Dr. Marta Antonelli serves as Head of Research at the Barilla Foundation and as Senior Research Associate at the Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC). Her research currently focuses on food sustainability, sustainable diets, food and agricultural policy. She brings 12 years of experience as researcher, lecturer, consultant and journalist in the fields of sustainable food production and consumption, water management and policy, sustainable diets. Her experience includes positions, among others, at the University of Roma Tre, University IUAV of Venice, the University of Siena, Venice International University, the Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology. She has also consulted for business, NGOs and start-ups. She is the Research Manager of the Su-Eatable Life project, aiming at reducing carbon and water footprints through the promotion of a sustainable and healthy diets in universities and companies' canteens across the United Kingdom and Italy. With a M.Sc. in International Economics (La Sapienza University of Rome), M. SC.Development Studies (SOAS, University of London), she holds a Ph.D. in Environment, Politics and Development (King's College London). Her research interests include: water management and policy, water foot printing, water governance and politics.