Dr Ruiu's research interests fall into environmental and media sociology with a focus on climate change communication, social capital, and digital media. She has been involved in interdisciplinary research projects on the intersection between environmental and digital dimensions. She has also studied the communication management of the first phases of COVID-19 in Italy and new forms of digital vulnerability in the pandemic. She has also investigated digital inequalities in the UK, by exploring the Bourdieusian concept of habitus in relation to the combination of technological ...