Silvana Colella is Professor of English literature and culture at the University of Macerata (Humanities Department). Her current research interests include contemporary novels and AI narratives, representations of human-robot interaction in fiction, the cultural impact of new technologies (NFTs, blockchain). Her research has long been focused on Victorian literature and culture, especially the intersections between literature and economic ideas and practices. She is president of the European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities (EASSH) and served as president of the European Consortium for Humanities Institutes and Centres (ECHIC) from 2016 to 2023. Both associations are active in the sphere of European science policy, promoting the public value of research in the humanities and the social sciences. She was awarded a three-year Senior Research Fellowship by Coventry University, UK (2017-2020) and was Visiting Professor at the same institution in the years 2021-2023. She was member of the coordinating unit (Coventry University) of the H2020 project REACH: Re-designing Access to Cultural Heritage for a wider participation in preservation, (re-)use and management of European culture (2017-2020) and is currently leading Work Package 2 of the SAFINA- VITALITY project funded by the European Union, NextGenerationEU, via the Italian Ministry for Research.