Education can guide us like a lighthouse.
Workshops and courses that blend business sustainability, self-awareness, and human connection.
Grounded in rigorous academic research.
Hello, I’m Alessia!
I am an educator and researcher in business sustainability.
After graduating, I knew the theory but not yet who I was or where I wanted to go. Discovering self-awareness and emotional intelligence changed my life, and now I help students and young professionals build that same clarity.
Education, for me, is a lighthouse that enlightens and helps craft a direction.
I deliver workshops and short courses for PhD and Master students, start-up founders, family business owners and organisations.
Supporting organisations, universities and professionals in navigating learning, self-awareness and sustainability in complex contexts.
Academic skills & research collaboration
Practical trainings that develop core research skills, and strengthen collaboration, interdisciplinary communication and constructive management of co-authorship challenges, supported by responsible use of AI.
Ideal for: Master’s and PhD students, early-career researchers and academics engaged in joint research or cross-disciplinary projects.
Self-awareness & entrepreneurial identity
Workshops designed to strengthen values-based decision-making and entrepreneurial identity.
Ideal for: Early-stage founders, start-ups, family business owners, and Bachelor’s and Master’s students exploring career paths.
Why “Pharus Learning”?
Inspired by the Latin wordpharus, meaning “lighthouse,” Pharus Learning reflects the belief that education is a guiding force, illuminating minds and empowering individuals to cultivate understanding, empathy, and meaningful change.
A lighthouse doesn’t just give light: it helps identify a position. In navigation, a lighthouse is a reference point that allows sailors to understand where they are and chart their course.
In much the same way, Pharus Learning supports students and professionals as they explore where they are and where they want to go next.
My clients
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