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Isabella Damiani

Associate professor of geography · Université de Versailles / Université Paris-Saclay

https://researchid.co/isabelladamiani
@uvsq.fr
84Google Scholar Citations
5Google Scholar h-index
3Google Scholar i10-index

Research Interests

Geopolitics, Central Asia, Borders, Satellite imagery, SIG

Biography

Isabella Damiani is a geographer specializing in the geopolitics of post-Soviet Central Asia. Her research focuses on analyzing power rivalries, conflicts, and representations of power surrounding border territories and transboundary issues (resources, trade, mobility, spatial and identity restructuring, regionalism), particularly through the use of digital geographic information tools. She is the author of the book "Géopolitique de l’Asie centrale" (PUF, 2013).

Education

- International PhD in Transborder Policies for Daily Life (April 29, 2011) Thesis Title: Geopolitics of a Transborder Region: Cultural Regionalism in the Ferghana Valley Grantee: IUIES Consortium / University of Trieste - Master of Research (MRes) in Geopolitics: Territorial Stakes and Power Rivalries (2010) Specialization: Post-Soviet Space Honors: With Distinction (Mention Bien) Institution: University of Paris VIII – French Institute of Geopolitics (IFG) - Master of Arts (MA) in Geography and Territorial Processes (2007) Honors: Summa Cum Laude (With Highest Honors) Institution: Universi...

Recent Google Scholar Publications

  1. Infrared Borderlands: Belt and Road Initiative and local planning-Khorgos interdependencies, imaginaries and territorial realities
    Geoprogress journal 12 (2), 31-56 , 2025, 2025
  2. The Role of the Online Geographic Information in the Western Ferghana Valley Border Conflict
    Central European Political Science Review: Quarterly of Central European … , 2025, 2025
  3. La frontière vue du satellite: étude du territoire transfrontalier de Khorgos à l’aide des ondes infrarouges
    L’Espace Politique. Revue en ligne de géographie politique et de géopolitique , 2024, 2024 | Citations: 1.0
  4. Géopolitique de l’espace extra-atmosphérique
    L’Espace Politique. Revue en ligne de géographie politique et de géopolitique , 2024, 2024
  5. Nouvelles Routes de la soie et migrations
    Hommes & migrations. Revue française de référence sur les dynamiques … , 2023, 2023

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