Mariella Berra teaches Sociology of ITC networks and data sharing methods for civic goals at Turin University. She is a member of France’s Centre pour la Recherche et l’Enseignement en Informatique et Société. She is the author of: Ripensare la tecnologia (1995); Informatica solidale. Storia e prospettive del software libero (2001, with A.R. Meo); Libertà di software hardware conoscenza (2006), all published by Bollati Boringhieri; and of Sociologia delle reti telematiche (Laterza, 2007).