I am an assistant professor at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU) at Politecnico di Milano. I hold a PhD in urban planning, policy, and design, and my work lies at the intersection of urban studies, migration, urban innovation, and the right to the city. My research focuses on vulnerable and often overlooked members of society, including immigrants, ethnic minorities, and women. I examine how urban policies, public services, and institutional practices can better uphold their rights in everyday life. A key strand of my work explores the digitalisation of public services and the need to reconceptualise the digital divide beyond questions of access and skill alone. I explore the digital gap instead in relation to the capacities and institutional conditions that enable people to effectively and autonomously claim their rights, use public services, and gain a real sense of citizenship beyond formal nationality or legal status. Through my work in the EU-funded easyRights project and the Polisocial Award project città-IN, I have further explored migration, service accessibility, digital technologies, organisational learning, and public-sector transformation.
I also collaborate closely with local communities and public institutions, using city science and participatory approaches to connect research and practice and to support rights-based forms of urban governance. I hold an MSc in Design from the University of Massachusetts and an MSc in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Colorado Denver.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 5495 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3993-644X |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkarimi/ | |
| ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maryam_Karimi39?ev=hdr_xprf |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
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Migration infrastructures
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
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Transversal consequences
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Legal-political consequences
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Immigrant policy and law
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Governance processes
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
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Disciplines
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Subject Areas
Methods
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Other
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Qualitative research
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Types of study
Roles
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Politecnico di Milano
Research Institute, Milano, Italy
Assistant Professor
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Suggested Research
Innovative ICT Based Solutions and (Im)migrants Integration
| Authors | Maryam Karimi, Giuliana Costa, Grazia Concilio |
| Year | 2022 |
Innovative ICT Based Solutions and (Im)migrants Integration
| Authors | Maryam Karimi, Giuliana Costa, Grazia Concilio |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | SOCIAL SCIENCES-BASEL |
Co-Designing with Migrants' Easier Access to Public Services: A Technological Perspective
| Authors | Grazia Concilio, Giuliana Costa, Maryam Karimi, ... |
| Year | 2022 |
| Citations (WoS) | 7 |
Co-Designing with Migrants' Easier Access to Public Services: A Technological Perspective
| Authors | Grazia Concilio, Giuliana Costa, Maryam Karimi, ... |
| Year | 2022 |
| Citations (WoS) | 7 |