Academic interests
My research focuses on environmental justice, climate justice, climate-induced migration and displacement, climate refugees, environmental inequalities, environmental racism, climate governance, and democratic responses to the climate crisis.
Background
I am a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oslo and a Senior Researcher at Eurac Research (Italy). I hold a PhD in Public, Comparative and International Law from Sapienza University of Rome (2016). My work is situated at the intersection of law, political theory, environmental humanities, and migration studies, with a particular focus on environmental justice and climate mobility. Before joining the University of Oslo, I held research positions at Stockholm University, Eurac Research, the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, and Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
Awards
I have been awarded several competitive international fellowships, including the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF), the International Mobility of Scholars Grant (Eurac Research), the Maria Zambrano Grant, and the Global Horizons Fellowship at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study.
Appointments
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oslo (2026-present); Senior Researcher, Eurac Research (2025-present); Guest Editor of Partecipazione e Conflitto Journal (PACO); Member of the Editorial Board of Inequalities Journal.
Positions held
I previously worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain), a Junior Global Horizons Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (Sweden), a Senior Researcher at Eurac Research (Italy), and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stockholm University (Sweden).
Partners
I collaborate with researchers at the University of Oslo, Eurac Research, the Australian National University (ANU), Stockholm University, the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Freie Universität Berlin, Aarhus University, and the Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA).
Ongoing Project
RESIST (Democracies in the Climate Crisis: Redefining Citizenship and Statehood in Sinking States) is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship funded by the European Commission under Horizon Europe. The project investigates the implications of climate-induced territorial loss for citizenship and statehood. Project updates and research outputs will be added here as they become available.
Publications
Books
Rosignoli, F. (2022). Environmental Justice for Climate Refugees. London: Routledge.
Rosignoli, F. (2020). Giustizia ambientale. Roma: Castelvecchi.
Edited Volumes
Cittadino, F., Parks, L., Bußjäger, P., & Rosignoli, F. (Eds.). (2022). Climate Change Integration in the Multilevel Governance of Italy and Austria: Shaping Subnational Policies in the Transport, Energy, and Spatial Planning Sectors. Leiden: Brill Nijhoff.
Perocco F., Rosignoli F. (Eds.). (2022). Razzismo, ambiente, salute. Razzismo ambientale e disuguaglianze di salute. Varazze: PM. ISBN 9788831222556.
Special Issues
Rosignoli, F., Privitera, E., & Pappalardo, G. (2023). Earth System at Risk: Challenging Environmental (In)Justice. Environmental Justice, 16(3), 171–173. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2023.29016.frs
Perocco, F., and Rosignoli, F. (2022). “Sulla nostra pelle”: razzismo ambientale e disuguaglianze di salute. Socioscapes. International Journal of Societies, Politics and Cultures, 3(1), 7–36.
Articles in peer-reviewed journals
1. Rosignoli, F. (2026). La mancata bonifica dei siti contaminati: una questione di giustizia ambientale. Meridiana, 115.
Rosignoli, F. (2026). States without territories? Rethinking statehood in the climate crisis. Territory, Politics, Governance, 1–13.https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2026.2663989
Rosignoli, F. (2024). Giustizia, genere e migrazione climatica nella prospettiva dell’UE. Diritto Pubblico Europeo - Rassegna Online, 21(1). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.6093/2421-0528/10953
Rosignoli, F. (2024). Decolonizing refugeehood: The rise of climate refugees as a new legal subjectivity. Journal of Political Ecology, 31(1), 747–758. https://doi.org/doi: https://doi.org/10.2458/jpe.5658
Rosignoli, F. (2023). Justice, Gender and Climate Migration in the EU Perspective. Exploring Different Roles of the EU Commission, EU Parliament, and the Council. Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental, 14(1), 1–40.
Rosignoli, F. (2023). Seeking Recognition for Climate Refugees. Are States the Only Game in Town? Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. 1-8.
Rosignoli, F. (2023). Climate Migration - A myth. Topos, 123, 18–22.
Germani, A. R., Rao, M., & Rosignoli, F. (2022). An Environmental Justice Indicator for Managing Environmental Risk in the Italian Provinces. Socioscapes. 159-185.
Pasetto, R., Marsili, D., Rosignoli, F., Bisceglia, L., Caranci, N., Fabri, A., … Mannarini, T. (2020). Promozione della giustizia ambientale nei siti industriali contaminati. Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, 44(5–6), 417–425. https://doi.org/10.19191/EP20.5-6.A001.
Rosignoli, F. (2018). Categorizing Collective Capabilities. Partecipazione e Conflitto, 11(3), 813–837. https://doi.org/10.1285/i20356609v11i3p813
Rosignoli, F. (2018). La giustizia ambientale e Danilo Dolci. Rivista Di Studi e Ricerche Sulla Criminalità Organizzata, 4(1), 132–169.
Rosignoli, F. (2017). Environmental justice in Italy. Partecipazione e Conflitto, 10(3), 926–954. https://doi.org/10.1285/i20356609v10i3p926.
Rosignoli, F. (2016). Waste Legislation in Germany and Italy. Two different pathways. Nomos, (3), 1115–1131.
Rosignoli, F. (2014). Il deficit democratico dell’Europa. Due punti di vista. Nomos, 2, 1–9.
Book chapters
Rosignoli, F. (2026). Advancing policy avenues for addressing vulnerabilities by gender in climate change migration and displacement. In B. Ahmed & B. Mallick (Eds.), Handbook on Climate Mobility (pp. 101–117). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035329939.00014
Rosignoli, F. (2025). L’ex Ilva di Taranto: una zona di sacrificio tra diseguaglianze ambientali e giustizia ambientale. In F. Perocco & G. Pirina (Eds.), Le disuguaglianze territoriali in Italia. Cause, forme, conseguenze (pp. 419–442). Edizioni Ca’ Foscari. https://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-991-7/018
Rosignoli, F. (2025). Quali politiche e forme di protezione giuridica per i migranti ambientali nel prossimo futuro? Una proposta a partire dall’analisi dei motivi della migrazione ambientale. In M. Di Pierri & M. Marano (Eds.), Migrazioni ambientali e crisi climatica – Edizione Speciale Le Rotte del Clima (pp. 165–176). Roma: Associazione A Sud.
Rosignoli, F. (2024). Linking Energy Poverty, Environmental Justice, and forced Displacement: Controversies and Ways forward. In B. Felipe Pérez, C. Esteve Jordà, & D. Iglesias Márquez (Eds.), Legal Challenges at the End of the Fossil Fuel Era. (pp. 99–117). Cham: Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61766-9_5
Rosignoli, F. (2024). Place In Blacks’ Back Yard (PIBBY). Environmental racism and health inequalities as a social phenomenon and research field. In L. L. Jubilut, G. Garcez Soldano, C. Perez Bargo, & R. Matiazzi Aguiar (Eds.), Sustainable Development and Human Rights: global perspectives (pp. 69–78). Santos: Editora Universitária Leopoldianum.
Rosignoli, F. (2022). Environmental Justice and Climate-induced Migration. In A. Kent & S. Behrman (Eds.), Climate Refugees. Global, Local and Critical Approaches (pp. 301–319). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Rosignoli, F. (2022). Origini, evoluzione e frontiere della giustizia ambientale in Italia. In G. Latini & M. Maggioli (Eds.), Sguardi green: geografie, ambiente, culture visuali (pp. 149–164). Roma: Società Geografica Italiana.
Cittadino, F., Parks, L., Bußjäger, P., & Rosignoli, F. (2022). Which Factors Influence Climate Policy Integration? Insights from Italian and Austrian Cases. In F. Cittadino, L. Parks, P. Bußjäger, & F. Rosignoli (Eds.), Climate Change Integration in the Multilevel Governance of Italy and Austria: Shaping Subnational Policies in the Transport, Energy, and Spatial Planning Sectors. Leiden: Brill Nijhoff.
Pasetto, R., Marsili, D., Privitera, E., Rosignoli, F. (2022). Profili socioeconomici e condizioni di giustizia ambientale delle comunità residenti nei comuni a potenziale esposizione in ambito di Valutazione di Impatto Sanitario. In M. E. Soggiu & M. Menichino (Eds.), Linee guida per la valutazione di impatto sanitario: approfondimento tecnico-scientifico (pp. 103–112). Roma: Istituto Superiore di Sanità.
Other publications
Rosignoli, F. (2023). Decolonizing the Refugeehood: The Rise of Climate Refugee as a new Subjectivity. In C. Panella & V. L. Gutiérrez Castillo (Eds.), Crisis migratorias y nuevos desafíos a los derechos humanos. Libro de resúmenes del Congreso Internacional sobre Crisis Migratorias (pp. 88–89). Ediciones Egregius.
Brulle, R. J., & Pellow, D. N. (2022). Giustizia ambientale: salute umana e disuguaglianze ambientali. (F. Rosignoli, Trad. it) (pp.37-70).Varazze: PM.
Perocco F., Rosignoli F. (2022). “Sulla nostra pelle”. Razzismo ambientale e disuguaglianze di salute, in F. Perocco, F. Rosignoli (Eds.). Razzismo, ambiente, salute. Razzismo ambientale e disuguaglianze di salute (pp. 7-36). Varazze: PM. ISBN 9788831222556.
Rosignoli F. and Basso L. (2021) ‘Environmental Justice’, Encyclopedia of Sustainability. 2nd ed. Great Barrington. Berkshire Publishing. doi: 10.47462/1579790654.
Rosignoli, F. (2020). Italy. In E. Schreurs, M. A., & Papadakis (Ed.), Historical dictionary of the green movement (Third edit, pp. 188–191). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Pasetto, R., & Rosignoli, F. (2020). Giustizia Ambientale e Salute Ambientale. La Salute Umana, 280(ottobre-dicembre), 8–10. https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)08873828(2007)21:4(313)
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