People
The Excellence Project has allowed to increase the variety of competences of the department, thanks to the opportunity to support with an extraordinary effort the ordinary recruitment policy for the teaching, technical and administrative staff.
Andrea Ajmar, a type b fixed-term researcher, holds a doctorate in Environmental Geoengeneering and is an expert in analysis in GIS environment and in the development and implementation of Spatial Data Infrastructures. He is a member of the SDG11Lab laboratory which aims to create a spatial data infrastructure capable of guaranteeing efficient access to data sources of general interest (e.g. satellite and airborne acquisitions, reference cartographic data, etc.) and integrate them with specific thematic data, providing analysis, representation and visualization tools for research activities. He is active in promoting OpenStreetMap as a participatory mapping initiative. He is involved in several research projects and in operational cartographic production services, both at national and European level.
Silvia Aru, is currently an assistant professor of Geography (RtdA). She obtained a PhD in Geohistory and Geoeconomics of the Border Regions at the University of Trieste. She conducts research on migration dynamics, socio-spatial justice and inclusion issues analyzing both territorial processes as well as policies and their implementation at different levels (European, national and local ones). He has gained research experience, especially empirical research, in various Italian contexts (Florence, Cagliari, Turin, Ventimiglia), as well as abroad (Vancouver, Rio de Janeiro, Amsterdam), in academic and non-academic settings. She has recently completed the FI Marie-Curie project “A place for the asylum-seekers (PASS). European migration policies and their socio-spatial impacts”. at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) of the University of Amsterdam (2018-2020). She is also a committee member of the Association of Italian Geographers (AGeI) and co-editor of the Rivista Geografica Italiana.
Ombretta Caldarice, spatial planner, researcher and assistant professor in planning, gained a PhD in Spatial Planning and Urban Development at Politecnico di Milano. Her research activities focus on the interplay between spatial planning and urban resilience through the lens of urban codes. She is an affiliated faculty member of the Responsible Risk Resilience Centre (R3C) of Politecnico di Torino within she supports local stakeholders in the transition towards resilience. Since 2015, she has been the junior coordinator of the “Risk Management and Adaptation” working group of RESURBE - International Program on Urban Resilience. Since 2018, she has been a lecturer and member of the expert committee of the Intensive Training on Urban Resilience led by the University of Southern Denmark.
Nadia Caruso, spatial planner, researcher and assistant professor in planning, gained a PhD at Politecnico di Torino. She deals with housing policies, urban regeneration processes and territorial governance of metropolitan areas. Recently, she coordinated the research project called URbANIsM - Urban RegenerAtioN Innovative Model in partnership with Newcastle University (UK). She worked in national and international research projects about territorial governance and changes in the metropolitan socio-economic dynamics (PRIN, ESPON). She took part in the development of the Regional Plan of Piedmont and a number of European projects (URBACT, INTERREG, and Life Long Learning).
Federico Cavallaro (PhD) is Associate Professor of Transport and member of the Transport Research for Innovation and Sustainability research group (TRIS) at Politecnico di Torino. From 2010 to 2019 he worked at Eurac Research, as senior researcher, leader of the "Sustainable Mobility" research group and project manager of several European and local projects related to mobility. His scientific interests include the assessment of infrastructural impacts, transport externalities (in particular greenhouse gas emissions), evaluation of transport systems, infrastructures and mobility plans, freight transport (with a focus on combined transport), mobility in low demand areas and accessibility.
Mesut Dinler, received a PhD in Architectural and Landscape Heritage Program at the Politecnico di Torino. He was involved in various international conservation projects, including projects managed by the Getty Conservation Institute, the Association for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Historic Charleston Foundation with US/ICOMOS. As assistant professor with time contract, he is currently involved in the management of heritage-related research projects, including those funded by the European Commission. He is the 2022 ICCROM fellow. His research interests include urban and architectural history, political and social role of cultural heritage digital humanities. On these topics, he has published in several international journals - including Urban History, Sustainability, J. of Cult. Her. Manag. and Sust. Dev., Int. Jour. of Hist. Archaeo., Aistarch, ArcHistor - and is the author of the book “Modernization through Past” (ETS, 2019).
Elena Pede, is Assistant Professor at the Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning where she teaches Seismic risk and spatial planning. Besides the issues of risk, climate change and resilience, her research activity focuses on urban regeneration and transformation. She has recently published the book Planning for Resilience. New Paths for Managing Uncertainty (Springer, 2020). Emma Salizzoni, holds a PhD in Landscape Design (University of Florence) and is Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture. Her research focuses on the role of landscape design in addressing interactions between natural resources and cities. She has been collaborating with the European Documentation Centre on Nature Park Planning (DIST) since 2007. Emma is a member of the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) since 2014. 