Biography

Sofia Verza is Research Associate at the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom. In 2023 and 2024, she coordinated the research task of the Local Media for Democracy (LM4D) project. In 2021 and 2022 she was the Project Coordinator of the Study on media plurality and diversity online.

Previous to joining the CMPF, she was a Visiting Researcher at Columbia University (NYC), Bilgi University (Istanbul) and the University of Antwerp.

Her research focuses on the relationship between the media and policy making, national security and freedom of expression, especially in Italy and Turkey.

She has collaborated with Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa (OBCT), the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) and Columbia University’s Global Freedom of Expression project.

Sofia Verza holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Perugia and an MA in Law from the University of Trento.

Recent research output

• Authors: BLAGOJEV, Tijana;BLEYER-SIMON, Konrad;BROGI, Elda;CARLINI, Roberta;DA COSTA LEITE BORGES, Danielle;KERMER, Jan Erik;NENADIC, Iva;PALMER, Marie;PARCU, Pier Luigi;REVIGLIO, Urbano;TREVISAN, Matteo;VERZA, Sofia
  Monitoring media pluralism in the European Union : results of the MPM2025 - Technical Report

• Authors: VERZA, Sofia
  What is journalism in the digital age? : key definitions in the European Media Freedom Act - Article

• Authors: VERZA, Sofia;BRKIĆ RUŽIĆ, Daniela;ERBAYSAL FILIBELI, Tirse;MILUTINOVIĆ, Irina;TRPEVSKA, Snežana;VOKO, Kristina
  The role of alternative news media online for media pluralism in Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey - Contribution to book

• Editors: VERZA, Sofia;BLAGOJEV, Tijana;DA COSTA LEITE BORGES, Danielle;KERMER, Jan Erik;TREVISAN, Matteo;REVIGLIO, Urbano
  Uncovering news deserts in Europe : risks and opportunities for local and community media in the EU - Technical Report

• Authors: BLEYER-SIMON, Konrad;BROGI, Elda;CARLINI, Roberta;DA COSTA LEITE BORGES, Danielle;KERMER, Jan Erik;NENADIC, Iva;PALMER, Marie;PARCU, Pier Luigi;REVIGLIO, Urbano;TREVISAN, Matteo;VERZA, Sofia;ŽUFFOVÁ, Mária
  Monitoring media pluralism in the digital era : application of the media pluralism monitor in the European member states and in candidate countries in 2023 - Technical Report

• Authors: BONERBA, Giuseppina;VERZA, Sofia
  Women terrorists in the Italian news : the representation of agency from ‘red witches’ to ‘lady Jihad’ - Article

• Authors: REVIGLIO, Urbano;BLEYER-SIMON, Konrad;VERZA, Sofia
  Governing social media's opinion power : the interplay of EU regulations - Article

• Authors: VERZA, Sofia
  La 'percezione di innocenza' : la riforma italiana della presunzione di innocenza, i media e il diritto di cronaca - Article

• Authors: BLEYER-SIMON, Konrad;BROGI, Elda;CARLINI, Roberta;DA COSTA LEITE BORGES, Danielle;NENADIC, Iva;PALMER, Marie;PARCU, Pier Luigi;TREVISAN, Matteo;VERZA, Sofia;ŽUFFOVÁ, Mária
  Monitoring media pluralism in the digital era : application of the media pluralism monitor in the European Union, Albania, Montenegro, the Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey in the year 2022 - Technical Report

• Authors: BROGI, Elda;DA COSTA LEITE BORGES, Danielle;CARLINI, Roberta;NENADIC, Iva;BLEYER-SIMON, Konrad;KERMER, Jan Erik;REVIGLIO, Urbano;TREVISAN, Matteo;VERZA, Sofia
  The European Media Freedom Act : media freedom, freedom of expression and pluralism - Technical Report