Stefano Targetti is an assistant professor, he carries out his research in the field of agri-environmental policies. His research interests concern farmland biodiversity, the Common Agricultural Policy and climate change adaptation strategies.
Training
Graduated in Forestry in 2003 at the University of Florence, he received a PhD in Sustainable Pastoral Systems in 2007.
Academic career
He was a research fellow at the University of Florence, a post doc at the Czech University of Life Sciences, at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna and at INRAe.
Scientific activity
Most relevant publications:
Targetti S., Raggi M., Zavalloni M., Viaggi D. (2021), Perceived benefits from reclaimed rural landscapes: Evidence from the lowlands of the Po River Delta, Italy. Ecosystem Services, 49 (2021) 101288 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101288
Targetti S., Schaller L., Kantelhardt J. (2019). A fuzzy cognitive mapping approach for the assessment of public-goods governance in agricultural landscapes. Land Use Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.04.033
Balzan MV, Mascarenhas A., Morán-Ordóñez A., Ruiz-Frau A., Carvalho-Santos C., Vogiatzakis IN, Santana-Garçon J., Roces-Díaz JV, Brotons L., Campaigns CS, Smith M. Targetti S., Drakou EG, Vlami V., Geijzendorffer I. (2019) Improving ecosystem assessments in Mediterranean social-ecological systems: to DPSIR analysis. Ecosystems and People, 15 (1), 136-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2019.1598499
Schaller L., Targetti S., Villanueva A.J., Zasada I., et al. (2018). Agricultural landscapes, ecosystem services and regional competitiveness - assessing drivers and mechanisms in nine European case study areas. Land Use Policy, 76, 735-745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.03.001
Debolini M., Maraccini E., Dubeuf J-P, Geijzendorffer I.R., Guerra C., Simon M., Targetti S., Napoléone C. (2018). Land and farming system dynamics and their drivers in the Mediterranean Basin. Land Use Policy, 75, 702-710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.07.010
Targetti S., Herzog F., Geijzendorffer I.R., Pointereau P., Viaggi D. (2016). Relating costs to the user value of farmland biodiversity measurements. Journal of Environmental Management, 165, 286-297. DOI: 10.1016 / j.jenvman.2015.08.044
Geijzendorffer, I.R., Targetti, S., Schneider, M.K., Herzog, F. et al. (2016) How much would it cost to monitor farmland biodiversity in Europe? Journal of Applied Ecology, 53 (1) 140-149. DOI: 10.1111 / 1365-2664.12552
Villanueva A.J., Targetti S., Schaller L., Arriaza M., et al. (2015) Assessing the role of economic actors in the production of private and public goods in three EU agricultural landscapes. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 58 (12), 2113-2136. DOI: 10.1080 / 09640568.2014.1001022
Zavalloni M., Raggi M., Targetti S., Viaggi D. (2015). Agricultural policies and the emergence of voluntary landscape enhancement efforts: an exploratory analysis of rural tourism using an agent based model. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 58 (12), 2159-2175. DOI: 10.1080 / 09640568.2015.1033515
Targetti S., Herzog F., Geijzendorffer I.R., Wolfrum S., et al. (2014) Estimating the cost of different strategies for measuring farmland biodiversity: evidence from a Europe-wide field evaluation. Ecological Indicators, 45, 434-443. DOI: 10.1016 / j.ecolind.2014.04.050
van Zanten BT, Verburg PH, Espinosa M., Gomez-y-Paloma S., Galimberti G., Kantelhardt J., Kapfer M., Lefebvre M., Manrique R., Piorr A., Rays M., Schaller L. , Targetti S., Zasada I., Viaggi D. (2014) European agricultural landscapes, Common Agricultural Policy and ecosystem services: A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 34, 309-325. DOI: 10.1007 / s13593-013-0183-4