I work as a research technologist at the Department of Agricultural, Food and Agro-environmental Sciences (University of Pisa), where I graduated. I am an affiliated researcher at the CISP (Interdisciplinary Centre “Sciences for Peace”, University of Pisa).

My professional career began in 1996, 29 years ago, and has developed through collaborations with public bodies and private companies (among others: ENEL, Bioelettrica SpA, STA Engineering srl, Ambiente Italia Research Institute, Fondazione Toscana Sostenibile, Tuscany Region, Tuscany Regional Agency for Environmental Protection, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna – Institute of Life Sciences, Timesis srl, IRTA Leonardo – Research Institute on Territory and Environment, University of Pisa).

My activity has always been focused on environmental sustainability and protection and conservation of landscapes and nature: topics I have addressed through environmental analysis, environmental assessment of plans, programs, and projects, consultancy for the European Commission, and the development and management of demonstration and research projects, particularly focused on agriculture, rural development, biodiversity, and land planning. In these fields, I have also contributed to participatory processes and carried out territorial analyses, including the design and implementation of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Involvement in projects:

DESIRA – Digitisation: Economic and Social Impacts in Rural Areas

CODECS – Maximising the CO-benefits of agricultural Digitalisation through conducive digital ECoSystems

GoDigiBioS -Biodiversity loss mitigation and adaptation measures: Policies Governance and tools to foster transformative change

See the list of all projects the group is involved in here

Publications:

1. Pisa, Livorno e il Patto del Cacciucco (indigesto), published by the online journal “LA CITTÀ INVISIBILE” on November 8, 2022 (link)
2. La “sostenibilità” socio-economica di una risorsa non rinnovabile: il marmo e Carrara, a chapter related to the participatory process held by the Municipality of Carrara on defining the sustainability of marble extraction in the local quarries, Franco Angeli, 2020
3. “partecipArno”: un progetto per l’Arno, il suo territorio e le sue comunità in provincia di Pisa, in collaboration with Giuseppe Pozzana, published in the volume VALLIS ARNI # ARNO VALLEY. Tuscany from the river to the sea between historical heritage and future perspectives for the Tommaso Fanfani series, Pacini Editore, 2019
4. “partecipArno”: un tentativo di ricucire fiume, territorio e comunità, paper for the XI National River Contracts Conference, Session 1, February 2018

Volunteering experience:

• Member of Legambiente and Società dei territorialisti e delle territorialiste
• Activist within the association “Pisa in comune”

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