Lorenza Belinda Fontana

Full Professor (Unito)
Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST)

Teaching

Other activities and projects related to teaching

I currently teach a master course (Laurea Magistrale) in Latin American History Politics

I also taught courses on qualitative research methods, research practice, dissertation writing, human rights, conflict studies and social movements.

Research

Supervised PhD students

Greta Mazzocchi. Programme in Urban And Regional Development (40^th cycle, 2024-in progress)
Research subject: My research explores how wildfires shape human and non-human mobilities in Brazil. Using an intersectional approach, it examines fire-related im/mobility within power structures and colonial legacies.

Human, economic and political geography

Human, economic and political geography

Other activities and projects related to research

My research has addressed questions around the ethnic politics of socio-environmental conflicts, the domestic politics of human rights of vulnerable groups (including indigenous peoples, domestic workers and working children), and, more recently, the contentious politics of wildfires. I have also worked on the post-2015 development agenda and the challenges of fostering engagement from the Global South with the Sustainable Development Goals.