Margherita Emma Turvani, Associate professor, holds a Full Professorship, National Habilitation in Political Economy and Economic Policy. She teaches Political Economy and Economic Policy in Graduate programs in Planning and in Architecture at the University IUAV of Venice. She has an outstanding record of study and research in the field of Economics and Sustainability and in multidisciplinary investigations and collaborations. During her academic life, she has been visiting scholar in several universities (Stanford, M.I.T., Columbia, USA; Tongji and Tsinghua in China). She is a Fellow of Venice International University and Director of the Dual Master Degree in Planning, University IUAV and CAUP Tongji University, and she promoted several International Workshops and Exhibitions in China.  At IESD-Tongji she co-teaches Ecological Economics. She has been Chief Investigator for national and European funded Research grants and she has covered many institutional duties on behalf of IUAV University of Venice.

Selected Activities

Since 2017, Director Dual Degree in Urban Planning, University IUAV of Venice and CAUP-Tongji University,

Since 2017, Executive Director of Joint IUAV –CAUP- Tongji University Research Lab, URBES (Urban and Rural Built Environment Sustainability).

Since 2010, Member of the Board, Venice International University, Venice, Italy

2017, Scientific Coordinator, IUAV Exhibition in WATERFRONT Pavillon, in Shanghai Urban Space Art Season, Shanghai, China.

2017, Member of Jury of the  Sustainable Tourism design competition, under the auspice of Sustainable Tourism Program of the UNITED NATIONS, Program for Global Action for Sustainable Consumption and Production, China Lab, University of Pavia and Technology University de Monterey Mexico.

2015, Co-Curatorof Urban Public Space in Shanghai, CAO YANG NEW Village, Shanghai Urban Space Art Season, Shanghai, China.

2013, Co-Curatorof the project Visualizing Venice at the2013 Shenzhen Biennale of Urbanism / Architecture: Urban Border, Shenzhen, China

2012, Convenor, International Conference, Resilience Thinking: coordinating science and action for the governance of socio-ecological systems,IUAV University, Venice, Italy.  

2008, Convenor, European Science Foundation, Exploratory Workshop “The reuse of contaminated sites for local sustainable development strategies”, Isola San Servolo, Venice, Italy.

2002-10, Vice-Director, PhD Program ‘Analysis and Governance of Sustainable Development’, School for Advanced Studies (SSAV), Ca Foscari University, Venice, Italy

Recent Selected Publications

Antonelli M., Bracco S., Turvani M.E., Vicario A. (2020) Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Insights from Italian Investments. In: Gasparatos A. et al. (eds) Sustainability Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa I. Science for Sustainable Societies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4458-3_4

Mohsen Hosseini Farhangi, Margherita E. Turvani, Arnold van der Valk, Gerrit J. Carsjens. (2019). Technology-Driven Transition in Urban Food Production Practices: A Case Study of Shanghai, SUSTAINABILITY, 11(21), 6070; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11216070

Durante, G., Turvani M.E. (2018). Coworking, the Sharing Economy, and the City: Which Role for the ‘Coworking Entrepreneur’? URBAN SCIENCE, 2(3), 83. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci2030083

Tosi M.C., Turvani M. E., Munarin S. (2017). Public Realm as City Welfare & Citizens Wellbeing: the Case of Cao Yang New Village - Shanghai, in Basso M. and Piazzoni M.F. (eds.), Shanghai: a Self-Portrait, special issue of the, JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM, n. 2, Print ISSN: 2029-7955 Online ISSN: 2029-7947

Bendayan G., Deng T., Turvani M. E., Li F. (2017). Transforming a Resource-Base City into a Sustainable Development City: the Case of  Jiuyan, China,  OIDA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, ISSN: 1923:6654 (print) and ISSN: 1923:6662 (online)

Mannino, I., E. Ninka, M. E. Turvani, M. Chertow, (2015).  The Decline of Eco-industrial Development in Porto Marghera, Italy, JOURNAL of  CLEANER PRODUCTION, 100, 286-296, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.03.054

Antonelli, M., Siciliano, G., Turvani, M.E., Rulli, C. (2015). Global investments in agricultural land and the role of the EU: drivers, scope and potential impacts, LAND USE POLICY, Volume 47, September 2015, Pages 98–11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.04.007

Munaretto, S., G. Siciliano, and M. E. Turvani, (2014).  Integrating adaptive governance and participatory multicriteria methods: a framework for climate adaptation governance. ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY, 19(2): 74.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-06381-190274

Tonin, S., M. Turvani (2014). Redeveloping industrial land: are contamination and remediation schemes affecting the price of industrial real estate properties? JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT, DOI:10.1080/09640568.2013.782271

Siciliano, G., A.  Crociata, M. E. Turvani (2012). A Multi-level Integrated Analysis of Socio-Economic Systems Metabolism: an Application to the Italian Regional Level. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND GOVERNANCE, vol. 22, p. 350-368, ISSN: 1756-9338, doi: 10.1002/eet.1596

Tonin S., A. Alberini, M. Turvani (2011). The Value of Reducing Cancer Risks at Contaminated Sites: Are More Knowledgeable People Willing to Pay More?. RISK ANALYSIS, ISSN: 0272-4332, DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01730.x

Turvani, M. (2011). Land Recycling: an Opportunity for Local Sustainable Development. Special Issue of S R SCIENZE REGIONALI, vol. 10, ISSN: 1720-3929

Turvani M. (2010). The Reuse of Contaminated Sites for Sustainable Development Strategies, Special Issue of JOURNAL OF URBAN REGENERATION AND RENEWAL, Vol.3 Jan. –March, ISSN 1752-9638