D'OVIDIO MARIANNA

Role
Associate professor  
Academic disciplines
Sociology of Environment and Territory (GSPS-08/B)
Scientific-Disciplinary Group:
SOCIOLOGY OF ECONOMICS, LABOUR, ENVIRONMENT AND TERRITORY (14/GSPS-08)
Office phone
Reception hours

Marianna d’Ovidio’s office hours are by appointment in room 3077 (U7 building, third floor) or online at https://unimib.webex.com/meet/marianna.dovidio

Biography

Marianna d'Ovidio, Phd in Urban Studies, is associate professor in sociology of the environment and territory at the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the University of Milano-Bicocca. She is deputy-coordinator of the URBEUR doctoral programme.

Her research interests concern the urban economy, the cultural and creative sector, creativity, artistic and cultural production, social and cultural innovation, and in particular their interaction with urban transformations, local development and urban governance.

She recently was the scientific head of the research Milano Re-Mapped (coordinated by Pirelli HangarBicocca) funded by Fondazione Cariplo. She coordinated the research Streaming Culture (Mapping cultural production and consumption in pandemic times) funded by Fondazione Cariplo and the Milano-Bicocca unit within the CICERONE research funded by the European Community (Horizon 2020).

She is also co-editor in chief with Carl Grodach (Monash University) of the international journal City, Culture and Society 

She has published in international and Italian journals, including Urban Studies, City, City Culture and Society, Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, Sociologia Urbana e Rurale, Sociologica, Territorio.

Publications

  • Manzano, C., Nessi, C., D'Ovidio, M., Bracci, M., Raccanelli, L. (2025). The Art of Taking Space: Interdependencies in the Contemporary Art Ecosystem in Milan, Italy. SPACE AND CULTURE [10.1177/12063312251363055]. Detail

  • D'Ovidio, M., Pradel, M. (2025). The European Creative City: Contextualising Urban Policies and Strategies for Creative Industries. In L.E. Dubois, S. Laurent, S. Bérangère (a cura di), De Gruyter Handbook of Creative Industries (pp. 135-150). De Gruyter Brill [10.1515/9783111351209-011]. Detail

  • D’Ovidio, M. (2021). Ethics at work: Diverse economies and place-making in the historical centre of Taranto, Italy. URBAN STUDIES, 58(11), 2276-2292 [10.1177/0042098021992221]. Detail

  • D'Ovidio, M., Greco, L., Inno, P., Pareja-Eastaway, M., Pradel, M., Vidaechea, J. (2023). Production networks in the cultural and creative sector: case studies from fashion design (CICERONE report D2.5) [Rapporto tecnico] [10.5281/zenodo.6885540]. Detail

  • Nuvolati, G., D'Ovidio, M. (a cura di). (2022). Temi e metodi per la sociologia del territorio. Torino : UTET. Detail

Research projects

Milano Re-mapped (3nd edition)
Year: 2024
Grantors: FONDAZIONE CARIPLO
Milano Re-mapped (2nd edition)
Year: 2023
Grantors: FONDAZIONE CARIPLO
CICERONE - Creative Industries Cultural Economy Production Network
Year: 2020
Call: Inclusive and sustainable growth through cultural and creative industries and the arts
Grantors: EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Mapping cultural production and consumption in pandemic times
Year: 2020
Grantors: FONDAZIONE CARIPLO
Milano Re-mapped
Year: 2020
Grantors: FONDAZIONE CARIPLO

Awards

Awards

  • Finanziamento annuale individuale delle attività base di ricerca (FFABR 2017), Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del Sistema Universitario e della Ricerca, 2017

Editorial boards

  • Direttore di rivista, collana editoriale, enciclopedia - CITY, CULTURE AND SOCIETY, 2023
  • Associate Editor di rivista o collana editoriale - CITY, CULTURE AND SOCIETY, 2019 - 2023

Research and teaching assignments

  • Ricercatore universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2009 - 2010
  • Ricercatore universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di BARI ALDO MORO, 2016 - 2019
  • Ricercatore universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di BARI ALDO MORO, 2019