Miriam Tedeschi
Senior Researcher; PI of Research Council of Finland project 'Agency in everyday Datafication' (AgenDa); Westminster Law & Theory Lab Fellow
spatial justice; data justice; non-representational theories; new materialism; critical urban studies
Dr. Miriam Tedeschi is a senior researcher at the Faculty of Law, University of Turku and a fellow at the Westminster Law & Theory Lab, London. She is also docent in Human Geography, with specialisation in non-representational theories, at the Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku.
She defended her doctoral thesis in Regional Planning and Public Policies at University Institute of Architecture in Venice, in 2017. She spent her Ph.D. (2014-2016) between the Department of Design and Planning in Complex Environments of the University Institute of Architecture, Venice and the Law and Theory Lab of the University of Westminster, London. She has published widely, both nationally and internationally, including peer-reviewed articles, scientific monographs, book chapters, conference papers, policy reports, popularized texts. Her multidisciplinary curriculum is completed by an MA in Philosophy, a BSc in Digital Communication, and a specific expertise in the ICTs, where she worked as research-oriented consultant for 15 years prior to her Ph.D.
With Daniela Alaattinoglu, she is the co-founder of the research environment "Law, Space and Justice" at the Faculty of Law.
More about her in the article 'Researcher in Spotlight: Miriam Tedeschi' here: https://www.utu.fi/en/news/news/researcher-in-spotlight-miriam-tedeschi and in the news piece 'Approaching justice through code and space' here: https://www.utu.fi/en/news/news/miriam-tedeschi-approaching-justice-through-code-and-space.
Tedeschi is a legal ethnographer and geographer and has multiple years of experience in carrying out ethnographic work in a variety of spatio-techno-legal contexts: segregated or criminalized spaces (Ph.D. research project, IUAV University & University of Westminster, 2014-2017); migratory spaces (PostDoc research project, Division of Geography, University of Turku, 2018-2019); natural spaces (WP leader, Division of Geography, University of Turku, 2020-2021); blended (physical/digital) spaces (own Research Council of Finland projects, Faculty of Law, University of Turku, 2022-2025; 2025-2029). In her research-based teaching, Tedeschi has been pushing the boundaries of law and, through creative methods (e.g. mixed-media material daily diaries and design methods), co-researching with law and geography students the bodily, everyday effects of multiple, intersecting normativities and legalities on everyday socio-spatio-techno contexts.
She is currently PI of 'Agency in everyday Datafication' (AgenDa), funded by the Research Council of Finland.
- Law and the Urban, 3 ECTS. Responsible teacher (2022 onwards).
- Systemschange.now – Systems Thinking in Global Change Research (Theme Humans and Change in Eco-Social Systems), 5 ECTS. Co-teacher (2020-2021; 2021-2022; 2022-2023; 2023-2024).
- Crime, Bodies and Space. Towards an Ethical Approach to Urban Policies in the Information Age (2020) Tedeschi Miriam
(C1 Refereed scientific book) - On the ethical dimension of irregular migrants’ lives: Affect, becoming and information (2020)
- Dialogues in Human Geography
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Spatial ethics of affects (2020)
- Dialogues in Human Geography
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - The body and the law across borders during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
- Dialogues in Human Geography
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Multiple neighbourhoods. Affective and manifold spaces in Turku (2019)
- lo Squaderno
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Demiurgic versus rhizomatic planning. Towards an ethical understanding of the urban realm (2017) New Urban Languages: Tales and Images of Spatial Justice Ansaloni Francesca, Tedeschi Miriam
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Ethics and spatial justice: Unfolding non-linear possibilities for planning action (2016)
- Planning Theory
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Towards an ethical turn in urban studies: On the role of information and power in contemporary cities (2016)
- PlaNext
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Understanding space ethically through affect and emotion: From uneasiness to fear and rage in the city (2016)
- Emotion, Space and Society
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Convergenze dinamiche del web 2.0 con i processi partecipativi della Pubblica Amministrazione (2015) Dalla pratiche di partecipazione all’e-democracy. Analisi di casi concreti De Pietro Luca, Tedeschi Miriam
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - On stigmatisation of bodies and spaces. An ethical reading of the poor doors in London (2015) Great Transformation: Recasting Regional Policy Ansaloni Francesca, Tedeschi Miriam
(B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication) - E-democracy (2011) Dieci lezioni per capire e attuare l'e-government Tedeschi Miriam
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - I servizi pubblici on line (2011) Dieci lezioni per capire e attuare l'e-government Tedeschi Miriam
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Riuso e open source (2011) Dieci lezioni per capire e attuare l'e-government Amadei Lorenzo, Tedeschi Miriam
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Web 2.0 e Pubblica Amministrazione (2011) Dieci lezioni per capire e attuare l'e-government Amadei Lorenzo, Tedeschi Miriam
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Le esperienze di e-democracy in Europa e in Italia (2010) L'evoluzione dei modelli e delle tecnologie per la partecipazione dei cittadini: l'esperienza del Consiglio regionale del Veneto De Pietro Luca, Tedeschi Miriam
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)