Marilena Labianca is an assistant professor in Economic Geography at the Department of Economics, University of Foggia (Foggia, Italy). She is involved in the creation of a "Dynamic geo-digital model for Apulian agrifood: territories, culture, agricultural landscapes and quality nutrition for integrated development". She serves as the Erasmus Coordinator for the Department of Economics (University of Foggia, Italy). Additionally, she holds the role of Coordinator and is responsible, as the main international investigator, for the Italian unit of research in two projects of international importance under the Call for Excellence, promoted by the University of Granada and financed by Ministerio de Cienca y Innovación and Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (Spain). The projects are titled: “Development programs and rural change. Their interrelations in NUTS II regions of the European Union Study areas: European Union NUTS II regions. Finland, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Germany and Spain” (2015-2018) and “RURALWIN—Éxitos y fracasos en la práctica del desarrollo rural neoendógeno en la Unión Europea” (1991-2013) (2019-2022).