Co-chair
Working Group on Distance Education, Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) (2023)
Grant Reviewer and Panel Member
UK Art and Humanities Research Council, UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, South Africa National Research Foundation, Dutch Research Council, UK Global Challenges Research Fund at Bournemouth University.
Member – Associations
Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) – Advisory Board
International Development Informatics Association (IDIA) – Advisory Board
International Association for Media and Communication (ICA)
International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
Swiss Network for Education & International Cooperation (RECI)
UK Higher Education Academy
Member – Journals
Media Education Research Journal – Advisory Board (2018- date)
Journal of Media Literacy Education – Advisory Board (2022-date)
Member – University bodies
University Global Engagement Hub, BU (2022-date)
Joint International Doctorate in Social Representations, Culture and Communication, led by Università la Sapienza, Italy – Scientific Board (2022-date)
External Committee for the Evaluation of Teaching Activities, Campus L.U.de.S (2025-2026)
Evaluation Commission for the Appointment of 1 Full Professor in Didactics and Special Pedagogy, Politecnico di Milano (2025)
Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Panel, (2018-2022)
Ethics Panel, Social Sciences and Humanities (2016-2018)
External Examiner
Doctoral Dissertations: University of Cape Town, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Solent University, Witwatersrand University, Monash University, Università della Svizzera italiana.
MA Digital Media: Education: UCL Institute of Education, University College London.
Organiser
Media Education Summit (2014-2017, 2019, 2022, 2023), Red Conference (2011), World Summit of Information Society preparatory round table at Università della Svizzera italiana (2003), Conference “ICTs as means for development” focused on digital divide in South Mediterranean countries (2002)
Isabella Rega 