Milena Gammaitoni is a researcher in the field of General Sociology, at the University of Roma Tre, Faculty of Education. She did her PhD in
Theory and Social Social Research (University La Sapienza) and a post-doctorate at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris;
She is professor of sociological disciplines at the University of Roma Tre, Jagiellonian University of Krakow, Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris; her studies focus on the social condition of contemporary artists, the methodology of qualitative and complementary social research; she is author of three monographic volumes (The Social Action of the Poet, W. Szymborska in the Life of Readers in Poland and Italy; The social function of the musician, Life stories of European women artists, from the Middle Ages to the contemporary age.), and numerous essays in collective volumes and scientific journals.