Riccardo Borgia

EDUCATION

• December 2021: PhD in Agro-Food System, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Department of Agricultural and Food Economics, Piacenza;

• March 2020 - July 2020: Visiting PhD student, School of Public Health, University College of Dublin, Dublin;

• April 2017: Master’s degree in Natural Resources Management for Tropical Rural Development, Università di Firenze, Florence;

• September 2015: Visiting student, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala City;

• April - May 2015: Visiting student, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife;

• June 2014: Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Technologies, Università di Bologna, Bologna;

• September 2012 - July 2013: Exchange student, Instituto Superior de Agronomia - Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisbon.

EXPERIENCE

• January 2021- present: Research Fellow at the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Università di Bologna, Bologna;

• October 2019 - February 2020: Trainee at DG AGRI – European Commission. Working Unit: Research and Innovation (AGRI.DDG1.B.2), Brussels;

• July - December 2016: Intern at Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation. Thematic area: Food security & Rural Economy. Cabo Delgado and Nampula, Mozambique.