Grazia Brunetta

Grazia Brunetta is a Full Professor at the Interuniversity Department of Territorial Sciences, Planning and Policies (DIST) at the Polytechnic University of Turin. She is a leading figure in urban and regional planning, with a focus on resilience, climate adaptation, and sustainable development. She serves as the Coordinator and Scientific Director of the Interdepartmental Center R3C - Responsible Risk Resilience Center, and actively contributes to national and international research initiatives, editorial boards, and scientific committees.

Research Interests: Her work centers on urban and territorial resilience, strategic spatial planning, climate change adaptation, risk management, green-blue infrastructure, and post-disaster recovery. She investigates governance models, evaluates resilience frameworks, and develops tools for vulnerability assessment and sustainable urban transitions.

The most recent publications highlight a consistent focus on urban resilience, climate adaptation, and territorial vulnerability. Her research employs interdisciplinary approaches, often integrating GIS-based methodologies (e.g., the R3C-GeoResilience plugin) to analyze and map risk. Themes of governance, equity in resilience planning, and the ecological transition of territories are recurrent. The articles demonstrate a strong applied research orientation, using Italian case studies to develop frameworks relevant to European and global urban challenges.

Scientific Engagement:

• Editor-in-Chief, Resilient Cities. Rethinking Urban Transformation (2021–present)
• Member, Scientific Committee of SIU (Italian Society of Urban Planners) (2022–present)
• Member, CED PPN European Documentation Centre on the Planning of Natural Parks (2000–present)
• Participant in UNESCO's Water and Resilient Human Settlements network (2021–present)
• Coordinator of the research network 'Urban Planning for Resilience' (2019–present)

Advising and Grants: She supervises PhD students in the Urban and Regional Development and Sustainable Development and Climate Change programs at Politecnico di Torino and IUSS Pavia. Her research is funded by prestigious grants, including the national PRIN program (TRIALs project, 2023–2025), the PNRR Mission 4 (RETURN project), and international projects like TERRES (2023–2025) and Erasmus+ (ongoing). She has also led numerous commercial research contracts for public administrations in Piedmont and Trentino.

Labs and Teams: She leads the Interdepartmental Center R3C - Responsible Risk Resilience Center, a key hub for interdisciplinary research on risk, resilience, and sustainable territorial development at the Polytechnic University of Turin.