Geography of Resources, Borders and Migrations
A.Y. 2025/2026
Learning objectives
The lab aims to provide students with technical theory and practice (at an introductory level) in Europlanning, which involves the design, drafting and submission of projects in the framework of g European calls for funding.
The lab is part of the European Union and Global Challenges curriculum and aims to open the door for students to enter the world of work as a Europlanner/Project Manager capable of taking charge of applications by public bodies, companies, association and other actors to European calls for funding.
The teaching methods, course content and assessment methods applied in the lab give students the necessary theoretical tools, promote the practical application of knowledge and develop their ability to self-evaluate outcomes. An active and diligent participation in classroom learning is therefore essential to enable students to achieve their learning objectives.
This course generally aims to make students aware of how recent changes in the global economy and in international relations have transformed the directions, scale and nature of global migration. Ample space will be devoted to the growing economic development of emerging countries and the shift of the world's economic axis in their direction. The course will also focus on where the most innovative raw materials are located. The course will then look at how this economic development is linked to recent changes in global migration flows and the universal increase in women migrants. In addition, the exodus of international refugees will also be considered through the perspective of "environmental migration", a topic of some controversy.
To highlight the differences in border management policies between the north and south of the planet, this geographical analysis will place special focus on studying how public and civil society participants use national borders as migration policy tools.
The notions, concepts and regional examples studied are intended to make students aware primarily of how local migration events are tied to international migration events.
The lab is part of the European Union and Global Challenges curriculum and aims to open the door for students to enter the world of work as a Europlanner/Project Manager capable of taking charge of applications by public bodies, companies, association and other actors to European calls for funding.
The teaching methods, course content and assessment methods applied in the lab give students the necessary theoretical tools, promote the practical application of knowledge and develop their ability to self-evaluate outcomes. An active and diligent participation in classroom learning is therefore essential to enable students to achieve their learning objectives.
This course generally aims to make students aware of how recent changes in the global economy and in international relations have transformed the directions, scale and nature of global migration. Ample space will be devoted to the growing economic development of emerging countries and the shift of the world's economic axis in their direction. The course will also focus on where the most innovative raw materials are located. The course will then look at how this economic development is linked to recent changes in global migration flows and the universal increase in women migrants. In addition, the exodus of international refugees will also be considered through the perspective of "environmental migration", a topic of some controversy.
To highlight the differences in border management policies between the north and south of the planet, this geographical analysis will place special focus on studying how public and civil society participants use national borders as migration policy tools.
The notions, concepts and regional examples studied are intended to make students aware primarily of how local migration events are tied to international migration events.
Expected learning outcomes
Upon completing the course, students will have developed an understanding of the scale of international migration, trends in directions of international migration flows and how these relate to global economic and political changes.
In addition, students will be introduced to in-class examples which will allow them to gain knowledge of the concepts of borders, migration policy and legal and illegal migration in the light of human geography. They will also be able to independently analyse the causes and consequences of current migration patterns and the migration management strategies put in place by government and civil society.
In addition, students will be introduced to in-class examples which will allow them to gain knowledge of the concepts of borders, migration policy and legal and illegal migration in the light of human geography. They will also be able to independently analyse the causes and consequences of current migration patterns and the migration management strategies put in place by government and civil society.
Lesson period: Second trimester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second trimester
Course syllabus
Attending students:
For 9 credits: they are required to report on the topics of all 60 hours of the course, to prepare 1 textbook to be chosen from those of Unit I. They will also prepare 1 text of their choice from those of Unit II, + 1 text of their choice from those of Unit III.
Non-attending students:
For 9 credits: they are required to prepare 1 textbook of their choice from those of Unit I. They must also report on 1 text of their choice from those of Unit II, and 2 texts of their choice from those of Unit III.
For 9 credits: they are required to report on the topics of all 60 hours of the course, to prepare 1 textbook to be chosen from those of Unit I. They will also prepare 1 text of their choice from those of Unit II, + 1 text of their choice from those of Unit III.
Non-attending students:
For 9 credits: they are required to prepare 1 textbook of their choice from those of Unit I. They must also report on 1 text of their choice from those of Unit II, and 2 texts of their choice from those of Unit III.
Prerequisites for admission
No prerequisites
Teaching methods
The lectures will illustrate the content and conceptual aspects; learning is also promoted through participatory discussion around papers, images, graphics and photographs that will be projected during the lesson and made available in Ariel; possible lessons by experts on specific topics.
Teaching Resources
Teaching Unit I:
bibliography:
- C. Cerreti, M. Marconi, Spazi e poteri. Geografia politica, geografia economica, geopolitica, Laterza, Bari, 2019.
- A. Greiner, G. Dematteis, C. Lanza, Geografia umana. Un approccio visuale, Utet, Torino, 2019, terza edizione.
Teaching Unit II
bibliography:
- E. Bignante, F. Celata, A. Vanolo, Geografie dello sviluppo. Una prospettiva critica globale, Torino, Utet, 2014.
- D. Harvey, Il capitalismo contro il diritto alla città. Neoliberismo, urbanizzazione, resistenze, Ombre corte, Verona, 2012.
- C. Muscarà, G. Scaramellini, I. Talia (a cura di), Tante Italie Una Italia. Dinamiche territoriali e
identitarie. Volume IV - Nordovest da Triangolo a Megalopoli, F. Angeli, Milano 2011.
- C. Muscarà, G. Scaramellini, I. Talia (a cura di), Tante Italie Una Italia. Dinamiche territoriali e identitarie. Volume II - Mezzogiorno: la modernizzazione smarrita, F. Angeli, Milano 2011.
- Dodds K, Il primo libro di geopolitica, Einaudi, Torino, 2023.
- Dell'Agnese E., Geografia politica critica, Guerini scientifica, Milano 2024.
Teaching Unit III
bibliography:
- Società Geografica Italiana, XIII Rapporto. Per una geopolitica delle migrazioni. Nuove letture dell'altrove tra noi, SGI, Roma, 2018.
- C. Wihtol de Wenden, Le nuove migrazioni. Luoghi, uomini, politiche, Pàtron, Bologna, 2016.
- E. Pugliese, Quelli che se ne vanno. La nuova emigrazione italiana, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2018.
- AA.VV., Viaggio tra gli italiani all'estero. Racconto di un paese altrove, numero monografico de "Il Mulino", a. 67 (2018), n. 500.
- M. Tirabassi, A. Del Prà, La meglio Italia. Le mobilità italiane nel 21 secolo, Accademia University, Torino 2014.
- I. Gjergji (a cura di), La nuova emigrazione italiana. Cause, mete e figure sociali, Ed. Ca Foscari, Venezia, 2015 (scaricabile da http://virgo.unive.it/ecf-workflow/upload_pdf/STS_1_DIGITALE.pdf).
- S. Rinauro, Il cammino della speranza. L'emigrazione clandestina degli italiani nel secondo dopoguerra, Einaudi, Torino 2009.
- P. Audenino e M. Tirabassi, Migrazioni italiane. Storia e storie dall'ancien régime a oggi, Bruno Mondadori, Milano 2008.
- P. Corti, M. Sanfilippo, L'Italia e le migrazioni, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2012.
- S. Gallo, Senza attraversare le frontiere. Le migrazioni interne dall'Unità a oggi, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2011.
- P. Audenino, La casa perduta. La memoria dei profughi nell'Europa del Novecento, Bologna, Carocci, 2015.
- M. Colucci, Storia dell'immigrazione straniera in Italia. Dal 1945 ai giorni nostri, Carocci, Bologna, 2019.
- M. Ambrosini, L'invasione immaginaria. L'immigrazione oltre i luoghi comuni, Laterza, Bari, 2020.
- M. Anzalone, D Carpaneto, E se fossero persone? Dalla teoria alle pratiche. Un'analisi trasversale del fenomeno dell'accoglienza ai migranti in Italia, Angeli, Milano, 2019..
- M. Barbagli, Immigrazione e sicurezza in Italia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008.
bibliography:
- C. Cerreti, M. Marconi, Spazi e poteri. Geografia politica, geografia economica, geopolitica, Laterza, Bari, 2019.
- A. Greiner, G. Dematteis, C. Lanza, Geografia umana. Un approccio visuale, Utet, Torino, 2019, terza edizione.
Teaching Unit II
bibliography:
- E. Bignante, F. Celata, A. Vanolo, Geografie dello sviluppo. Una prospettiva critica globale, Torino, Utet, 2014.
- D. Harvey, Il capitalismo contro il diritto alla città. Neoliberismo, urbanizzazione, resistenze, Ombre corte, Verona, 2012.
- C. Muscarà, G. Scaramellini, I. Talia (a cura di), Tante Italie Una Italia. Dinamiche territoriali e
identitarie. Volume IV - Nordovest da Triangolo a Megalopoli, F. Angeli, Milano 2011.
- C. Muscarà, G. Scaramellini, I. Talia (a cura di), Tante Italie Una Italia. Dinamiche territoriali e identitarie. Volume II - Mezzogiorno: la modernizzazione smarrita, F. Angeli, Milano 2011.
- Dodds K, Il primo libro di geopolitica, Einaudi, Torino, 2023.
- Dell'Agnese E., Geografia politica critica, Guerini scientifica, Milano 2024.
Teaching Unit III
bibliography:
- Società Geografica Italiana, XIII Rapporto. Per una geopolitica delle migrazioni. Nuove letture dell'altrove tra noi, SGI, Roma, 2018.
- C. Wihtol de Wenden, Le nuove migrazioni. Luoghi, uomini, politiche, Pàtron, Bologna, 2016.
- E. Pugliese, Quelli che se ne vanno. La nuova emigrazione italiana, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2018.
- AA.VV., Viaggio tra gli italiani all'estero. Racconto di un paese altrove, numero monografico de "Il Mulino", a. 67 (2018), n. 500.
- M. Tirabassi, A. Del Prà, La meglio Italia. Le mobilità italiane nel 21 secolo, Accademia University, Torino 2014.
- I. Gjergji (a cura di), La nuova emigrazione italiana. Cause, mete e figure sociali, Ed. Ca Foscari, Venezia, 2015 (scaricabile da http://virgo.unive.it/ecf-workflow/upload_pdf/STS_1_DIGITALE.pdf).
- S. Rinauro, Il cammino della speranza. L'emigrazione clandestina degli italiani nel secondo dopoguerra, Einaudi, Torino 2009.
- P. Audenino e M. Tirabassi, Migrazioni italiane. Storia e storie dall'ancien régime a oggi, Bruno Mondadori, Milano 2008.
- P. Corti, M. Sanfilippo, L'Italia e le migrazioni, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2012.
- S. Gallo, Senza attraversare le frontiere. Le migrazioni interne dall'Unità a oggi, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2011.
- P. Audenino, La casa perduta. La memoria dei profughi nell'Europa del Novecento, Bologna, Carocci, 2015.
- M. Colucci, Storia dell'immigrazione straniera in Italia. Dal 1945 ai giorni nostri, Carocci, Bologna, 2019.
- M. Ambrosini, L'invasione immaginaria. L'immigrazione oltre i luoghi comuni, Laterza, Bari, 2020.
- M. Anzalone, D Carpaneto, E se fossero persone? Dalla teoria alle pratiche. Un'analisi trasversale del fenomeno dell'accoglienza ai migranti in Italia, Angeli, Milano, 2019..
- M. Barbagli, Immigrazione e sicurezza in Italia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam takes place entirely in oral mode. The exam consists of an oral interview aimed at verifying the knowledge of the main topics covered in class and present in the texts indicated in the course program. The following will be evaluated: the ability to grasp the spatial aspects of economic phenomena; ability to interpret and criticize the topics studied.
M-GGR/02 - ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professor:
Rinauro Sandro
Professor(s)