BARBARA STANISCIA

BARBARA STANISCIA
barbara.staniscia@uniroma1.it
Associate Professor
11/GEOG-01 (Geography)
Department of European, American and Intercultural Studies

RECEPTION
By appointment only. Appointments must be arranged by sending a message to the address barbara.staniscia@uniroma1.it Only messages sent from institutional email addresses cognome.matricola@studenti.uniroma1.it and with the “subject” field completed will receive a response.

LEZIONI
The Tourism Geography course lectures will begin on 25 February 2026 and will end on 29 May 2026.
Students who intend to attend the lectures are kindly requested to complete the form available at the following link: https://forms.gle/5bhLkWqmZYf1DDCZA
Class schedules and classrooms: https://corsidilaurea.uniroma1.it/it/course/33536/attendance/timetable
 
The lectures of the course History and Geography of Food – Geography of Food and Gastronomy Module will begin on 6 March 2026 and will end on 29 May 2026.
Students who intend to attend the lectures are kindly requested to complete the form available at the following link: https://forms.gle/9R2qmk9qxwiAFHxbA
Class schedules and classrooms: https://corsidilaurea.uniroma1.it/it/course/33565/attendance/timetable
 
EXAMS
Detailed information regarding syllabi, reading lists, booking periods, and examination methods is available on the Infostud website

EXAM DATES FOR TOURISM GEOGRAPHY: https://corsidilaurea.uniroma1.it/it/course/33536/attendance/exams
EXAM DATES FOR HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF FOOD: https://corsidilaurea.uniroma1.it/it/course/33565/attendance/exams
EXAM DATES FOR MEMORY, TERRITORIES AND CULTURE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZFExOimfSJdg0XfQ8gdcEXu8efoxrH0W/view

Barbara Staniscia Graduated from LUISS University (Rome, Italy) with a Bachelor degree in Economics, she obtained a Master Degree in Local Development from Université Paris XIII (France) and a Ph.D. in Economic Geography from the University of Bari (Italy). She currently teaches Geography of Tourism and Human Mobility at the Sapienza University of Rome and she has been the Scientific Secretary of the International Geographical Union Commission on GLOBILITY Global Change and Human Mobility. Her research has focused on urban dynamics and local development, the spatial effects of EU policies, rural development and the geography of taste, environmental conflicts, tourism and migration. She has participated in a number of international research projects: YMOBILITY Youth Mobility: Maximising Opportunities for Individuals, Labour Markets and Regions in Europe (2015-2018, a HORIZON2020 research project); SECOA Solutions for Environmental Contrasts in Coastal Areas. Global change, human mobility and sustainable urban development (2009-2013 a FP7 research project); Brain drain or brain gain? Skilled migration from Southern Europe to the new emerging Mexican cities (2014-2016); TIGER Territorial Impact of Globalization for Europe and its Regions (2010-2012); PLACE Preserving Places, Managing Mass Tourism, Urban Conservation and Quality of Life in Historic Centres (2008-2010); SELMA Spatial Deconcentration of Economic Land Use and Quality of Life in European Metropolitan Areas (2002-2006); The Spatial Effects of Demographic Trends and Migration (2003-2005 ESPON 1.1.4); MIRE Interregional Migrations in Europe (2002). She has also been a member of the research teams of the national projects: EMAHM Emergency Department as an Epidemiological Observatory of Human Mobility: the Case of Rome Metropolitan Area (2016-2018); Migrations and Processes of Intercultural Interaction. Forms of integration and Spatial Organization in some Italian Regions (2010-2012); Local Development: Space, Actors, Projects. International Comparisons (2004-2006); Human Mobility and Urban Policies (2006); Tourism and Growth: Local Factors and Spatial Competitiveness (2002-2004). She has published 30 papers, 23 book chapters, and two books in English, Italian, Spanish and Japanese.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Barbara_Staniscia