Role
Associate Professor of Economic and Political Geography at the Interuniversity Department (DIST) of the University and Polytechnic of Turin.
Bio
After earning her PhD from the University of Trieste in 2009, Silvia Aru collaborated with numerous Italian and international universities, developing an interdisciplinary research perspective on social, urban, and political geography. She was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Amsterdam and subsequently a researcher at the DIST Interuniversity Department of the University and Polytechnic of Turin.
Her research focuses primarily on socio-spatial justice , migration policies , and the analysis of the dynamics of urban marginalization . For her scientific work, she received the "Adalberto Vallega" Award from the Italian Geographical Society. She is a member of the Board of AGeI (Association of Italian Geographers) and co-editor of the Rivista Geografica Italiana.