In this month’s episode, we share a stimulating conversation with Margherita Grazioli, a fixed-term assistant professor (RTDa) in Economic Geography in the Social Sciences Area of the Gran Sasso Science Institute (L’Aquila, Italy). Margherita is also a steering committee member of the Beyond Habitation Lab, a Turin-based collective study lab.
In her work, Margherita explores the right to the city through themes of housing, squatting, and urban commons. As a long-standing member of Rome’s Movimenti per il Diritto all’Abitare (Movement for the Right to Habitation), her academic engagements are firmly rooted in her activist background. Having lived in a housing squat in Rome for six years, Margherita brings a critical perspective to our conversation around housing struggles, which we are thrilled to share with our listeners.
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Guest: Dr Margherita Grazioli ([email protected])
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Margherita-Grazioli
https://beyondinhabitation.org/team/margherita-grazioli/
This episode was recorded in February 2024.
Logo credits: Alma Hummelsberger
Editor: Eden Igwe
Music: Matthew Lewis (@matthewlewy on Spotify)
Let’s Step Outside (LSO) is a podcast series bringing urban-related activism and exciting research outside the walls of Academia and one step closer to people who don’t fancy talking with jargon. LSO’s episodes feature mainly women researchers/speakers at all stages of their career, as well as a range of activists engaged with all things urban. Delicious food for thought delivered to your ears.
