I work across disciplines because this allows me to analyse complex topical issues at the centre of current critical debates. My research plan for the next five years confirms this approach, as I focus on three main strands of research within 20thand 21st-century Italian culture: ecocriticism and its juncture with multilingualism, the intersections between the emotions, the senses and neuroscience, and new approaches to women’s literature and literary canons. I ask innovative and impactful questions on topical issues in contemporary debates, such as “How do we narrate women’s history and creativity today?”, “How is cognition reached through the senses?”, “How does regional culture help interpret the Anthropocene?”.