Role
Associate Professor of Geography at the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society of the University of Turin and Adjunct Professor of Global Development Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Helsinki
Bio
A human geographer, political ecologist, and global development scholar, Paola Minoia earned her PhD in Human Geography from the University of Padua. She worked for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Lesotho and Egypt and was a senior lecturer in Geography and Global Development Studies at the University of Helsinki from 2008 to 2022.
She is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Turin, where she coordinates research projects as Principal Investigator on community food systems and peace studies, and holds the position of Adjunct Professor at the University of Helsinki. Her research focuses on political ecology, water management , decolonizing development , social justice , and indigenous territories , with a particular focus on the Global South and marginalized areas, as well as addressing issues of tourism gentrification in urban contexts.
Author of numerous international publications, she actively promotes participatory research approaches and knowledge co-production based on intercultural dialogue.