Ana Beaven teaches English as a Foreign Language at the University of Bologna Language Centre. She has taken part in numerous European projects, such as WebCEF, CEFcult and Rich-Ed. She was also the coordinator of IEREST (Intercultural Education Resources for Erasmus Students and their Teachers. Her main areas of interest are foreign language learning and teaching, technologically-assisted language learning, Open Educational Resources and Practices, and intercultural education.
She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Warwick.