Role
Associate Professor of Human Geography at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and Principal Investigator of the Italian team of the Horizon Europe Re-Place project
Bio
With a degree in Economics from LUISS Guido Carli, a DESS from the Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, and a PhD in Economic Geography from the University of Bari, Barbara Staniscia is Associate Professor of Human Geography at the Department of European, American, and Intercultural Studies at the University of Rome “La Sapienza.”
She has participated in numerous European research projects (including FP5-SELMA, FP7-SECOA, and H2020-YMOBILITY) on human mobility, migration, and local development policies. From 2012 to 2024, she served as Scientific Secretary of the International Geographical Union's Commission on Global Change and Human Mobility and is Principal Investigator of the Italian team for the Horizon Europe Re-Place project.
His research focuses on mobility processes and territorial transformations, with particular attention to human mobility within the European Union, local and regional development policies in marginalized areas, the relationships between mobility, immobility, and territorial belonging, sustainable tourism, urban transformations, and environmental conflicts in coastal areas and protected areas.