Journal Articles
Rega, I., Medrado, A., & Callus, P. (2024). Young artivists, social change and media literacy: Shifting the field through South-to-South connections in Kenya and Brazil. Global Studies of Childhood, 14(4), 433-447.
Norton, L., Sarrica, M., Rega, I., Honen-Delmar, M. (2024). Becoming a graduate in a refugee camp: exploring identity positioning through Higher Education. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 1-21.
Markazi, D., Hossain, K., Stillman, L., Wolske, M., Anwar, M., Carbone, K., de Moor, A., Farinosi, M., Rega, I., Sarrica, M., & Zapata, C. B. (2024). A Community Informatics Research Network Vision Statement. The Journal of Community Informatics, 20(2), 85-105.
Rega, I., & McDougall, J. (2023). What are we thinking about when we talk now about media literacy and/for citizenship?. Scholé: rivista di educazione e studi culturali: LXI, 2, 2023, 48-76.
Rega, I., Mainard-Sardon, J., Abubakar, I.H., Moraes, C., de La Vega, B., Frenzel, F. (2023). Collaborative Storymapping to resist mainstream narratives in Mozambique and Brazil. you are here: The Journal of Creative Geography, 24, 87-91.
Honen-Delmar, M. and Rega, I. (2023). Intercultural Competence for Peaceful Communities: the Role of Blended Learning Higher Education in Refugee Camps. Journal of Intercultural Relations, 97, 101891.
Aljouni, A., Bademci, O., Hogan, S., Marino, S., McDougall, J., Rega, I., Skyrme, S. & Uddin, N. (2023). Digital arts–refugee engagement. Media Practice and Education, 1-20.
McDougall, J., Rega, I. and Sayah, H. (2022). Boubli in Tunisia: Youth Media Literacy for Civic Intentionality. Observatorio (OBS*) Journal, 42–62.
Medrado, A., Rega, I. and Paulla, M. (2022). South-to-South Dialogues between Brazilian and Kenyan Artivists: Decolonial and Intersectional Feminist perspectives. Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society. 2126245.
McDougall, J. and Rega, I. (2022). Beyond Solutionism: ‘Differently Motivating Media Literacy.’ Media and Communication. Vol. 10, Issue 4.
Crapolicchio, E., Sarrica, M., Rega, I., Norton, L.S. and Vezzali, L. (2022). Social representations and images of slum tourism: Effects on stereotyping. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 90, 97-107.
Rega, I. and Honen-Delmar, M. (2022). Liberal Studies and Servant Leadership: Inspiring Ignatian values at the margins. Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal, Vol. 11: No. 1.
Inversini, A., Rega, I., & Gan, S. W. (2022). The transformative learning nature of Malaysian homestay experiences. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 51, 312-320.
dos Santos Moraes, C., de la Vega, B., Frenzel, F., Rega, I., Mainard-Sardon, J. (2021). Favela Tour Virtual: Sobre Mobilidades Turisticas em Favelas no Contexto da Pandemia de Covid-19. Caderno de Arte e Antropologia, 10,(21), pp. 76-92.
Sarrica, M., Rega, I., Inversini, A., Norton, L.S. (2021) Slumming on Social Media? E-Mediated Tourist Gaze and Social Representations of Indian, South African, and Brazilian Slum Tourism Destinations. Societies, 11, (106).
Rega, I. and Medrado, A. (2021). The Stepping into Visibility Model: reflecting on consequences of social media visibility – a Global South perspective. Information, Communication & Society, 1-20.
Medrado, A. and Rega, I. (2021). Modelo de Escalas da Visibilidade: Mapeando Percursos de Visibilidade e suas Consequências para Midiativistas do Sul Global. Comunicação Midia e Consumo, 18,(52), pp. 220-251.
Inversini, A, Williams, N., & Rega, I. (2020). Modelling Twitter Conversations in #Favela Towards the Conceptualization of the eVoices of Unheard. Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society.
Inversini, A., Rega, I., & van Zyl, I. (2019). Internet representations of voluntourism fail to effectively integrate tourism and volunteering. Tourism Geographies, 1-21.
Rega, I. and Vannini, S., (2018). Public Access Venues and Community Empowerment in Mozambique: A Social Representation Study. Semiotica, 2018 (223), pp. 199-217.
Rega, I. & Inversini, A. (2016). eTourism for Development (eT4D): The Missing Piece in the ICT4D Research Agenda. Information Technology and International Development, 12(3), 19-24.
Inversini, A., & Rega, I. (2016). eTourism for Socio-Economic Development. Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management, (1).
Oliver, M., Geniets, A., Winters, N., Rega, I., & Mbae, S. (2015). What do community health workers have to say about their work, and how can this inform improved programme design? A case study with CHWs within Kenya. Global Health Action, 8.
Vannini, S., Rega, I., Sala, S., Cantoni, L., (2015). Using Photo-elicitation to Explore Social Representations of Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, vol 65, 8, 1-23.
Van Zyl, I., Inversini, A., & Rega, I. (2015). The representation of voluntourism in search engines: The case of South Africa. Development Southern Africa, 1-17.
Botturi, L. & Rega, I. (2014). Intergenerational digital storytelling: four racconti for of a new approach. Formazione & Insegnamento. European Journal of Research on Education and Teaching, 2. Pp. 211-224.
Baia A., Macueve G., Rega I., Cumbula S. D., Vannini S., Cantoni L. (2014) Social Representations of Multimedia Community Centers (CMC) in Mozambique. Revista de Ciências Socias e Humanas, CEA, Vol. 23 (Estudos Moçambicanos), Issue 3, pp. 95-115
Vannini, S., Rega, I. & Cantoni, L. (2013). Information and Communication Flows through Community Multimedia Centres: Perspectives from Mozambican Communities. Information Technology for Development, pp. 1-14.
Rega, I., Vannini, S., Fino, E. & Cantoni, L. (2013). Exploring the Meanings of Community Multimedia Centers in Mozambique: A Social Representations Perspective. Information Technology and International Development, (9)4.
Fanni, F., Rega, I., Cantoni, L. (2013). Using Self-Efficacy to measure primary school teachers’ perception of ICT: results from two studies, International Journal of Education and Development using ICT, vol. 9, no. 1, 100-111.
Rega, I., Fanni, F. (2012). Measuring Primary Schools Teachers’ Perception of ICT through Self-Efficacy: A Case Study, Journal of Universal Computer Science, vol. 18, no. 3 (2012), 410-428.
Cantoni L., Rega I. (2003). eLearning studies looking for fixed stars: a study on referenced literature in SITE 2001. In L. Cantoni & P. Schulz (eds.), Studies in Communication Sciences. Special Issue ´New Media in Education´, Lugano, 23-37.
Books
Medrado, A. and Rega, I. (2023). Media Activism, Artivism and the Fight Against Marginalisation in the Global South: South-to-South Communication. Routledge.
Book Chapters
Rega, I. (forthcoming). Shifting the collaboration paradigm: Towards decolonization through refugee-led research. In V. Tavares, (Ed.) Global South-North dichotomies in higher education: Critical dialogue, reflection and collaboration. Routledge.
Medrado, A. and Rega, I. (forthcoming). South-to-South Media Activism and Artivism: Interconnecting Stories and Struggles. Handbook of Media and Social Change in the Global South. De Gruyter.
Rega, I., Honen-Delmar, M. and Hengst SJ, S. (2024). Forming “Men and Women for Others”: Jesuit Worldwide Learning’s Values-Rooted Blended Learning Model, Rao, M.B., Singh, A. and Rao, P.M. (Ed.) Worldviews and Values in Higher Education (Global Perspectives on Higher Education Development), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 143-155.
dos Santos Moraes, C. M., De La Vega, B., Frenzel, F., Rega, I., & Mainard-Sardon, J. (2022). Favela virtual tour: Alternative mobilities in favela tourism during COVID-19 pandemic. In Alternative (Im) Mobilities (pp. 126-137). Routledge.
McDougall, J., Rega, I. (2020). Media learning, known unknowns and rich intersections. In: The Handbook on Media Education Research. IAMCR/Wiley Blackwell.
Vannini, S., Rega, I. (2020). Mobile Information Literacy and Public Access in the era of Post-Truth: Reflections from community curricular experiences in Latin America. In: Critical Mobile Pedagogy: Cases of Inclusion, Development, and Empowerment. Routledge.
Inversini A., Rega, I. (2018). Digital Communication and Tourism for Development. In: Servaes J. (eds) Handbook of Communication for Development and Social Change. Springer, Singapore.
Cantoni, L., Fanni, F., Rega, I., Tardini, S. (2009). Fostering Digital Literacy of Primary Teachers in Community Schools: The BET K-12 Experience in Salvador de Bahia. In S. Marshall, W. Kinuthia & W. Taylor (eds.), Bridging the Knowledge Divide. Educational Technology for Development, Information Age Publishing, Charlotte (NC), pp. 415-433.
Encyclopedia Entries
Rega, I (2019). Local Public Access Places. The International Encyclopedia of Media Literacy. Wiley.
Conference Papers and Contributions
Sarrica M., Egbosiuba, C.A., Rega, I. (2025). Multiple Identities in Motion: Education and Migrants Self-Positioning. VI Edition of the International Congress on Human Rights and Globalization, 9-11 April 2025, Tenerife, Spain.
Sardon-Mainard, J. Abubakar, I., and Rega, I. (2024). Reclaiming Legacy: Unveiling (Un)told Stories of Colonialism through Mozambique’s. Digital ‘Open-Air’ Exhibition, Kent Arts Conference, 16-18 July 2024, Canterbury, UK.
Rega, I., Medrado, A., Callus, P., Coptel, A-Z., Lima, M., and Lumumba, J. (2023). Artivism to promote a South to South Dialogue. Panel presented at the Media Education Summit 2023, 2-4 March 2023, Vancouver, Canada.
McDougall, J. and Rega, I. (2023) Beyond Solutionism: Differently Motivating Media Literacy. Paper presented at the Media Education Summit 2023, 2-4 March 2023, Vancouver, Canada.
Sardon-Mainard, J., Rega, I., Abubakar, I., Moraes, C., de la Vega, B., Franzel, F. (2023). Storymapping. Panel presented at the 13th International Critical Management Studies Conference, 20-22 June 2023, Notthingam, UK.
Rega, I., and Medrado, A. (2023). A South-to- South Connection Among Young Artivists: Opportunities and Sustainability. European Communication Conference (ECREA), Aarhus, 19-22 October 2022.
Rega, I. Honen-Delmar, M., Hamad, B., Kemwa, S., Kibet, N., and Hatugimana, E. (2023) Higher Education to Promote Dignity, Social Inclusiveness and Cohesion in Refugee Camps: The Case of the Peace Leader Programme. MIT Migration Summit 2023, 24-28 April 2023, Global online event.
Medrado, A., and Rega, I. (2022). The Challenges and Opportunities of Activist Scholarship. International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Paris, 30 May 2022.
Rega, I., Ajilouni, A., Uddin, N., McDougall, J., Amin, R., Chowdhoury, T. and Shadhin, K. (2022). Digital Arts for Refugee Engagement. Panel presented at CIRN – Community Informatics Research Network Conference, 10-12 November 2022, Monah University Prato, Italy.
Medrado, A., Rega, I., Callus, P., & Mukii, N. (2018). Retrato de Marielle: A Rede eVozes e as conexões entre Brasil e Quênia na luta por Direitos Humanos. XII Conferência Brasileira de Comunicação Cidadã: Comunicação, Direitos Humanos e Diversidade – 21 to 23 November – Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, Brazil.
Medrado, A., Rega, I., Lilleker, D., Callus, P., Scifo, S., Souza, R., Wagema, E.& Raimilla, M. (2018). The Challenges of Achieving Visibility to Redress Marginality. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Conference – 20 to 24 June- University of Oregon, Eugene, United States
Gan S.W., Inversini A., Rega I. (2018). Tourism, Development and Digital Technologies: Insights from Malaysian Homestays. In: Stangl B., Pesonen J. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2018. Springer, Cham
Vannini, S., Nemer, D., & Rega, I. (2017). Integrating mobile technologies to achieve community development goals: the case of telecenters in Brazil: Full paper. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Communities and Technologies (pp. 115-124). ACM.
Rega, I, and Feigenbaum, A. (2016). Co-designing Infographics: The case of the RiotID Eucational Material Project. Presented at the Media Education Summit 2016, 4-5 November 2016, Rome, Italy.
Rega, I., and Sarrica, M. (2016). Learning by Travelling: what tourists learn while visiting South African townships. Presented at the 13th Conférence Internationale sur les Représentations Sociales (CIRS), 14-17 September 2016, Marseille, France.
Inversini, A., De Carlo, M., & Rega, I. (2016). Digital Tourist Gaze and Mega Events. Paper presented at Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2016, Bilbao, Spain, February 3-5, 2016 and published on e-Review of Tourism Research (eRTR), Volume 7 Research Notes.
Gan, S.W., Inversini, A., & Rega, I. (2016). Community-Based Tourism and ICT: Insights from Malaysia. Paper presented at Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2016, Bilbao, Spain, February 3-5, 2016 and published on e-Review of Tourism Research (eRTR), Volume 7 Research Notes.
Inversini, A., Rega, I., Pereira, I. N., & Bartholo, R. (2015). The Rise of eTourism for Development. In Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2015 (pp. 419-431). Springer International Publishing.
Rega, I., Botturi, L. (2014). Digital Storytelling for Intergenerational and Intercultural Learning. Proceeding of the Media Education Summit 2014. Prague, Czech Republic, 20-21 November, 2014.
Vannini, S., Rega, I., Sala, S., Cantoni, L. (2013). Motivations of non-use of telecentres: a qualitative study from Mozambique. In Proceedings: 2013 Pre-ICIS Workshop of the AIS SIG on ICT & Global Development (GlobDev). Milan, Italy, 14 December, 2013.
Vannini, S., Rega, I., Sala, S., Cantoni, L. (2013). Reasons of non-use: a study on Mozambican telecentres, in Steyn, J., Van der Vyver, A.G. (eds.). (2013). Public and private access to ICTs in developing regions. Proceedings of the 7th International Development Informatics Conference IDIA 2013. Bangkok, Thailand, 1-3 November, 2013. Pp- 46-63.
Vannini, S., Pucciarelli, M., Rega, I. (2013) Formal and Informal Learning Practices in Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique, in Proceedings: 2013 Annual Conference of the Swiss Society for Research in Education, Lugano Switzerland, 21-23 August, 2013.
Aguirre-Sánchez, L., Vannini, S., Rega, I., Cantoni, L. (2013), Fictional Characters, Real Data: Personas depicting Staff and Users of Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique, in Proceedings: IFIP WG 9.4: Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, Ocho Ríos Jamaica, 19-22 May, 2013.
Vannini, S., Aguirre, L., Rega, I., Cantoni, L. (2013), Images of Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique: a participatory photo-elicitation study, in Proceedings: IFIP WG 9.4: Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, Ocho Ríos Jamaica, 19-22 May, 2013.
Vannini, S., Rega, I. (2012). Inbound and Outbound Information and Communication Flows: Perspectives from Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique, Proceedings of CIRN 2012, Prato, Italy
Rega, I., Van Zyl, I. (2011). ICT attitudes in educational practice: a qualitative perspective. Proceedings of RED-Conference 2011, Ascona, Switzerland.
Fanni, F., Van Zyl, I., Rega, I., Cantoni, L. (2011). The value of measurement in research practice, Proceedings of CIRN 2011, Prato, Italy.
Van Zyl, I., Rega, I., (2011). Critical approaches and varied impacts: Understanding the role of educational technology in disadvantaged schools, Proceedings of IDIA 2011, Lima, Peru.
Rega, I. (2010). Investigating Social Representations of Telecentres: Location does matter, Proceedings of IDIA2010, Cape Town, South Africa.
Rega I., (2010). Detecting the Unexpected: Investigating Social Representations of Telecentres, Proceeding of CIRN 2010, Prato, Italy.
Fanni F., Rega I., Van Zyl I., Cantoni L., Tardini S. (2010). Investigating Perception Changes in Teachers Attending ICT Curricula through Self-Efficacy. International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Development (ICTD 2010).
Rega I., Cantoni L. (2010). The MELISSA Curriculum for Teachers: Developing an Integrated Methodology to Assess Impact. Proceedings of eLearning Africa 2010, the Fifth International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training (Lusaka, Zambia, 26-28 May 2010), CD-ROM.
Cantoni L., Rega I., Fanni F. (2009). Looking for telecentres sustainability: the case of the Sustainable Multimedia Telecentres project in São Paulo. World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (EDMEDIA 2009).
Cantoni L., Inversini A., Rega I. (2008). eTreasure: Promoting Informal Learning in the Tourism Field Through an SMS-Based Treasure Hunt. In J. Luca & E.R. Weippl (eds.), Proceedings of Ed-Media 2008 (June 30 – July 4, 2008; Vienna, Austria), Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Norfolk (Va) 2008, pp. 623-628.
Cantoni L., Tardini S., Rega I., Fanni F. (2007). Teacher and Computer Self-Efficacy in Brazilian Community Schools. in Craig Montgomerie & Jane Seale (eds), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2007, AACE, Norfolk, pp. 22-28.
Rega I., Cantoni L., Tardini S., Olivatto B., Nery F., Marques O., Fanni F. (2006). What do Brazilian teachers in disadvantaged schools think of ICT?. Proceedings of The Fourth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF4), Ocho Rios, Jamaica, 30 October – 3 November 2006.
Rega, I., Del Don, C. (2005). Using multimedia to solve daily problems of Community Multimedia Centres in Western Africa. In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2005 (pp. 1327-1332). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Rega, I., & Pagani, G. (2005). What do local community think of telecentres. Proceedings of CIRN 2005.
Cantoni, L., Rega, I. (2004). Looking for fixed stars in the eLearning community: a research on referenced literature in SITE Proceeding Books from 1994 to 2001. In L. Cantoni & C. McLoughlin (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2004 (pp. 4697-4704). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Rega, I., Petazzi, S., Torrebruno, A. & Paolini, P. (2001). Spontaneous Interaction between Kindergarten Children and Computers. A Case Study of the Project Discetech-Bimbotech. In C. Montgomerie & J. Viteli (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2001 (pp. 1536-1537). Chesapeake, VA
Reports and Toolkits
Honen-Delmar, M. and Rega, I. (2023). Student-Centred and Inclusive Approaches Nurturing Teacher Leadership: The Learning Facilitator programme. Research Report #11. Jesuit Worldwide Learning
Rega, I. and Honen-Delmar, M. (2023). The Transformative Impact of JWL Professional Programme: a closer look to three programmes: Youth Sports Facilitator, Peace Leader, and Youth Sport Facilitator. Research Report #10. Jesuit Worldwide Learning
Honen-Delmar, M., Miranda Futuro C., and Rega, I. (2023). Sport to Promote Social Inclusion and Social Cohesion. The Youth Sport Facilitator Programme. Research Report #09. Jesuit Worldwide Learning
Futuro, C.; Honen-Delmar, M.; and Rega, I. (2023). Nurturing inner peace to promote more peaceful communities: The Peace Leader Programme. Research Report #08. Jesuit Worldwide Learning
Taban, A.; Honen-Delmar, M.; Rega, I. (2022). Higher Education nurturing Agents of Change at the Margins in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya, Meet Innocent: Agent of change at the margins. Research Report #07. Jesuit Worldwide Learning
Taban, A.; Honen-Delmar, M.; Rega, I. (2022). Higher Education nurturing Agents of Change at the Margins in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya, Meet Nura: Agent of change at the margins. Research Report #06. Jesuit Worldwide Learning
Taban, A.; Honen-Delmar, M.; Rega, I. (2022). Higher Education nurturing Agents of Change at the Margins in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya, Meet Lukambo: Agent of change at the margins. Research Report #05. Jesuit Worldwide Learning
Taban, A.; Honen-Delmar, M.; Rega, I. (2022). Higher Education nurturing Agents of Change at the Margins in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya, Meet Christophe: Agent of change at the margins. Research Report #04. Jesuit Worldwide Learning
Taban, A.; Honen-Delmar, M.; Rega, I. (2022). Higher Education nurturing Agents of Change at the Margins in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya, Meet Dorine: Agent of change at the margins. Research Report #03. Jesuit Worldwide Learning
Rega, I. and Mainard-Sardon, J. (Eds.) (2022). Virtual Storymap: A map that tells a story. Practitioner Toolkit. CEMP, Bournemouth University.
McDougall, J. and Rega, I. (2022). Evaluation of Boubli as a Youth-Led Alternative Media Platform. CEMP, Bournemouth University.
Rega, I. and Mainard-Sardon, J. (Eds.) (2022). Local Heritage and Sustainability: Promoting reflection and sharing within and across international communities. Final Report for Practitioners. CEMP, Bournemouth University.
Honen-Delmar, M. and Rega, I. (2021). A Journey towards Empowerment: The impact of Liberal Studies on graduates and their communities. Research Report n. 02. Jesuit Worldwide Learning.
Rega, I. Medrado, A. (Eds.) (2018). Activism, Art-ivism and Digital Media to Reduce Marginalisation: Sharing Experiences and Lessons from Brazil, Kenya, Syria, and Costa Rica.
Rega, I., Vannini, S., Raimilla, M., Fauró, L. (2013). Telecentres and Mobile: an initial overview. Associazione seed technical report, ver. 1.0. October 2013.
Vannini, S., Rega, I., Cantoni, L., Aguirre-Sánchez, L. (2012). Photo-elicited perceptions of Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique. (White Paper No. 3.0) Lugano: NewMinE Lab. – USI
Rega, I., Cantoni, L., Fanni, F. (2012). La Comunicazione Online delle Organizzazioni Non Governative della Svizzera italiana: uno studio sulle ONG della FOSIT. (White Paper No. 2.0). Lugano: NewMinE Lab. – USI.
Rega, I., Cantoni, L., Vannini, S., David, S., Baia, A., & Macueve, G. (2011). Community Multimedia Centres in Mozambique: a Map. (White Paper No. 1.0). Lugano: NewMinE Lab. – USI.
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