Research operations · evidence boundary

Sensitive qualitative research requires accessibility, privacy and exact attribution.

I report a volunteer role supporting remote focus groups with autistic participants discussing sexuality and relationships. The public University of Padua thesis documents the project and parts of its methodology, but it does not identify the individual facilitators. This page separates those two evidence levels.

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Project corroboratedAn institutional thesis documents the study, ethics approval and focus-group procedure.

Role self-reportedThe thesis does not name Mario Marcolongo or the individual facilitators.

Privacy preservedNo participant identities, private correspondence or confidential session content are published.

Scope limitedThis is research-operations experience, not authorship of the thesis or ownership of its findings.

Reported contribution

Volunteer facilitation and operational support.

The role is described conservatively as a contribution to study operations rather than as academic authorship or independent research leadership.

Sensitive qualitative research operations

Autism and sexuality focus groups

Volunteer collaboration under Marta Panzeri at the University of Padua Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation, reported for November 2022–2025.

Work reported

Served as lead or co-facilitator across approximately 4–5 recorded Zoom sessions, typically lasting 1–2 hours, with autistic participants discussing sensitive sexuality and relationship topics.
Helped develop and operationalize procedures covering consent, pseudonymous naming, optional captions and written-chat participation, structured prompts, timed turns, recording boundaries and two-person facilitation handoffs.
Supported participant recruitment, bibliographic research, technical preparation and protocol feedback from an autistic perspective.
Worked with the supervisor, researchers and another autistic volunteer facilitator while keeping participant information and session content confidential.

Capabilities demonstrated

Qualitative research operationsSensitive-topic facilitationAccessibility-aware participationConsent and privacy proceduresParticipant recruitmentTwo-person moderation

Evidence boundary

These responsibilities are self-reported. The linked thesis corroborates the institutional project and several methodological features, but it does not attribute the role to Mario Marcolongo, verify every listed responsibility or independently confirm the approximate number of sessions he facilitated.

Public corroboration

What the institutional record supports.

The public record is useful because it confirms the project context and methodology without being misrepresented as individual attribution.

Institutional output

The University of Padua archive publishes Gabriele Conti’s 2022/2023 bachelor’s thesis, supervised by Marta Panzeri, on sensory differences and sexuality among autistic people.

Study procedure

The thesis describes remote Zoom focus groups with conductors and co-conductors, including two autistic facilitators intended to support participant comfort.

Accessibility and privacy

The public methodology includes optional camera use, microphone or written-chat participation, an approved ethics protocol and deletion of recordings after transcription.

Attribution limit

The thesis names its author and supervisor but does not publish the identities of the individual facilitators. It therefore cannot serve as direct proof of Mario’s participation.

Inspect public thesis context ↗Marta Panzeri profile ↗University department ↗

Career relevance

Strongest for research and community operations.

This case supports applications involving qualitative research operations, participant research, community engagement, accessibility-aware facilitation, human-data programs and sensitive-topic moderation.

It is supporting—not flagship—evidence for knowledge-integrity work, and it is not presented as a primary AI-evaluation accomplishment, academic publication or independently attributable university appointment.