Maria Tartari

Maria Tartari is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Faculty of Arts and Tourism at IULM University and collaborates with Prof. Pier Luigi Sacco. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics of Knowledge, Communication, Culture and Creativity. Her doctoral research investigates the cultural and artistic socially engaged practices in public space and digital sphere, and cultural-based social development strategies, and social justice-oriented urban regeneration practices, issues that she has further developed thanks to a research period at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (US). She takes a multidisciplinary approach that encompasses the fields of Urban Sociology, Contemporary Art, and Cultural Economics.