Current Position
- From September 2023 Post-Doc Research Fellow, Laboratoire de sciences sociales PACTE, University of Grenoble Alpes, research project (ANR-22-CE55-0002 CARe supported by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche)
- From December 2023 Teaching tutor in Sociology, bachelor’s degree Social Work, University of Bologna
- From December 2020 member of the examination board in Urban Sociology, University of Bologna
- Froom June 2020 member of the examination board in Sociology of Migrations, University of Bologna
- From November 2019 member of Ce.P.Ci.T. (Centro Studi sui Problemi della Città e del Territorio), Department of Sociology and Business Law, University of Bologna
Edication
- 2019: PhD in Sociology and Social Research, Department of Sociology and Business Law, University of Bologna (supervisor: Prof. Maurizio Bergamaschi)
- From October 2021 to March 2022: Visiting PhD student, Department of Geography, Harokopio University of Athens (supervisor: Prof. Thomas Maloutas)
- 2019: Master Degree in Sociology and Social Work (curriculum Social Research), University of Bologna, final grade: 110/110 cum laude
- 2017: Bachelor’s Degree in Political, Social and International Sciences, University of Bologna, final grade: 110/110 cum laude
Participation to Summer Schools
- 7/06-11/06/2022: Summer School “Interrogating Euro-mediterranean Migration”, Centro di elaborazione culturale Mobilità, Migrazioni Internazionali (MoMI), Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Naples L’Orientale, Procida
- 9/09-16/09/2021: X Summer School of Higher Education in Sociology of the Territory “Le periferie del centro, vecchie e nuove forme di disagio sociale. Il caso di Catania”, Catania
- 2/09-06/09/2019: Summer School “Scuola estiva sul metodo e la ricerca sociale”, Paideia-AIS, Borgo Tortorella (Salerno)
- 1/07-5/07/2019: Summer School “Scuola estiva di sociologia delle migrazioni”, Centro Studi Medì, Genoa
Presentations at conferences
19/05-20/05/2023: Essenziali ma invisibili: migrazioni femminili e lavoro domestico nella città post-pandemica. Il caso della provincia di Bologna, I Conference Sisec Giovani “Il lavoro nel capitalismo contemporaneo: categorie, problemi, prospettive”, where she was member of the Scientific Committee and the coordinator of the panel “Segregazione di genere e mercato del lavoro”, University of Catania, Catania.
12/01-14/01/2023: Segregazione residenziale etnica: patterns spaziali e traiettorie abitative nel caso bolognese, Conference of Ais Territorio “I luoghi del vivere quotidiano. Accessibilità, accoglienza, ambiente, anima”, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan.
01/09-03/09/2022: Patterns di segregazione residenziale etnica nell’Europa del Sud:
il caso di Bologna, XV Conference ESPAnet Italia “La sfida del PNRR. La ricostruzione del welfare e le dinamiche della complessità”, where she was the coordinator of the panel “Leggere le diseguaglianze in chiave territoriale”, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari.
24/08-26/08/2022: Housing Pathways of Migrants in Southern Europe. Preliminary considerations on Bologna case study, International Conference “Ordinary Cities in Exceptional Times” of the International Sociological Association (ISA-RC21), Harokopio University, Athens.
9/12-11/12/2021: Studiare la segregazione residenziale etnica nell’Europa del sud.
Il caso di Bologna, VI National Conference of PhD students in Social Science, where she was coordinator of the panel “Dinamiche di mobilità e segregazione residenziale”, University of Naples Federico II.
13/10-14/10/2021: Le dinamiche residenziali delle popolazioni straniere alla scala metropolitana. I casi di Bologna e Milano (2001-2011), International Conference “Muldimensional Housing Deprivation. Local dynamics of inequality, policies and challenges for the future”, where she was coordinator of the panel “Local models and processes of ethnic residential segregation”, University of Bologna (online).
04/10-5/10/2021: Segregazione: eredità e limiti di una categoria ecologica, International Conference “The Introduction to the Science of Sociology at one hundred and the genesis of Chicago School of Sociology”, University of Salerno (online).
31/08-03/09/2021: Understanding (ethnic) Segregation in Southern Europe. The case study of the residential dynamics of foreigners in Bologna, International Conference “Sociological Knowledges for Alternative Futures” of the European Sociological Association (ESA-RN37), Barcelona (online).
27/01-29/01/2021: Peripheral diffusion and concentrations. The residential dynamics of the foreign population in Bologna and Milan, IV Midterm Conference “Urban Theory and Urban Praxis: Past, Present and Possible Futures” of the European Sociological Association (ESA-RN37), University of Bologna (online).
Presentations at courses and seminars
29/11/2023: Farsi le ossa. Lavoro migrante nell’industria della carne nel modenese, within the cycle of seminars in Sociology of Migrations (Maurizio Bergamaschi), Master’s Degree in Sociology and Social Reserach, University of Bologna, Bologna.
14/11/2023: Oltre il ghetto. Dinamiche residenziali e traiettorie migranti a Bologna, within the cycle of seminars in Sociology of Migrations (Carolina Marelli), Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology, University of Bologna, Forlì.
03/10/2023: Beyond the ghetto. Residential dynamics and migrant trajectories in Bologna, International Seminar ‘Justice Sociale’, Laboratoire Pacte, Institut d'Urbanisme et de Géographie Alpine, Grenoble.
22/03/2023: (Im)migrati a Bologna: segregazione residenziale e processi territoriali emergenti, within the cycle of seminars in Urban Sociology (Maurizio Bergamaschi e Marco Castrignanò), Bachelor’s Degree in International, Social and Political Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna.
15/03/2023: Mappe e analisi socio-spaziale (with Tommaso Rimondi), within the cycle of seminars in ‘Laboratorio sul disagio abitativo e analisi socio-spaziale’ (Manuela Maggio), Master’s Degree in Sociology and Social Research, University of Bologna, Bologna.
21/11/2022: Dinamiche residenziali e traiettorie abitative migranti, within the cycle of seminars in Sociology of Migrations (Maurizio Bergamaschi), Master’s Degree in Sociology and Social Reserach, University of Bologna, Bologna.
17/11/2022: Dinamiche insediative e processi di segregazione residenziale etnica. Il caso di Bologna, within the cycle of seminars in ‘Comunità e quartieri urbani’ (Marco Castrignanò), Master’s Degree in Sociology and Social Research, University of Bologna, Bologna.
11/11/2022: Segregazione (with Luca Daconto), within the cycle of seminars in ‘Analisi sociale e urbana’ (Alessandra Terenzi), Degree in ‘Urbanistica Città Ambiente Paesaggio - Scuola di Architettura Urbanistica Ingegneria delle Costruzioni’, Polytechnic University of Milan, Milan.
29/04/2022: Dinamiche insediative e processi territoriali emergenti. Il caso dei residenti stranieri a Bologna, within the cycle of seminars in Sociology of Migrations (Maurizio Bergamaschi), Master’s Degree in Sociology and Social Reserach, University of Bologna, Bologna.
21/04/2022: Dinamiche insediative e processi di segregazione residenziale etnica.
Il caso di Bologna, within the cycle of seminars in ‘Comunità e quartieri urbani’ (Marco Castrignanò), Master’s Degree in Sociology and Social Research, University of Bologna, Bologna.
30/01/2022: Ethnic residential segregation in Southern Europe
the case study of Bologna, within the post-graduate course ‘Issues of Inequality and Segregation in European Cities’ (Thomas Maloutas), Harokopio University, Athens.
29/11/2021: Dinamiche insediative e processi di segregazione residenziale etnica, within the cycle of seminars of Urban Sociology (Maurizio Bergamaschi e Marco Castrignanò), Bachelor’s Degree in International, Social and Political Sciences, University of Bologna (online).
24/11/2021: Segregazione residenziale etnica. Contesti e prospettive di ricerca, within the cycle of seminars in Sociology of Migrations (Carolina Marelli), Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology, University of Bologna (online).
4/11/2021: Studiare la segregazione nel contest Sud Europeo, within the cycle of seminars in ‘La città europea’ (Luca Daconto), Master’s Degree in ‘Analisi dei Processi sociali’, University of Milano-Bicocca (online).
3/06/2021: Espulsioni e marginalità urbana nel capitalismo neoliberale, within the cycle of seminars ‘Mappe del Sociale. Temi, problemi e linee di ricerca per esplorare il capitalismo delle infrastrutture’ organized by the Centro Internazionale di Documentazione e Studi Sociologici sui problemi del Lavoro (CIDOSPEL), University of Bologna (online).
28/04/2021: Diffusione periferica e concentrazioni. La dinamica localizzativa dei residenti stranieri a Bologna e Milano, within the cycle of seminars in Sociology of Migrations (Maurizio Bergamaschi), Master’s Degree in Sociology and Social Reserach, University of Bologna, Bologna.
22/04/2021: Diffusione periferica e concentrazioni. La dinamica localizzativa dei residenti stranieri a Bologna e Milano, within the cycle of seminars in ‘Comunità e quartieri urbani’ (Marco Castrignanò), Master’s Degree in Sociology and Social Research, University of Bologna (online).
26/11/2020: Diffusione periferica e concentrazioni. La dinamica insediativa dei residenti stranieri a Bologna e Milano (with Luca Daconto), within the cycle of seminars in Territory and Social Cohesion (Silvia Mugnano), Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Università of Milano-Bicocca (online).
11/11/2020: Abitare le periferie. Segregazione residenziale etnica a Bologna, within the cycle of seminars in Urban Sociology (Maurizio Bergamaschi e Marco Castrignanò), Bachelor’s Degree in International, Social and Political Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna.
International research projects
From 2020 – ongoing: member of the UNIBO team of the H2020 project Welcoming Spaces "Investing in 'Welcoming Spaces' in Europe: revitalizing shrinking areas by hosting non-EU migrants" (Research and innovation programme, call H2020-SC6-Migration-2019; Grant Agreement n.870952).
From 2019 to 30/06/2022: member of the UNIBO team of the H2020 MICADO project “Migrant Integration Cockpits and Dashboards” (Call H2020-SC6-MIGRATION-Work Programme Part: Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies; Grant Agreement n. 822717).
Other activities
May 2023 – December 2023: member of the national research project “Made in Italy: terre, colture, culture”, Rivista e Centro Studi Confronti.
2022/2023: Teaching Tutor in Sociology Economic and Labour Sociology, bachelor’s degree Sociology, University of Bologna.
2019-2020: Tutor in support of Blended Didactics, Master of Sociology and Social work, University of Bologna (Italy).
2020 – ongoing: member of the editorial office of the journal Sociologia Urbana e Rurale (FrancoAngeli).
From November 2020 to January 2021, she collaborated with the association Trama di Terre on supervision activities and the drafting of the guidelines of the project “Migranda. Diritti e pratiche di accoglienza in una prospettiva interculturale di genere in Emilia-Romagna”, funded by the Department for Equal Opportunities of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and in collaboration with the Emilia-Romagna Region.
Publications
Maurizio Bergamaschi, Maria Grazia Montesano, Leggere le diseguaglianze: quale relazione tra polarizzazione sociale e segregazione spaziale?, «Città in Controluce», forthcoming [Scientific article]
Alina Dambrosio Clementelli, Maria Grazia Montesano, Contropiano delle cucine: femminismi e reddito, «Gli Asini», 2023, 111, pp. 30 – 32 [article]
Maria Grazia Montesano, Seregation: Heritage and Limits of an Ecological Category, in Cersosimo G. (eds.): Park and Burgess’s Sociology. Creation, Evolution and Legacy, Losanna, Peter Lang, pp. 113 - 124 [Chapter or essay]
Maria Grazia Montesano, Veronica Castellani, Emma Nicolis, Essenziali ma invisibili: migrazioni femminili e lavoro domestico nella città post-pandemica. Il caso della provincia di Bologna, in Castrignanò M., Rimondi T. (eds.): Bologna dopo la pandemia. Impatto territoriale e scenari futuri, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2023, pp. 151 - 164 [Chapter or essay]
Maria Grazia Montesano, (Im)migrati a Bologna: segregazione residenziale e processi territoriali emergenti, in Bergamaschi M., Lomonaco A. (eds.): Esplorare il territorio. Linee di ricerca socio-spaziali, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2022, pp. 25 - 41 [Chapter or essay]
Maria Grazia Montesano, Luca Daconto, Local models and processes of ethnic residential segregation, in Bergamaschi M. (ed.): The multidimensional housing deprivation. Local dynamics of inequality, policies and challenges for the future, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2022, pp. 13 - 14 [Chapter or essay]
Daconto Luca, Maria Grazia Montesano, The residential dynamics of foreign populations at the metropolitan scale. The cases of Bologna and Milan (2001-2011), in Bergamaschi M. (ed.): The multidimensional housing deprivation. Local dynamics of inequality, policies and challenges for the future, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2022, pp. 50 - 61 [Chapter or essay]
Maurizio Bergamaschi, Luca Daconto, Maria Grazia Montesano, Diffusione periferica e concentrazioni. La dinamica insediativa dei residenti stranieri a Bologna e Milano, «MONDI MIGRANTI», 2021, 2, pp. 151 - 168 [Scientific article]
Maria Grazia Montesano, Review of: Paradoxes of Segregation: Housing Systems, Welfare Regimes and Ethnic Residential Change in Southern European Cities. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2019., «SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE», 2021, 126, pp. 185 - 186 [Review]
Maurizio Bergamaschi, Maria Grazia Montesano, Presenza straniera in città e spazi insediativi, in Bergamaschi M., Castrignanò M., Pieretti G. (eds.): Bologna. Policentrismo urbano e processi sociali emergenti, Soveria Mannelli (CZ), Rubbettino, 2020, pp. 35 - 50 (SOCIOLOGIA DELLE CITTÀ ITALIANE) [Chapter or essay]
