Staff members
Piergiuseppe Morone is an associate professor of Economics at the University of Foggia. He obtained an MA in Development Economics at the University of Sussex and a PhD in Science and Technology Policy at SPRU (Science and Technology Policy Research – University of Sussex). He also obtained a PhD from the University of Bari (Italy) in Policy for Sustainable Development. His main research interest are in the area of Economics of Innovation, Knolwledge Economics and Development Economics.
Pasquale Pazienza is a researcher in economics in the Faculty of Economics
at the University of Foggia (Italy). He attained his first degree, in Economics and
Commerce, from the University of Bari (Italy). At postgraduate level, he gained his
MSc in Environmental Economics from the University of York (UK) and a PhD in Policies
for Territorial Sustainable Development from the University of Bari (Italy). He has
also worked as a consultant for various local socio-economic development plans in
southern Italy.
Maurizio Prosperi is a researcher of Agricultural Economics, since 2005, at the Department of Production Science, Engineering, and Economics of Agricultural and Livestock Systems (PrIME), University of Foggia, Italy.
Massimo Monteleone is an associate professor of Agronomy and works at the Department of Agro-Environmental Science, Chemistry and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Foggia (Italy). He took a PhD in Crop Productions. Subsequently, he undertook an internship at the Department of Plant Physiology of the Horticultural Research International (H.R.I.), Wellesbourne (UK) and worked at the Department of Theoretical Production Ecology, Wageningen Agricultural University (The Netherlands). He teaches Agroecology and his main research interests are environmental analysis and agro-ecosystem planning according to sustainability criteria at farm and land scale. He has a good experience with energy farming in various productive-chains that are locally tested and validated.
Michele lo Storto has an undergraduate degree in Food Sciences and Technology and is currently attending a PhD course in Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Foggia. His dissertation research topic concerns the oleaginous crops (like sunflower) dedicated to biodiesel production following an LCA (“life cycle assessment”) approach.
Roberta Sisto is an associate professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Foggia. She obtained an MA in European Property Development and Planning at COREP-Polytechnic University of Turin and a PhD from the University of Basilicata (Italy) in Agricultural Engineering. She teaches Economics and Rural Development Policy, Planning and Developement of Rural Areas and Internationalization and Competitiveness in the Agro-food sector. Her main research interests are Rural Development Policies, Land Marketing, Rural Development Policies and Instruments in the agro-food sector, Organizational forms in the agro-food sector, Social capital.
Pina Testa is a researcher in economics at the University of Foggia, where she teaches Microeconomics and Econometrics. She received the Master in Economics and Econometrics at the University of Southampton and the Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Naples Federico II. Her research activity focuses on empirical economics, but she is also interested in industrial organisation and finance.
External collaborators
Richard Taylor works at the Stockholm Environment Institute in Oxford. He is an agent-based modeller with background in cognitive science, working in a group that focuses on social vulnerability and adaptation to climate change (www.weadapt.org).
Antonio Lopolito was a research fellow at the DSEMS at the University of Foggia (Italy) from 2006 to 2008. He attained his first degree, in Economics, from the University of Foggia (Italy) and a PhD in Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Foggia. He has also worked in a research program funded by EQUAL initiative. He has experience in the application of social network theory.
Alessandro Grimaldi is a chemist, with a 4-year academic research in photovoltaics; after a Master in Business, in 2005, he joined as a collaborator the Scientific Office at the Italian Embassy in Budapest, monitoring the renewable sector in Hungary (mainly biofuels wood biomass) and assisting bilateral cooperation projects.
