Mina Akhavan is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow & Adjunct Professor in Urban Planning and Design at Politecnico di Milano-Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, where she received a PhD in Spatial Planning and Urban Development (2015), with a doctoral thesis on port-cites, port infrastructures and their impact on urban development. Her research interests also concern the globalization trends and logistics network; transnational urbanism; sharing economy and new emerging workplaces. More recently she has been working on a research project regarding mobility and ageing. She has published in several peer-reviewed journals and wrote the book entitled: “Port Geography and Hinterland Development Dynamics” (Springer). She is a member of the management committee (Italy) of the European Cost Action 18214 “The Geography of New Working Spaces and the Impact on the Periphery” (2019-2023). She is also a member of the editorial board of the bi-lingual (Italian-English) journal of Urbanistica.

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