GHISALBERTI Alessandra

Full Professor of Economic-Political Geography at the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures of the University of Bergamo, she is Coordinator of the PhD Program in Landscape Studies for Global and Local Challenges, President of the Master's Course in Geo-urban planning. coordinator of the "New Inhabiting and Tourism" reaearch group in the CST-Centre for Territorial Studies and member of the Imago Mundi Lab.
Her research interests are in territorial dynamics induced by migration, mainly in rural African and urban Italian contexts, as well as migration policies and media communication of migration in the European and North American contexts. She has been investigating other forms of mobility, such as tourism and commuting, carrying out research experiences also in East Asian and Latin American contexts; she focused on the dynamics of the inhabitants in the processes of urban regeneration, studying the methods of restitution of territory for spatial justice and the role of Universities as orchestrators of innovation of territorial ecosystems. During her research she experimented with qualitative analytical methods based on field research and the reflexive use of complex communication systems for transcalary landscape imaginaries of the world through historical cartography, collaborative digital mapping, visual tools and infographics. Her research is strongly intertwined with third mission and educational innovation activities, thanks to the constant interactions with territorial stakeholders and the application of collaborative learning methodologies that integrate tools for the digital and ecological twin transitions.