Publications & Conferences
Publications & Conferences
Selected publications, conference papers and research contributions on spatial justice, social innovation, impact assessment and decision-support tools for urban regeneration by members of Niutopia Research Unit
Niutopia Research Unit develops interdisciplinary research outputs across spatial justice, critical data studies, collaborative governance and decision-support methodologies.
Carion, F., & Russo, L. (2026). Oltre lo spazio in sé: riproduzione sociale e regimi di dati nella produzione dello spazio urbano [Beyond space itself: social reproduction and data regimes in the production of urban space]. SIU Conference 2026.
Carion, F., Ragozino, S., & Esposito De Vita, G. (2025). New tools for designing urban regeneration strategies. XXVII SIU Conference, Milan.
Carion, F., Del Giudice, G., Moracci, M., Morra, F., Scalisi, M., Russo, L., Oppido, S., Ragozino, S., & Esposito De Vita, G. (2024). EMPaThY Spaces: Creative ecosystem for a transfeminist city. 14th ECTP-CEU Biennale of European Towns and Town Planners, Naples.
(https://www.iris.unina.it/handle/11588/991858)
Carion, F., & Esposito De Vita, G. (2024). Integrated methods for urban regeneration strategies: Contextual analysis through Multi-Level Perspective. XXVI SIU Conference, Naples.
(http://media.planum.bedita.net/93/85/Atti_XXVI_Conferenza_SIU_Napoli_Vol.01_Formato-Attademo_Planum_Publisher_2025.pdf)
Carion, F. (2024). AAA Toolkit wanted: New support tools for urban regeneration practices. SIU Seminar “Intersections: Urban Planning Education Facing Contemporary Transformations”, Rome.
(http://www.fedoabooks.unina.it/index.php/fedoapress/catalog/view/746/832/3785)
Carion, F., Russo, L., & Scalisi, M. (2023). Third Sector Organisation, Market and Research: Hybridization attempt of Niutopia project. Architecture, MDPI Special Issue “Social Change and Everyday Life in the Spatial Arts”.
Carion, F. (2023). The generative change of social innovation processes in bottom and middle-up urban regeneration: Towards new strategic planning tools. AESOP Annual Conference, Naples.
(https://aesop-planning.eu/images/TG_PSUC/TG_PSUC_Workshop_Helsinki/AESOP_TG-PSUC_Naples_REPORT.pdf)
Carion, F., Ragozino, S., & Esposito De Vita, G. (2023). Social innovation processes through bottom and middle-up urban regeneration: Towards fair evaluation practices. AISRE XLIV Annual Scientific Conference, Naples.
Carion, F., Ragozino, S., & Esposito De Vita, G. (2023). New support tools for strategy building in urban regeneration through social innovation. XXV SIU Conference, Cagliari.
(http://media.planum.bedita.net/1f/77/Atti_XXV_Conferenza_SIU_Cagliari_VOL.07_Tedesco-Marchigiani_Planum_Publisher_2024.pdf)
Carion, F., Ragozino, S., & Esposito De Vita, G. (2022). The generative change of social innovation: Towards fair evaluation practices. XIII International Study Day INU, Naples.
(https://iris.polito.it/retrieve/handle/11583/2981014/662911)
Russo, L., Ragozino, S., & Esposito De Vita, G. (2026). Una questione relazionale: il rapporto tra gli attori territoriali attraverso il modello analitico Co.Re.M. SIU Conference 2026.
Russo, L., Ragozino, S., & Esposito De Vita, G. (2023). Collaborative governance: Gaps and opportunities for the implementation of sustainable, inclusive, and generative urban transformation projects. AISRE XLIV Annual Scientific Conference, Naples.
Russo, L. (2023). Modelli alternativi di governance per la co-produzione dell’urbano [Alternative governance models for the co-production of the urban]. XXV SIU Conference, Cagliari.
Russo, L., Ragozino, S., & Esposito De Vita, G. (2022). Verso un’amministrazione collaborativa: i partenariati pubblico-privato-civico [Towards a collaborative administration: Public-private-civic partnerships]. XIII International Study Day INU, Naples.
Santagata, R., Zucaro, A., Viglia, S., Ripa, M., Tian, X., & Ulgiati, S. (2020). Assessing the sustainability of urban eco-systems through Emergy-based circular economy indicators. Ecological Indicators, 109.
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105859)
Oliveira, M., Santagata, R., Kaiser, S., Liu, Y., Vassillo, C., Ghisellini, P., Liu, G., & Ulgiati, S. (2022). Socioeconomic and environmental benefits of expanding urban green areas: A joint application of i-Tree and LCA approaches. Land, 11(12). (https://doi.org/10.3390/land11122106)
Endreny, T., Santagata, R., Perna, A., Stefano, C. D., Rallo, R. F., & Ulgiati, S. (2017). Implementing and managing urban forests: A much needed conservation strategy to increase ecosystem services and urban wellbeing. Ecological Modelling, 360, 328–335. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.07.016)
Ulgiati, S., Schnitzer, H., & Santagata, R. (2022). Empowering communities, beyond energy scarcity. Energies, 15(11). (https://doi.org/10.3390/en15114106)
Vassillo, C., Restaino, D., Santagata, R., Viglia, S., Vehmas, J., & Ulgiati, S. (2019). Barriers and solutions to the implementation of energy efficiency: A survey about stakeholders’ diversity, motivations and engagement in Naples, Italy. Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management, 7(2), 229–251.
(https://doi.org/10.5890/JEAM.2019.06.008)
Mauro, A., Santagata, R., Stasi, A., & Vanoli, L. (2025). Environmental and socio-economic assessment of an off-grid renewable energy system for an improved electric mobility. Applied Energy, 401.
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2025.126743)
Oliveira, M., Miguel, M., van Langen, S. K., Ncube, A., Zucaro, A., Fiorentino, G., Passaro, R., Santagata, R., Coleman, N., Lowe, B. H., Ulgiati, S., & Genovese, A. (2021). Circular economy and the transition to a sustainable society: Integrated assessment methods for a new paradigm. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 1(1), 99–113.
(https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-021-00019-y)
Santagata, R., Ripa, M., Genovese, A., & Ulgiati, S. (2021). Food waste recovery pathways: Challenges and opportunities for an emerging bio-based circular economy. A systematic review and an assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 286. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125490)
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