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Short Curriculum Vitae: Gilda Catalano
Personal data
Gilda Catalano
Institution Address
Department of Political Science and Sociology.
Universita’ della Calabria.
Via P. Bucci 87036 Rende (Italy).
Tel: ++39-0984-492523
Fax: ++39-0984-492598
Email: gilda.catalano @ unical.it
Current Position
Assistant Professor from 1 April 2002 in Sociology of the Environment and Territory, Department of
Sociology and Political Science, University of Calabria (Italy).
Education
1991 - Degree in Economic and Social Sciences, cum laudae.
1994 - Ph.D. in Sociology (Cycle IX, AA 94-97), University of Catania (Italy).
Previously Positions and Training
1992 - Fellowship, by the Regional Institution of Calabria.
1998 - Fellowship, by Municipality of Cosenza.
1999 - Researcher for Sociology of Economic and Labour.
2000 - Research Associate in the research group GaWC (Globalization and World Cities,
Loughborough
University, UK).
2001 - Main Researcher of research project on the World City Network Formation: Global
Connection Audit and Analysis, Department of Geography, Loughborough University, UK.
First Post-PhD Researches
1997- Researcher CNR 1997, University of Bologna (Title: Public Policy and Government of the city.
Participation and social spaces in public life).
1997- Researcher by the Forum of Rome Council(Title: Poverty and Social Exclusion in the district of
Cosenza).
1997, Researcher by I.R.R.S.A.E. (Title: Books and other Media. A survey on culture and consumption
in Calabria).
18 selected publications from 2002
1- E. Brown, G. Catalano, P. J. Taylor, Beyond World Cities: Central America in a Global Space of
Flows, Area, Vol 34, No 2, pp. 139-148, 2002.
2- P. J. Taylor, D. R. F. Walker, G. Catalano, M. Hoyler, Diversity and Power in the World City
Network, Cities, Vol 19, No 4, pp. 231-241, 2002.
3 - P. J. Taylor, G. Catalano, D. R. F. Walker, Measurement of the World City Network, Urban Studies,
Vol 39, No 13, pp. 2367-2376, 2002.
4 - P. J. Taylor, G. Catalano, D. R. F. Walker, Exploratory Analysis of the World City Network, Urban
Studies, Vol 39, No 13, pp. 2377-2394, 2002.
5 - P. J. Taylor, G. Catalano, “World City Network Formation in a Space of Flows”, in A. Mayr, M.
Meurer, J. Vogt (Eds.) Stadt und Region: Dynamik von Lebenswelten, Tagungsbericht und
Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Deutscher Auftrag der Gesellschaft für Geographie, Leipzig, pp.
68-76, 2002.
6 - P. J. Taylor, F. Witlox, B. Derudder, G. Catalano, “Beyond Friedmann's World City Hypothesis:
Twenty Two Urban Arenas across the World”, in M. Seger (Ed.), Mitteilungen der Österreichischen
Gesellschaft geographischen, Holzhausen Druck & Medien GmbH, Wien, pp. 35-55, 2003.
7- B. Derudder, P. J. Taylor, F. Witlox, G. Catalano, Hierarchical Tendencies and Regional Patterns in
the World City Network: a Global Urban Analysis of 234 Cities, Regional Studies, vol 37, No 9, pp.
875-886, 2003.
8- P. J. Taylor, G. Catalano, N. Gane, A Geography of Global Change: Cities and Services, 20002001, Urban Geography, Vol 24, No 5, pp. 431-441, 2003.
9- P. J. Taylor, G. Catalano, D. R. F. Walker, Multiple Globalizations: Regional, Hierarchical and
Sectoral articulations of Global Business Services through World Cities, The Service Industries Journal,
Vol 24, No 3, pp. 63-81, 2004.
10 - G. Catalano Reti di luoghi, reti di città, Rubbettino, Mannelli Soveria, 2005.
11 - B. Derudder, F. Witlox, P. J. Taylor, G. Catalano, Pattern Recognition in Large Geo- graphical
Databases: Towards a Detailed Assessment of the World City Network, Int J. of Pattern Recognition
and Artificial Intelligence, Vol 21, No 3, pp. 439-462, 2007.
12. G. Catalano, Pianificazione strategica: city marketing e welfare city nei percorsi di governo
urbano, in La Città. Bisogni, desideri, diritti., a cura di Borelli G., FrancoAngeli, Milano, pp. 57-76,
2009 (ISBN 978-88-568-1501-6).
13. G. Catalano, Urban Sustainability Policies and Urban Tourism. A Proposal for Social Multi-Criteria
Evaluation, in El Turismo en el Mediterràneo, Rodriguez L., Puertas Canaveral I., Paniza Prados J. L.
(Eds.), Editorial Universitaria Ramon Areces, Madrid, pp. 407-419, 2009 (ISBN:978-84-8004-906-1).
14. G. Catalano, Spazio e tempo in Simmel. Da “Sociologia” a “La metropoli e la vita dello spirito”,
in La Teoria Sociologica di Georg Simmel, a cura di Cotesta V., Bontempi M., Nocenzi M.,
Morlacchi, Perugia,Vol. I, pp. 88-106, 2010 (ISBN 9788860743374).
15. G. Catalano, Italian Cities, in Global Urban Analyses, a cura di Taylor P., Hoyler M., Ni P.,
Earthscan, London, pp. 241-245, 2011 (ISBN 978-1-84971-213-2).
16. G. Catalano e G. Tocci, Le comunità urbane ecocompatibili. Le città lente e intelligenti, in Le
strategie per una valorizzazione sostenibile del territorio. Il valore della lentezza, della qualità e
dell’identità per il turismo del futuro, a cura di Calzati V. e De Salvo V., FrancoAngeli, Milano, pp.
45-60, 2012 (ISBN 978-88-204-1444-3).
17 - G. Catalano, Slow tourism for slow cities. An eco-compatible path in urban tourism, in Third
Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Marketing and Management Conference, Taipei, (ISBN: 978986-89560-0-1), 2013.
18- G. Catalano. Immagini di Città. Leggibilità e figurabilità degli spazi urbani, in (a cura di M. Deriu
e C. Tidore) Mobilità turistica tra crisi e mutamento. Città mediterranee nello spazio globale, Franco
Angeli, Roma (ISBN: 9788820456153), 2013.
Teachings since 2002
1. Studies on the Social Construction of Gender.
2. Sociology of Sustainable Development.
3. Sociology of Tourism.
4. Globalization, Tourism, Local Systems.
5. Sociology of Environment and Territory.
6. Sustainable Tourism.
7. Urban and Rural Sociology.
8. Territorial Systems in Tourism.
9. Sociology of Communication and Technological Processes.
10. Urban Tourism.
11. Urban Sociology.
12. Sociology of Environment