Publications

2025, Book“Olympic Villages and Urban Development Analysis of Spatial Models and Geographic Transformations”in the series “Urban & Regional Development” published by Peter Lang.

2025, Book“The Urban Legacy of Olympic Villages: From Paris to Beijing (1924–2022)”in the series:Sport & Society published byCommon Ground.

2025, Book with Egidio Dansero“Turin Olympic legacy: The 2006 Winter Games and the Piedmont region”,in the series: Mega-Event Planning published bySpringer Nature. 

2025, Review article “Sustainable planning for the Olympic Legacy. The Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games case study” in theEvent Management.

2025, Review article “Angola e Cabo Verde são dois Estados colonizados pela paixão do desporto” in theAthletica: Revista de Filosofia do Desporto.

2025, Book Review“Sustainable and smart cities: governance, economy and society”in theUrban Research & Practice.

2025, Book chapter“Summer Olympic Villages as Catalysts for Accessible and Inclusive Places: Between Experiences and Reflections in the Places and Society of the Host Cities” inCases on Effective Destination Management,published byIGI GLOBAL. 

2025, Book Review“Research Handbook on Human Resource Management and Disruptive Technologies”in theBritish Journal of Industrial Relations.

2025, Review article “Stations in Milan as Symbolic Elements of Modernity: Between Landscapes and Migrations”,Environmental Analysis & Ecology Studies.

2025, Review article “The spatial dimension in the Winter Olympics: From local to regionalisation model” in theJournal Movement & Sport Science.

2024, Book Review“Populism in sport, leisure, and popular culture”in theLeisure Studies.

2024, Review article with Giovanna Russo“Le strutture sportive come catalizzatori delle politiche sportive territoriali. Il caso dell’Emilia-Romagna”in the journal Geotema.

2024, Book Review“Employment, trade unionism, and class: The labour market in Southern Europe since the crisis by  Gregoris Ioannou.”in theBritish Journal of Industrial Relations.

2024, Book chapter with Bondonio, Piervincenzo; Bottero, Marta; Caprioli, Caterina; Dansero, Egidio; Guala, Chito; Mela, Alfredo; Scamuzzi, Sergio; Silvia Rota, Francesca“Guidelines for Planning Future Major Events” in della Sala & Dansero,Turin Olympic legacy: The 2006 Winter Games and the Piedmont region,published bySpringer Nature. 

2024, Review Article with Joan-Cristian Padró, Marc Castelló-Bueno, and Rafael Vicente-Salar“Mapping the Influence of Olympic Games’ Urban Planning on the Land Surface Temperatures: An Estimation Using Landsat Series and Google Earth Engine” inRemote Sensing.

2024, Book chapter“Milan-Cortina 2026 and the Spatial Dimension” in della Sala & Dansero,Turin Olympic legacy: The 2006 Winter Games and the Piedmont region,published bySpringer Nature. 

2024, Review Article“Adaptive strategies in tourism destinations amid migration and displacement” inAnais Brasileiros de Estudos Turísticos (ABET).

2024, Book chapter“The Material and Immaterial Transformation of the Territory: State of the Art 15 Years After the Games” in della Sala & Dansero,Turin Olympic legacy: The 2006 Winter Games and the Piedmont region,published bySpringer Nature. 

2024, Review article“Winter Olympics and spatial planning: Between local territory and regional space”  in theDocumenti Geografici.

2024, Book chapter ‘Urbanism’, inEncyclopedia of Sport Management,Elgar Edition, edited by P.M. Pedersen.

2024, Review article “The Spatial Dimension of Winter Olympic Village. Between local model and regionalisation strategies” in theEracle Journal of Sport and Social Sciences.

2024, Book chapter ‘Centralisation’, inEncyclopedia of Sport Management,Elgar Edition, edited by P.M. Pedersen.

2024, Book chapter “Tourism consumption as a priority in the post-pandemic period. The case study of Barcelona” in Consumer Behaviour in Hospitality and Tourism: Contemporary Perspectives and Challenges, Routledge publisher.

2024, Book chapter ‘Decentralisation’,inEncyclopedia of Sport Management, Elgar Edition, edited by P.M. Pedersen.

2024, Review article “Le Village Olympique de Seine-Saint-Denis: analyse critique d’un projet d’aménagement urbain » dossier sur les JO de la revue Savoir/agir

2024, Review article “Olympic Games and expectations: The factor analysis model about Olympic Urbanism and Olympic Villages” Sociologia e ricerca sociale(ISSN 1121-1148, ISSNe 1971-8446), 2023, 132.

2024, Review article “Olympic Games: Between expectations and fears. Factor analysis model applied to Olympic urbanism and Olympic Villages” Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali.

2023, Review article “The legacy of the Turin 2006 Olympic Games through a long-term development perspective. Reflection and opinion about the physical and social change in the post-Olympic period” Cambio. Rivista Sulle Trasformazioni Sociali, 13(25). Retrieved fromhttps://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/cambio/article/view/14373 (January 2024).

2023, Review article with Giovanna Russo “Sport e ambiente: verso un modello culturale di sostenibilità”, Journal of Research and Didactics of Historypp. 35-50 ( DOI:https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2704-8217/18420 )

2023, Book chapter with Giovanna Russo “Lo sport e l’attività fisica per il ben-essere, nuovi indicatori culturali di rigenerazione sociale”, inSport per la rigenerazione sociale, Luigi Pellegrini Editore, edited by Luciana Taddei e Paolo Diana, (https://www.pellegrinieditore.it/sport-per-la-rigenerazione-sociale ).

2023, Review article “Sustainable Planning for the Olympic Legacy”,Environmental Analysis & Ecology Studiespp. 1237-1239 ( DOI: 10.31031/EAES.2023.11.000758)

2023, Book chapter ‘The Olympic marketing in the metaverse scenario’, inMetaverse & Sport, Editorial Exis, edited by José Luis Pérez Triviño, pp. 149-156, (https://www.editorialhexis.com/tienda/p/metaverse-and-sport ).

2023, Review article “The Olympic village and the Olympic Urbanism: Perception and expectations of Olympic specialists”, Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana, pp. 51-64 ( DOI:10.36253/bsgi-1796)

2022, Book chapter ‘Participatory Planning: A Useful Tool for the Development of Sustainable Mega-City Regions’, in PalgraveEncyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures, edited by R. Brears, pp. 1-4, (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51812-7_238-1).

2022, Doctoral thesis at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. ‘Olympic villages and Olympic urbanism. Analysis and evaluation of the impact on territorial and urban planning (XX-XXI centuries)’ (RepositoryUniversitat Autonoma de Barcelona – DDD-UAB-CAT).

2022, Doctoral thesis at the Polytechnic University of Turin. ‘The Olympic Villages and Olympic Urban Planning. Analysis and evaluation of the impact on territorial and urban planning (XX-XXI centuries)’ (Repository Politecnico di Torino – IRIS).

2022, Doctoral thesis at the Politecnico di Torino. ‘Olympic villages and Olympic urban planning. Analysis and evaluation of the impact on spatial and urban planning (20th-20th centuries)’ (Repository OWL – Olympic World Library).

2021, Review article ‘Sport as a Tool for Integration and Social Inclusion. The Case Study “EsportInclou” of the Sport Institute of Barcelona’. Monographic issue ‘Integration through sport and physical activities, European perspectives in comparison’, in thejournal Culture e Studi del Socialeedited by W. Gasparini and G.Russo, pp. 365-373, (http://www.cussoc.it/index.php/journal/issue/archive).

2021, Book chapter ‘Urbanism’, inEncyclopedia of Sport Management,Elgar Edition, edited by P.M. Pedersen, pp. 496-497, (https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/encyclopedia-of-sport-management-9781800883277.html).

2026, Proposal accepted for the publication of a monograph published by Nova Science Publishers. “Host Cities of the Winter Olympics: Between Urban and Regional Development”(April 2026).

2026, Proposal accepted for the publication of a monograph with Giovanna Russo and Anna Maria Pioletti in the series: Sport, Culture and Society published by Franco Angeli. “Sport-city…Torino e le altre”’ (June 2026).

2026, Proposal accepted for the publication of a monograph in the series: Sport & Leisure published by Routledge. “Winter Olympic Urbanism: Comparative Studies in Regional Development“ (December 2026).

2026, Paper accepted for publication of a manuscript in the journalTourism policy and planning in Brazil. Special issue ‘Olympic Villages as catalysts for accessible and inclusive places’. (September 2026)

2026, book chapter ‘The Winter Olympic Villages Between Activism and Environmental Crimes’, inCriminology, Leisure, and Sport: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, edited collection published by Routledge.

2026, book chapter “Ecological Tourism as a Priority in the Post-Pandemic Period. The Case Study of Catalunya“, inEmerging Staycations: Economy, Eco-friendly, Experiential Escapes published by Emerald.

2026, Paper accepted for publication of a manuscript in the journalBollettino della società geografica italiana. Special issue ‘Sustainable urban planning for the Olympic Legacy in the Megacities of Global South’. 

2026, Paper accepted for publication of a manuscript in the journalScripta Nova – Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia. Special issue “An emerging energy community. The case study of Villadecans in Catalonia“.

2026, Paper accepted for publication of a manuscript in the journalBELGEO. Special issue on Environmental justice in Europe, spatial dimensions,“Mega sports events as catalysts for urban transformation“.

2026, book chapter ‘The mega-event as waterfront catalyst’, inMediterranean Port Cities publishedby Routledge.

2026, Paper accepted for publication of a manuscript in the journalFINISTERRA.“The use of cartography during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games“.

2026, book chapter “Monitoring and mapping river health for environmental sustainability with geospatial techniques”  in “Geospatial Techniques in Climate Change Monitoring and Environmental Mapping” published by Springer Nature.

2026, Paper accepted for publication of a manuscript in the journalCoastal Management.“Climate crisis, Resilience and Preparedness among Coastal Communities“.

2026, Paper accepted for publication of a manuscript in the journalHousing Studies.“The Olympic Village,Analysis and Economic Dimension of Olympic Villages“.

2026, Paper accepted for publication of a manuscript in the journalCambio. Rivista Sulle Trasformazioni Sociali.“Economic Sociology and the Olympic Games: A Social Lens on Global Economic Impact“.

2026, Paper accepted for publication of a manuscript in the journalSport in Society.“The impact of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on the labour market. Between spatiality and inequality”.

2026, Paper accepted for publication of a manuscript in the journalLeisure Studies.“Olympic Games in Transition: Analogue Beginnings to Metaverse Futures”.

2026, Paper accepted for publication of a manuscript in the journalMateriales para la Historia del Deporte.“Latinidad y geopolítica en la Copa del Mundo”.

2026, Paper accepted for publication of a manuscript in the journalJournal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management.“Climate adaptation planning for coastal cultural tourism”.

2026, book chapter in Circular Tourism and Community Engagement: Practices and Prospects.“Circular Tourism and Community Engagement: Practices and Prospects in Barcelona” Betham Science Publisher.

2026, book chapter in Social Responsibility in Hospitality and Tourism.“Translating Social Responsibility from Classroom to Community” Routledge.

2026, Proposal accepted “The 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the missed opportunities for the publication a review article in theSport, Recreation and Leisure in Contemporary South Africa.

2026, book chapter in Handbook of Global Sport Activism.“Reclaiming the Game. Barcelona case study” Edward Elgar Publishing.

2026, Proposal accepted “La gestione del patrimonio olimpico di Torino 2006: governance complessa e sostenibilità economica in questione”for the publication a review article in theIl piemonte delle Autonomie.

2026, Proposal accepted “Barcelona’s collaborative housing policy“for the publication a review article in theCulture e studi del Sociale.

2026, book chapter “Youth Engagement and Urban Sustainability in Barcelona”inYouth, Sustainable Development Agendas and Future Earth, Palgrave Macmillan.