Experience

SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Lecturer in Sustainable Development

  • Sep 2019 - Present

Sogesid Spa - The Ministry of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea of Italy
• Senior Expert

  • Jun 2018 - Present


Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP), SOAS

• Research Fellow

  • Mar 2013 - Jun 2019

  Research Fellow Research projects: 2016- 2019 “Green Transformations in the global South (GreeTS): opening the blackbox of a pro-active state and the management of sustainability trade-offs in Costa Rica and Vietnam” (financial support of the initiative "Europe and Global Challenges") 2013-2016 “China Goes Global: A comparative study of Chinese hydropower dams in Africa and Asia” (ESRC-funded project) 2013-2016 “Policy and practice for sustainable nutrient management and water resources protection in UK and Chinese agro-ecosystems” (DEFRA-funded project) 2012-2014 “The role of the European Union in land deals: understanding the water-energy-food security nexus” (Enel Foundation-funded project) Teaching: MSc in Sustainable Development, Agricultural and Environmental Economics. Show less



Enel Foundation

• Italy
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher/Project Manager

  • Sep 2012 - Sep 2014

  Research area on Environment, Energy and Development Research project: "The role of Europe in land deals: understanding the food-energy-water security nexus" - analysis of European transnational land acquisitions (i.e. land grabbing) and the water, energy, food nexus Research area on Environment, Energy and Development Research project: "The role of Europe in land deals: understanding the food-energy-water security nexus" - analysis of European transnational land acquisitions (i.e. land grabbing) and the water, energy, food nexus



University IUAV of Venice, Department of Planning

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Apr 2010 - May 2012

  Research Unit: “Territory, Economy & Sustainability Studies” - Sustainability analysis: Multi-level Integrated Analysis of Socioeconomic Systems Metabolism through the use of socioeconomic and biophysical indicators analysed at multiple levels: region, economic sectors, and production and consumption. - Development of an integrated framework for climate adaptation decision making through the integration of adaptive governance principles and participatory methods Research Unit: “Territory, Economy & Sustainability Studies” - Sustainability analysis: Multi-level Integrated Analysis of Socioeconomic Systems Metabolism through the use of socioeconomic and biophysical indicators analysed at multiple levels: region, economic sectors, and production and consumption. - Development of an integrated framework for climate adaptation decision making through the integration of adaptive governance principles and participatory methods



ECOSUR - Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Mexico

• Research Assistant

  • Oct 2005 - Mar 2006

  Research assistant on rural development and deforestation in Chiapas Research assistant on rural development and deforestation in Chiapas



CNR, CRES-Centre for Erosion Study

• Researcher

  • May 2003 - Sep 2005

  Main focus on the social multicriteria evaluation of sustainability in agriculture Main focus on the social multicriteria evaluation of sustainability in agriculture