MAURIZIO MEMOLI
Naples - 13 January 1993
Residence: Cagliari since 1999
Full Professor in Political and Economical Geography (Full Professor in Political and
Economical Geography)
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering - University of
Cagliari Cagliari
E-mail: memoli@unica.it

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Education
- PhD in Geographical Sciences at the University of Cagliari. XIII cycle of
Doctorate in ‘Geographical Analysis and Territorial Management’ (2001), discussing a thesis entitled:
‘Real spaces and imaginary scenarios of the city of Salvador de Bahia (Brazil)’.
- Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies - Troisième Cycle in Géographie-Aménagement at the U.F.R.
(Unité de Formation et Recherche) - of the Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail with final judgment:
BIEN. Discussion: ‘Décentralisation, régionalisation et démocratie: le cas de l'Etat de Bahia -
Brésil'.
- Degree in Political Science University of Naples- L'Orientale, 110/110 cum laude, with a thesis entitled
title: Urbanisation in Cuba. The Case of Havana', (1991).
Previous academic positions
- 2006 to 2016 Associate Professor of Economic-Political Geography since 2006 (Macrosector:
11/B1; Scientific Disciplinary Sector: M-GGR/02), Department of Civil Engineering,
Environment and Architecture - University of Cagliari.
- from 2002 to 2005: Researcher of Economic-Political Geography, Faculty of Economics, University of Cagliari.
of Cagliari.
- 2001 to 2002: Contract Professor of Economic-Political Geography, University of Cagliari,
Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures.
- 1996 to 2001: Contract Professor, University of Naples ‘L'Orientale’, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature.
Foreign Languages and Literatures.

 

SCIENTIFIC PROFILE:

My scientific activity is related in particular to the field of urban geography. I have analysed in detail

different cities of several contexts, in particular in the Mediterranean (Naples, Cagliari, Tunis,

Marseilles) and in Latin America (Havana, Salvador de Bahia). In these researches, the analyses

involve on the one hand the territorial planning and public policies of urban spaces, and on the

other hand the territorial practices, representations and production of images (e.g. mental maps,

pictures) of the city made by the inhabitants themselves.

The analytical centrality given to the public and social actors in the reconfiguration of urban spaces

has led me to deepen the fields of marginality, stigmatization, and representations in the lowincome

neighbourhoods, as well as to the political and practical spaces arisen from the “city

reaction” to specific neo-liberal processes (e.g. gentrification, evictions, and so on). During my

works, I have adopted visual methodologies in order to capture, represent and document the

urban spaces through video, web-doc, film, experimental cartography. Over the last years, I have

been the coordinator of an interdisciplinary research group, called “geotelling – racconto

geografico”, which use visual methods to conduct research in a participatory way.

Main fields of study: Urban geography : Latin America, Mediterranean (Naples, Cagliari, Le Havane,

Salvador de Bahia, Tunis, Marseille) ; Land plan and public policies in urban spaces; Urban images; -

Marginality, stigmatization, representations of space, - Territorial practices of international migration -

Visual methodologies, documentation and representation of space-fiction in urban research.

 

For publications and curriculum details see attached file