Chair - M.A.I.A. Candidate, SAIS Europe (Italy)

Isabella Clough Marinaro is Professor of Sociology and Italian Studies at John Cabot University, Rome.

She teaches courses in political and social science with a focus on crime studies. Her most recent research has focused on changing forms of crime and multidimensional informalities in contemporary Italy. She is now working on various projects exploring how social movements in Italy campaign on issues of crime, legislative reform and social justice.

Marinaro has recently published the book: Inhabiting Liminal Spaces: Informalities in Governance, Housing, and Economic Activity in Contemporary Italy (2022). She previously co-edited two books: Italian Mafias Today: Territory, Business and Politics (2019) and Global Rome: Changing Faces of the Eternal City (2014).