Progetto PRIN 2022 Ministry-funded National Project

The purpose of the project is to conceptualize vulnerability and measure it to provide  policy makers with the necessary knowledge to implement appropriate strategies with an “understand-to-act” approach.

The most recent (financial, migratory, pandemic) crises have exposed rooted patterns of inequalities across territories, which have unveiled their different levels of vulnerability and, consequently, their different capacity to resist and react (degree of resilience).

However, the territories that are called upon to face crises are not just the nation-states or supranational regions like the EU. Rather all territorial levels, including local units, are required to be equipped with adequate tools and strategies to cope with crises.

To address vulnerability, policymakers must be aware of its multidimensionality, which accounts for 3 main dimensions: the Environmental; the Socio-economic and the Political Institutional ones.