Federico Ferretti is Professor of Geography at the University of Bologna. His research interests lie in the history and philosophy of geography and in cultural and historical geography, as well as in the international circulation of geographical knowledge through critical and anarchist approaches, with a special focus on Latin America. He has authored, co-authored or edited books in Italian, French, and English, and published research papers in the major international peer-reviewed geography journals in English, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. He is Secretary-Treasurer of the Commission History of Geography of the IGU, Article Forum Editor for Dialogues in Human Geography and Associate Editor for The Journal of Historical Geography.