PhD in Urban, Regional and Environmental Design,  Habil. in Urban Studies. Her work and activism, cover socio-spatial inequalities, with a focus on european urban policies, housing and migration, She is part of the research cluster“housing in the city” at the University Iauv of Venice. She teaches at Iuav and Unifi in Italy and at the EUP, France. She has been working in urban and social policies at EU level  (e.g. URBACT, UIA, EU Urban Agenda Urban Poverty, Housing, Inclusion, Culture and Cultural Heritage et al.), and collaborates with NGOs, international organisations and independent civic initiatives. Co-founder of Tesserae urban and social research,  MiMetis SRL migration research. As activist she is member of the International Network of Urban Research and Action., and From Sea to the Cities consortium and the Forum Sociale per l’Abitare.