Territorial Development and Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the Global South / Research for Development (PDF)

Laura Montedoro is an architect and urban planner, specializing in the History of Art. She is also an associate professor of Urban Design and Urban Planning at the Polytechnic of Milan, where she has been teaching since 1998. Since 2011, she has been involved in research on urbanization in the countries of the Global South within the context of international cooperation, with particular attention to the cities of Africa and the growth models of reference. She is a promoter and referent of the Agreement between Politecnico di Milano and M_EIA, Mindelo_Escola Internacional de Arte de S. Vicente, Cabo Verde, and with the ENAM École Nationale d'Architecture de Marrakech. In the context of the Polisocial Programme, she has been part of the research team 'Mo.N.G.U.E. (Mozambique.Nature.Growth.University.Education)', which is focused on Mozambique (Polisocial Award 2016, coordinator Michele Ugolini), and serves as scientific coordinator for the 2018 Polisocial Award-winning "Boa_Ma_Nhã, Maputo!" project, a study for the integrated development of the region BOAne, MoAmba, NamaacHA, Mozambique. She is co-director of the "Design for development. Architecture, Urban Planning, and Heritage in the Global South" Master's program and a member of the scientific committee of the PIMI Project - the Master's and Doctoral training project funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in Maputo and the Faculty of Architecture of Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique. She is also a member of the PAUI Doctoral Board. On invitation, she has held lectures and seminars at both Italian and international universities; moreover, she has activated co-tutelages of degree and doctoral theses with the ETSAM of Madrid, the Universidade Autonoma de Lisboa and the School of Architecture and Design of Melbourne.



Alice Buoli is an architect and Ph.D. in Territorial Design and Government. She is currently an assistant professor in Urban Planning and a tutor for the PhD