Francesca is a research fellow at the University of Milan, and an adjunct at Charles Sturt University. Between 2011 and 2020 she worked as a post-doc at the University of Melbourne, at the University of Ghent, and at Warwick University. She is the co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Controversial Ideas. Dr. Minerva's research focuses on applied ethics, including lookism, conscientious objection, abortion, academic freedom, and cryonics.