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Giuseppe Calignano

@giuseppecalignano.bsky.social

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Associate professor of Economic and Political Geography at the University of Bologna. Interested in economic geography and regional development.

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

#Green transitions are billed as fair and forward-looking. But as @suyashjolly.bsky.social, Asheim, @maximilianbenner.bsky.social, @giuseppecalignano.bsky.social, Eadson, Gong & @trondnilsen1976.bsky.social warn, #transitions stripped of justice breed resistance, not renewal. doi.org/10.1016/j.pe...

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Giuseppe Calignano @giuseppecalignano.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

In a viewpoint article published in Local Economy, Luca De Siena and I discuss the need for a more systematic integration of a clear ‘denied agency’ such as youth in local and regional development studies. The paper is available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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In search of a ‘Geography of Youth’: Why young people should matter more in local and regional development studies - Giuseppe Calignano, Luca De Siena, 2025

The topic of human agency is currently at the top of the agenda of scholars interested in local and regional development dynamics. This still new, yet well-deve...

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Giuseppe Calignano @giuseppecalignano.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Megaprojects can be symbols of imagined futures, as well as controversies, in regional development. The reasons? (I) technology and greening, (II) geography and scale, and (III) the geopolitical situation. New article in @cjres.bsky.social with Atle Hauge and Trond Nilsen.

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Giuseppe Calignano @giuseppecalignano.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Small towns play a key role as agents of regional development. Are they catalysts for the growth of their hinterland or do they soak up resources and talent from surrounding towns and villages? Both, but the story is more complex than it seems. Check out my recent article with the great Atle Hauge.

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