Research Activity in the following projects:
European Research Council - Advanced Investigators Grant, 2011 Call - Proposal Project: "DO VALUE, The Value of Designations of Origin for Individuals", Panel SH1: Individuals, Institutions and Markets: economics, finance and management ["The PI is a respected scholar, but ...", not financed].
PRIN (Research Projects of National Interest - Italian Ministry of University and Reasearch) 2009 (deadline May 31, 2010) - Proposal Project as National Coordinator and single Research Unit : "The Value of Designations of Origin for Foreign Consumers: a study by the choices of buyers of wine in United States, United Kingdom and Germany" [not financed, with an evaluation of 52/60 from the anonymous evaluators of the Program. They financed from 54/60].
PRIN project "Politiche dell'Unione Europea, processi di integrazione economica e commerciale ed esiti del negoziato WTO" : participant in the Research Unit of the University Roma III. The project has the coordination of University della Calabria, Cosenza, Professor Giovanni Anania, 2008- 2009.
Planning Service of the Regione Emilia-Romagna - Agricultural Council - Responsible of the analysis: The Value of the Protected Designation of Origin for the territory, 2006 - 2009.
RFO (Ricerca Fondamentale Orientata UNIBO) (ex 60%) - Responsible for the project: Protected Designation of Origin and Sustainable Development, 2004 to the present.
PRIN project “The new multilateral trade negotiations within the World Trade Organisation (Doha Round): liberalisation prospects and the impact on the Italian economy”: participant in the Research Unit of the University Roma III. The project had the national coordination of University “La Sapienza” Roma, Professor Paolo Guerrieri, 2005- 2006.
Planning Service of the Regione Emilia-Romagna - Agricultural Council , Responsible of the study “Protected Designations of Origin and sustainable development: an analysis of the DOC of Emilia-Romagna”,2004- 2005.
MURST 60% - Responsible for the project: The Wine Territories as Amenities:
the Role of the Protected Designations of Origin in their Management, 2002
2003.
Head of the Italian and Spanish Integrated Action with the Instituto de
Economia y Geografia of the Consejo Superior de Investigacion Cientifica
in Madrid Development Prospects of the Mediterranean Quality Agro-food
Products,
2001-2004.
Responsible for the research contract between Associazione Nazionale Città
del Vino and Dipartimento Scienze Statistiche for the Osservatorio sul Turismo
del Vino (National Body on Wine Tourism), 2000 - 2004.
MURST 60% - Responsible for the project: Valorisation Tools of the Rural
Environment: The Wine Routes, 2000 - 2001.
MURST 60% – Head of the project: Behavior models of the agro-food
markets, 1998/99
Municipality of Modena (Emilia Romagna), operational co-ordinator of the
Local Agro-Industrial Body, 1998 - 2002
Regione Emilia Romagna, ANCV, Scientific co-ordinator of the project: New
instruments of valorisation for wine production and rural areas: a feasibility
study of wine routes in Emilia -Romagna region, 1997 - 98
MURST 60%: Convergence models in European food consumption, 1996
- 97
MURST 60%: Analysis of regional inequalities in the EEC agriculture, 1994 - 95
EU/AIR(AIR20833): Production systems and meat consumption in France, Italy and Spain:
a comparative analysis with special references to problems of quality and
environment, headed by Prof. Roberto Fanfani of the Department of Statistics,
University of Bologna, 1994 – 1996.
CNR/RAISA sottoprogetto 1.2: Competitiveness and development of the
agricultural territorial systems, 1990-1995.
CEE/SPES (SPES0027): Changement technique et restructuration dans l’industrie
agroalimentaire en Europe, coordinated by Prof. Roberto Fanfani of the Department
of Statistics, University of Bologna, 1991 – 1992.
MURST 40%: New competitive strategies and structure of the agro- food
markets,
1989 - 1994
CNR - Contributi: Restructuring processes in the agricultural
cooperatives,1992.