Università degli Studi di Torino

Faculty Member, Inter-university Department of Urban and Regional Studies and Planning

Other Affiliations: Politecnico di Torino, DIST

Faculty of Economics

About

I am associate professor of Political and Economic Geography at the University of Turin, Faculty of Economics, where I teach Regional Geography of Development (1st level degree in Economics) and  Territorial development and policies (2nd level degree in Economics of Institutions and Territory). I taught as a visiting lecturer in France (Paris 10), Spain (Girona, Doctoral School of Geography and Planning) and Finland (Oulu, Doctoral School of Geography), and I am currently visiting professor at the UPEC, Paris.
I am also director of Eu-Polis, a research institute within the Interuniversity Department of Urban and Regional Studies and Planning, University and Polytechnic of Turin.
The Eu-Polis' main research topics are:
- European urban systems;
- regions and regionalism;
- urban and regional planning and governance in EU contries;
- territorialisation practices in the local public policies