Assistant Professor in Agricultural Economics at the Department of Economics, Engineering, Society and Business Organizations at University of Tuscia (Italy). She received her degree in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies in 2002 and her PhD in Agricultural Policy in 2006, both from the University of Tuscia. In 2005, she also got a Masters in Management, Economics, and Consumer Studies at Wageningen University (NL). Her main lines of research concern the programming and innovation policies of agriculture and the agro-industry, with particular reference to local governance and territorial development tools. The specific focus of her activities is the study of interventions into agricultural and environmental policy in the business system, and their implications on sustainable development processes at the local scale.