Giulia Urso

Giulia Urso is a tenured Assistant Professor in Economic-Political Geography at the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), L'Aquila. She is a member of the A.Ge.I. (Association of Italian Geographers) working groups "Territorial Identity" and "Placetelling." Since 2015, within the framework of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Technical Committee for Inner Areas (CTAI) and GSSI, she has been carrying out a series of study and analysis activities aimed at assisting CTAI's activity within the framework of the National Strategy for Inner Areas (SNAI) with the ultimate goal of accompanying the decision-making process for the definition of development strategies for the areas involved. Since June 2020 she is a member of the board of Directors of the Scientific Association “Riabitare l’Italia”. She was recently involved in some funded research projects with a focus on inner areas: 1) “The Migration, Environment and Climate Change Nexus: Exploring Migrants’ Contribution in Addressing Climate Change Challenges in Italy’s Mountain Areas”, funded by IOM Italy (International Organization for Migrations) (October 2021 – April 2022); 2) “Giovani dentro. Vivere e lavorare nell’Italia del margine”, funded by Fondazione Vismara and CoopFond and co-financed by GSSI, CREA, EURAC, CPS, University of Turin, University of Salerno and Osservatorio Giovani (October 2020 – July 2021). She was Member of the Scientific Committee and Rapporteur of the research project “How Place-Sensitive are NRRPs? A study on NRRPs governance”, funded by the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) (March 2022-Dec 2023). At present, she is the Coordination for the GSSI of the Joint project GSSI-IMT “Borghi, paesi, aree interne: infrastrutture, sostenibilità e qualità della vita”, funded through the PRO3 Programme (Jan 2022-Dec 2023). Her main research interests revolve around the challenges, resilience and development of peripheral or depopulating areas.