Monica Trentin

Monica is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CRIMEDIM, Monica completed her BA in International Studies (2017) at the University of Trento, Italy, and her MA in Governance of Emergencies (2019) at the University of Verona, Italy. She obtained her PhD in Global Health, Humanitarian Aid, and Disaster Medicine from the Università del Piemonte Orientale in 2024, where she explored the impact of disasters on migrant women through an intersectional lens. As part of her PhD, Monica served as Principal Investigator of the project Being a Migrant Woman During Disasters: A Mixed-Method Study Exploring Multidimensional Inequalities During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northern Italy, funded by Fondazione Cariplo. In 2025, she served as Adjunct Lecturer in Sociology and Social Analysis of Health Crises and Disasters within the Master’s Degree in Disaster and Health Crisis Management at the Università del Piemonte Orientale. 

Among her main activities at CRIMEDIM, Monica serves as the Scientific Coordinator of the PREPSHIELD project (Horizon Europe). Her research, primarily grounded in qualitative and participatory methodologies, focuses on disaster-related vulnerabilities, disaster preparedness, disaster risk communication, access to care, and health system responses in disaster settings.

She is also affiliated with the Interdepartmental Center for Research and Training in Migration, Diversity, and Sustainable Development at the Università del Piemonte Orientale, contributing to research on migrants and the digitalization of welfare.

Beyond CRIMEDIM, Monica is among the founding members of the Italian Chapter of Women in Global Health.