Daniela D’Urso (PhD Fellow)

Daniela D’Urso is currently a Research Assistant at the University of Latvia in the Department of Economics, Business, and Management, funded under the MSCA – Industrial Doctorate programme.

She holds a Bachelor Degree in Arabic and Turkish languages from the University of Ca’ Foscari in Venice and a double Master's Degree in Sociology of Migration from the University of Ca’ Foscari in Venice and the University Paul Valéry in Montpellier. During her Master’s studies, she also carried out a complementary training at the University Moulay Ismail in Meknès, Morocco. Her research interests include sociology of migration, anthropology, post-colonial studies, political economy of the Arab countries and social geography.

Before joining the academia, she worked in Morocco with asylum seekers. As part of the PRESILIENT project, she focuses on the informal economy in Morocco.

ACADEMIC PARTNER

University of Latvia

NON-ACADEMIC PARTNER

Economic Policy Research Center

LOCAL PARTNER

Chouaib Doukkali University

RESEARCH PROJECT

Informality and Innovation: Building Post-Pandemic Resilient Communities in Morocco.

Navigating the city: exploring informal economy in urban Rabat.

I explore how different urban spaces regulate, enable, and shape informal economic practices, and how informal workers adapt to and transform these spatial dynamics. Grounded in a comparative study of two urban areas with contrasting levels of informal activity, I analyse how governance, gendered access, temporal rhythms (such as during Ramadan), and hybrid formal-informal economies interplay in the city.

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PUBLICATIONS

Rahman, A., Cisagara, B., D'Urso, D., and Ianole-Călin, R. (Under review). Bridging The Gap: A Systematic Review of Digital Labor Platforms and Informal Employment. Under review by the Journal of Social Policy Research.

Molina, J. L., Pulgar Corrotea, M., Polese, A., Fradejas-García, I., Ianole-Călin, R., Isaev, A., Mengato, S., Nguyen, M., Carracedo, D., De Lombaerde, G., Avesani, M., Sasikornwong, N., Gambardella, M., Andrias, B., Massera, M., Lima, J. P., Cisagara, B., Rahman, A., Kabaghe, W., & D'Urso, D. (2024). PRESILIENT Horizon Scanning Dataset [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14285318

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