Profile
Luciana Bizzotto is an independent Brazilian researcher who currently collaborates with scholars from the School of Public Health at the University of São Paulo and the School of Education at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. Her research focuses on children and youth living in urban peripheries, with particular attention to their access to housing, education, and health.
Research
Publications
Bizzotto, L. M., Gouvêa, M. C. S., Carvalho, L. D., & Aitken, S. C. (2024). Children’s territorialities in a Brazilian right-to-housing movement. Children’s Geographies, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2024.2306949
Andres, L., Moawad, P., Kraftl, P., Stevens, S. D., Marais, L., Matamanda, A., Bizzotto, L., & Giatti, L. (2025). Children and young people's access to food, education, play and leisure in times of crisis: An international, integrative review of policy responses, impacts and adaptations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Children & Society, 39, 495–511. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12924