Daniele Vergamini
- ResearcherDepartment of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa
Contact Info:
- daniele.vergamini@agr.unipi.it
- 80 Via del Borghetto, Pisa
I am a Senior Researcher at the University of Pisa, with over a decade of experience in international, national, and regional research initiatives. My career is defined by a commitment to addressing complex environmental, agricultural, and socio-economic challenges through an interdisciplinary approach that bridges diverse research fields. This dedication has resulted in active contributions to 11 EU-funded projects, leadership roles in Work Packages, and 22+ scientific publications in high-impact journals.
I earned my Ph.D. in Agricultural, Environmental, and Food Sciences and Technologies from the University of Bologna, where I investigated the design and evaluation of economic incentives for improving the cost-effectiveness of EU agri-environmental measures. My doctoral research provided a foundation for exploring policy innovation and sustainability in agriculture, focusing on topics such as contracts, information asymmetries, property rights, and experimental economics.
Since joining the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Environment at the University of Pisa in 2016, I have expanded my research into transdisciplinary methodologies, participatory frameworks, and sustainable policy development. I am currently involved in Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 projects that address innovative business models for soil health, the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), biodiversity conservation, sustainable digitalization in agriculture, transformative change and innovative systemic governance approaches.
My collaborations extend to regional stakeholders, such as the Tuscany Region, in which I contribute with a strong dedication to the wine sector integrating ecological, economic, and social dimensions to promote sustainability in viticulture
Beyond EU project commitment, my research emphasizes advanced simulation models and econometric techniques, integrated assessment approaches, policy evaluation and stakeholder engagement. These approaches have been instrumental in advancing participatory research and creating scalable solutions for complex socio-ecological systems.
I hold national scientific qualification as Associate Professor in Agricultural Economics and Appraisal (ASN 2018/2020), reflecting my continued commitment to academic excellence and impactful research.
Key research interests
- Agricultural and environmental economics
- Natural resource management
- Wine economics and wine sustainability
- Experimental economics
- Digitalisation
- Text-as-data modelling
- Communication and peace studies
Core competences
- Applied economics and econometrics
- Economic modelling
- Agricultural and rural economics
- Sustainable development
- Integrated assessment
Current EU-funded projects
GoDigiBioS – Biodiversity loss mitigation and adaptation measures: Policies Governance and tools to foster transformative change
CODECS – Maximising the CO- benefits of agricultural Digitalisation through conducive digital ECoSystems
Oper8 – European Thematic Network for unlocking the full potential of Operational Groups on alternative weed Control
InnOBreed – Innovative Organic Fruit Breeding and uses
NOVASOIL – Innovative business models for soil health
PLANET4B – Understanding Plural values, intersectionality, Leverage points, Attitudes, Norms, behaviour and social Earning in Transformation for Biodiversity decision making
See the list of all projects the group is involved in here
Some recent publications
Vergamini, D., Olivieri, M., Andreoli, M., & Bartolini, F. (2024). Simulating policy mixes to reduce soil erosion and land abandonment in marginal areas: A case study from the Liguria Region (Italy). Land Use Policy, 143, 107188.
Winkler, G., Pagano, L., Vergamini, D., & Bartolini, F. (2024). Soils and ecosystem services: policy narratives and instruments for soil health in the EU. Bio-based and Applied Economics.
D’Alberto, R., Targetti, S., Schaller, L., Bartolini, F., Eichhorn, T., Haltia, E., Vergamini, D. & Viaggi, D. (2024). A European perspective on acceptability of innovative agri-environment-climate contract solutions. Land Use Policy, 141, 107120.
von Münchhausen, S., Kirwan, J., Maye, D., Muñoz-Rojas, J., Pinto-Correia, T., Prosperi, P., & Vergamini, D. (2023). Enacted relations and the resilience of territorially embedded production systems in Europe. Land Use Policy, 134, 106925.
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