kyrenia, Cyprus (10/12-09-2021); Participation as moderator of the conference "Youth, Institutions and Territories, Networks for Innovation and Inclusion 5th Week of Excellence". "Overture" (25 / 29-10-2021); “10th World Conference on Psychology and Sociology (PSYSOC-2021)”. Title: "Families with young people with Profound Intellectual Multiple Disabilities: socio-pedagogical analysis" Ayvansaray University, Istanbul, Turkey (27-11-2021); "World International Day of People with Disabilities". Title: "Paths of Self-determination". University of Macerata, Italy (03-12-2021)

For her research activities, Dr. Del Bianco has received National and International Awards. She was the winner of the Brain Connection Award 2020, Inovação and Boas Práticas com Foco na Humanidad, and of the Brain Connection Award 2019, Special category Best Practice in Education. She was awarded with the Italian Inclusion Award 3.0, ed. 2018, for "Mongolfiera Project", and with the Italian Inclusion Award 3.0, ed. 2019, for the “Tuttincluso Project”.

Dr. Del Bianco is part of three editorial series, namely: “Embodiment, Education, Inclusion”, Pensa multimedia, Lecce, Italia;“Traiettorie inclusive”, FrancoAngeli, Milano; “Transtornos de Aprendizagem”, Fundepe, San Paolo, Brasile.

Dr. Del Bianco participates in the editorial committee of “Education Sciences and Society” (since 2018) – Peer Reviewed Journal, classified "A" by ANVUR and “Artesa Editora” (since 2019) - international prestigious editorial serie in Brazil. She is part of the scientific committee of the "Inclusive Trajectories" publishing series Franco Angeli Publishing House, Milan, (since 2018); the editorial series "Embodiment, Education, Inclusion" Pensa Multimedia Publishing House, Lecce, (since 2020); "Il Ventilabro" Casa Editrice Guida, Naples, (since 2021); the editorial series "Dimorare la fragilità" Pensa Multimedia Publishing House, Lecce, (since 2022).