Agatino Rizzo
Agatino Rizzo

Agatino Rizzo

Associate Professor
Luleå University of Technology
Architecture
Architecture and Water
Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
agatino.rizzo@ltu.se
+46 (0)920 493438
F247 Luleå

Academic Profile

I work at the intersection of planning, design, and geography in contexts as different as the Arctic (mostly northern Scandinavia), Europe (Sweden, Italy and Malta), and Asia (Malaysia, Singapore, Qatar and the UAE).

My work focuses broadly on the resource-urbanization nexus that has led me to generate novel theories such as the intra-rural divides; transdisciplinary urbanism; knowledge megaprojects; predatory urbanism; green resilience; and resourceful communities.

I have worked in a number of externally funded research projects for a combined 15 mEUR. Funders include the Qatar National Research Fund, European Commission's framework programme, Swedish Energy Agency, Formas, and Vinnova.

Social media

[https://www.linkedin.com/in/agatinorizzo]

[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Agatino_Rizzo]

[https://agatinorizzo.blogspot.com]

Research Projects/Activities

Solar City Lulea (2018-2021)
We will investigate how to support "prosumers" by using design thinking and participatory strategies (funded by Energimyndigheten).

[/research/subjects/Arkitektur/Nyheter/Smaskaliga-elproducenter-i-stader-1.179071?l=en]

Ecodistrict Porsön (2019-2022)
The Luleå University of Technology campus will be part of a living lab for a new study in how smaller neighborhoods or communities in cold climate can become more self-sufficient (funded by Formas)

[/research/subjects/Arkitektur/Nyheter/Smaskaliga-klimatsmarta-ekologiska-och-hallbara-samhallen-1.182551?l=en]

UNaLab (2018-2023)
The UNaLab project (funded by the EU commission with H2020) sets out to provide a framework for future upscaling of the Nature Based Solutions in the demonstration cities, as well as replicate the solutions in seven replication cities.

[https://www.unalab.eu/]

Kiruna Sustainability Center (2018-2020)
In the Kiruna Sustainability Center, municipalities, industry, research actors and community residents will work together to develop and test ideas, methods and solutions in sustainability (multiple funders).

[https://www.ltu.se/research/areas-of-excellence/attractive-built-environment/Aktuella-projekt/Systemintegrerad-klok-smart-stad-Kiruna-Sustainability-Center-1.181638?l=en]

Datacenter Farming (2019-2020)
The purpose of this project (funded by Vinnova) is to find technical, economic and social synergies between greenhouse gases and data centers that can help make agriculture competitive and sustainable in the Nordic region

[/research/subjects/Arkitektur/Nyheter/Vaxthus-vid-datacenter-1.181820?l=en]

MIN-SPIRE project (2017-2019)
The aim of this project is to explore the challenges and opportunities in integrating planning and design considerations already into mainstream minining engineering (funded by HLRC).

[/research/subjects/Arkitektur/Forskningsprojekt/Hallbar-planering-av-gruvplatser/MIN-SPIRE-1.169228?l=en]

RES-LINK: Workshop on Resource and Urbanization in the Arctic (2018)
The aim of this network (funded within the Strategic Funding Joint Arctic Agenda) is to set an interdisciplinary network to initiate research on arctic cities and resources

[/research/subjects/Arkitektur/Nyheter/RES-LINK-Workshop-on-Resources-and-Urbanization-in-the-Arctic-1.178162?l=en]

Food on the Roof (completed)
The aim of this project is to explore the possibility to smartly integrate food production in cold urban environments (funded by Enabling ICT).

[/research/subjects/Arkitektur/Forskningsprojekt/2.90820/Mat-pa-tak-1.171532?l=en]

Publications

Article in journal

Megaprojects and the limits of ‘green resilience’ in the global South (2020)

Two cases from Malaysia and Qatar
 Rizzo. A
Urban Studies, Vol. 57, nr. 7, s. 1520-1535
Article in journal

Resources and urbanization in the global periphery (2020)

Perspectives from urban and landscape studies
 Rizzo. A, Sordi. J
Cities, Vol. 100
Article in journal

Territories of Extraction (2020)

Mapping Palimpsests of Appropriation
 Morata. B, Cavalieri. C, Rizzo. A, Luciani. A
Urban Planning, Vol. 5, nr. 2, s. 132-151
Full text
Article in journal

Energy-efficiency measures for heritage buildings (2019)

a literature review
 Lidelöw. S, Örn. T, Luciani. A, Rizzo. A
Sustainable cities and society, Vol. 45, s. 231-242
Article in journal

Lyssna på forskningen (2019)

Den visar på avregleringens problem
 Abarkan. A, Rizzo. A, Berggård. G, Nilsson. K, Svane. Ö
Dagens nyheter, nr. 10/21/2019
Full text
Published:22 December 2013
Updated: 6 July 2020
Edit page , opens in new tab/window