Pierluigi Bizzini

Pierluigi Bizzini is an Italian freelance journalist and editor.

He covers migration, the environment and digital rights. He was a contributing reporter to Algorithmwatch. His work has been published by Die Zeit, WOZ, The New Arab, EUobserver, and others. He’s a co-author of Bagliore (Il Saggiatore, 2020) and an editor at The Syllabus, a knowledge curation platform.

Basic information

Name

Pierluigi Bizzini

Title

Freelance Journalist and Editor

Expertise

Migration, Environment, Digital Rights, Mediterranean

Country

Italy

City

Enna

Pierluigi Bizzini

Links

Supported projects

The Evicted Cities

Cities
Economy

BARCELONA/PALERMO – This investigation focuses on how tourism is reshaping everyday life in two Mediterranean cities: Barcelona and Palermo. Behind the postcard image of packed beaches and lively streets lies another reality: rising rents, vanishing neighbours, and the slow erosion of community.

Graffiti reading “Tourism kills the city” along the seafront path in central Palermo, next to the shoreline

From Ashes to Neglect: Greece and Sicily After the Fires

Environment

PALERMO / MATI - The Mediterranean wildfire crisis is not simply a product of climate change and bad luck. Fundamental policy failures that have undermined forest protection across Southern Europe lie at its core.

Europe’s Decision Machines

Human Rights
Justice
Technology

BARCELONA / THE HAGUE / ROME - Governments across Europe use predictive algorithms in courts, prisons and police stations.

Thirsty Europe: How Communities Cope with Increasing Droughts

Cities
Climate
Environment

TYROL - As a result of climate change, droughts are on the rise in Europe and local and national governments are preparing for increasingly dry years.