Magda Bolzoni

Magda Bolzoni is a Fixed-term Assistant Professor at the Interuniversity Department of Territorial Sciences, Planning and Policies (DIST) at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. She is actively involved in teaching and research, focusing on urban sociology, migration, and socio-spatial inclusion. She teaches in the Master's Degree programs in Urban and Regional Planning and Architecture for Sustainability, delivering courses such as 'Methodologies for Social Inclusion and Participation' and 'Architecture, Society, and Territory A'.

Her research interests include critical urban studies, migration processes and policies, socio-spatial inclusion and exclusion, and social research methodology. These are reflected in her scientific disciplinary sector GSPS-08/B (Sociology of the Environment and Territory) and her alignment with ERC sectors such as SH7_7 (Cities; urban, regional and rural studies), SH7_2 (Migration), and SH3_4 (Social integration, exclusion, prosocial behaviour), as well as UN Sustainable Development Goals 10, 11, and 16.

Her recent publications explore themes of gentrification, urban transformation in Turin, migration in extra-urban areas, and the socio-political dynamics of asylum and refugee reception in Italy, particularly in the context of the Ukrainian crisis. Her work appears in journals such as Cities, European Urban and Regional Studies, and Partecipazione e Conflitto, as well as in edited volumes on asylum and social innovation.

• 2025: 'Between a soft and a hard place: Southern European gentrification for short-term populations'
• 2025: 'Economic Elites and Global Shocks: A Conceptual Mapping'
• 2024: 'International migrations in extra-urban areas: exploring challenges and opportunities in Italy and Japan'
• 2024: '2023-2024: quale pace per chi fugge?'
• 2023: 'Adaptive urbanism in ordinary cities: Gentrification and temporalities in Turin (1993–2021)'

She has been recognized for her contributions to migration and urban studies, though no specific awards are listed. She supervises two PhD students—Cristina Pezzotti and Rosamaria Randazzo—in the Urban and Regional Development program. She has not received mention of grants or funding in the provided texts, but her active publication record suggests ongoing research projects.

Magda Bolzoni is affiliated with the DIST department and contributes to the Planning and Design Board. She is a key figure in the academic and research community at Politecnico di Torino, particularly in the fields of urban sociology and migration policy.