Giovanna holds a Laurea Magistrale (Master’s Degree) in Architecture from the Università degli Studi di Ferrara (2004) and a Ph.D. in History of Architecture from the University of Edinburgh (2009). Giovanna has taught at the Università di Ferrara, at the University of Edinburgh, and at Plymouth University; she had taught both architecture in the studios and lecture-based courses in Architectural History. She joined The Glasgow School of Art in 2014.