Meri Raggi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati" of the University of Bologna. Dr. Raggi obtained a Ph.D. in “Statistical methodology for scientific research”  from the Department of Statistical Sciences at the University of Bologna. She is the co-author of over 180 scientific articles, (80 publications, H-index = 20 listed in SCOPUS; 66 listed in ISI Thomson), more than 200 conference presentations, and has prolonged experience working on European projects (22 in total; 1 in FP5, 3 in FP6, 9 in FP7 and 9 in H2020). Her skills and expertise include economic statistics,  agricultural policy evaluation, and applied statistics.