Michela Lazzeroni

Education
1998-2000 - Post-doctoral fellowship, University of Pisa
1992-1996 - PhD in Urban and Regional Geography (VIII cycle)
1988-1992 - Bachelor in Arts with the specialization in Geography, University of Pisa

Academic career
10/2024 - today: Full Professor In Economic and Political Geography, University of Pisa
05/2018-10/2024: Associate Professor
01/2009-07/2012 and 11/2012 - 07/2017 : Assistant Professor
2005-2008: Assistant Professor (three year contract)
2000-2004: Researcher at the University of Pisa

Institutional activities
Vice-Director of Department of Civilizations and Forms of Knowledge
Delegate of the Third Mission
Member of the Board of the Society of Geographic Studies: 2013 – today

Main research interests
1. Geography and technology: technological districts, university and territorial development, innovation in peripheral areas, the fourth industrial revolution, AI and geography
2. Urban evolution: housing and residential mobility; identity and image of knowledge city; resilience of small towns; migrations and territorial social capital; smart and AI urbanism
3. Heritage, landscape and local development: territorial marketing, industrial heritage and landscape, cultural economy and small towns, historical re-enactement and territorial identity, food regions and policies
4. Transformations of coastal areas: urban change and human pressure in the Mediterranean area; land use and evolution of landscape

Main recent publications

Main Articles
- Lazzeroni M., Romano A. (2025), “Artificial Intelligence and New Visions of the Future of the City: Exploring Urban Narratives Through Semantic and Network Analysis”, Journal of Urban Technology, 32, 2, pp. 63-83
- Lazzeroni M., Pettenati G., Privitera D., Zilli S. (2023), “Discorsi e pratiche della tipicità. Il cibo come ambito di costruzione identitaria, patrimonializzazione e sviluppo locale”, Rivista Geografica Italiana, CXXX, 4
- Lazzeroni M., Albanese V. (2023), Perceptions and imaginaries about the fourth industrial revolution between geographies of opportunity and discontent: Some reflections on the Italian case”, The Geographical Journal.
- Lazzeroni M. (2022), “Bounce-back o nuove traiettorie di sviluppo? Alcune riflessioni sul concetto di resilienza generativa nella fase post-pandemica”, Documenti geografici, 1
- Lazzeroni M., Grava M. (2021), “Dalle fabbriche ai nuovi spazi dell’innovazione: transizioni socio-economiche e mutamenti dei paesaggi della produzione”, Rivista Geografica Italiana, 128, 4
- Lazzeroni M. (2020), Industrial decline and resilience in small towns: evidence from three European case studies, Journal of Economic and Social Geography, 111, 2
- Lazzeroni M. (2019), "Università e innovazione nelle aree periferiche: dinamiche di sviluppo, inclusione sociale e progetti di rigenerazione urbana”, Geotema, 59
- Lazzeroni M., Meini M. (2019), "Dinamiche migratorie e capitale sociale territoriale: aspetti teorici e metodologici", Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana, 2, 2
- Lazzeroni M., Piccaluga A. (2015), “Beyond 'town and gown': the role of the university in small and medium-sized cities”, Industry & Higher Education, 29, 1
- Lazzeroni M. (2013), "Identità e immagine della città della conoscenza e dell'innovazione. Teorie, politiche, strategie", Rivista Geografica Italiana, 121
- Lazzeroni M., Bellini N., Cortesi G., Loffredo A. (2013), “The territorial approach to cultural economy: new opportunities for the development of small towns”, European Planning Studies, 21, 4

Main Books
- Lazzeroni M., Romano A. (2025), Intelligenza artificiale e nuovo urbanesimo, Angeli, Milano.
- Mayer H., Lazzeroni M. (2022), A research agenda for Small and Medium-Sized Towns, Elgar, Cheltenham
- Banti A., Lazzeroni M. (2022), La quarta rivoluzione tra opportunità e disuguaglianze, Angeli, Milano
- Lazzeroni M. (2020), Geografie dell’università, Mimesis, Milano