Stefania Bracco
Curriculum Vitae
 Personal Information
Date and Place of birth: 06 December 1987, Ceva (CN), Italy.
Email:
[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
 Education
2012-2015
PhD in Economics. Cycle XXVII. Department of Economics and Statistics. Thesis title: “The
Economics of Biofuels. The Impact of EU Bioenergy Policy on Agricultural Markets and Land
Grabbing in Africa”. University of Siena. Piazza S. Francesco 7, Siena – 53100. Italy.
Spring 2014 Visiting Scholar. Columbia University in the City of New York, School of International and Public
Affairs. 420 W. 118th Street. New York, NY 10027.
2009-2012
Master of Science’s Degree in Advanced Development Economics. University of Florence, Faculty
of Economics. Thesis on “Migration, Co-Development and Trade”. 110/110 cum laude. Advisor:
Prof. Giorgia Giovannetti.
2010-2011
Visiting student (Erasmus student) at the University of Reading, United Kingdom, Department of
Economics. Autumn and Spring term.
2006-2009
Bachelor Degree in Economic Development and International Cooperation. University of
Florence, Faculty of Economics. Thesis on “Africa and Food Price Volatility”. 110/110 cum laude.
Advisor: Prof. Giorgia Giovannetti.
 Research interests
Environmental Economics; Sustainable Development; International Economics.
 Teaching and Work Experiences
September 2015 – September 2016: Adjunct Professor. Quantitative methods for social sciences. Università degli
Studi di Torino. Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis". Largo Dora Siena 100/A
Torino 10153.
February 2015 – December 2015: Consultant for FAO activities on energy. Under the supervision of the Senior
Natural Resources Officer (Leader of the Energy Team) and in collaboration with relevant FAO
colleagues, I support FAO activities on energy, including performing quantitative analysis, data research
and analysis on energy, agriculture, food and GHG emission issues. Climate, Energy and Tenure Division
(NRC). UN Food and Agricultural Organization. Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153 Rome.
October 2011 – February 2012: Census taker for the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT). Comunità
Montana Alto Tanaro Cebano Monregalese. Località San Bernardino, Via Case Rosse 1. 12073 Ceva (CN).
May – August 2011: Intern at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, General Direction for Development
Cooperation. Collaboration with the Office managing Collaboration with the Office managing
“Migration and Development” initiatives. Central Technical Unit, Via Salvatore Contarini 25, 00135
Roma. Tel: +390636916258.
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 Grant
February 2012-January 2015: 3-year grant awarded by the Regione Toscana, Progetto Pegaso, for the 3-year PhD
program in Economics, University of Siena.
 Awards and Honors
2010 Special reference for the brilliant academic career awarded by the Villa Favard Association of the Faculty of
Economics, University of Florence, 12/06/2010.
 Conferences and Workshops
2015 Paper presentation at the 2nd Doctoral Workshop in Economics of Innovation, Complexity and
Knowledge, organized by the Vilfredo Pareto Doctorate in Economics & BRICK, Collegio Carlo Alberto,
January 29-30, 2015.
2014 Presentation at the seminar series "Water Energy Land Food Nexus towards Expo 2015. The Challenge
of Large Scale Land Acquisitions", University IUAV of Venice and Venice International University,
December 2014.
2014 Paper and Poster presentation at the 14th IAEE European Energy Conference “Sustainable Energy Policy
and Strategies for Europe”. October 28-31, 2014 in Rome, Italy. Hosted by LUISS University of Rome.
2014 Selected participant at the 2014 Annual International Conference of the German Economic Association Research Group on Development Economics. Hosted by the University of Passau, June 27-28.
2014 Paper presentation at the Santa Chiara Annual Meeting 2014, Siena, Universities of Tuscany. June 5-7.
2014 Selected participant at the 2014 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty. Poster presentation: “Biofuelling poverty and food insecurity? Dealing with land investments for biofuels production in developing
countries”. Washington DC, March 24-27, 2014.
2014 Selected participant at the 2014 Advanced Graduate Workshop on Poverty, Development and
Globalization, directed by Professor Joseph Stiglitz and organized by the Columbia University’s Initiative
for Policy Dialogue (IPD), the Azim Premji University and the Institute for New Economic Thinking.
Bangalore, India, January 2-17, 2014.
2013 Paper presentation at the 6th Italian Doctoral Workshop in Applied Economics, organized by the Vilfredo
Pareto Doctorate in Economics, Collegio Carlo Alberto December 10-11, 2013.
2013 Project presentation at the Santa Chiara Annual Meeting 2013, Siena. Universities of Tuscany.
 Publications
Bracco, S. (2015). Effectiveness of EU Biofuels Sustainability Criteria in the context of Land Acquisitions in
Africa.
Renewable
and
Sustainable
Energy
Reviews.
Vol.
50,
Pages
130–143
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.05.006
Bracco, S. with Antonelli M. and Turvani M.E. (2015). Foreign Investment in Land and Corporate Social
Responsibility: an Investigation for Africa. Nairobi, Kenya: Acts Press, 2015. African Centre for Technology
Studies (ACTS) Issue Paper 002/2015. ISBN 9966-41-171-2. http://acts-net.org/images/RNREPubs/Issue_paper_0022015.pdf
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Bracco, S. (2010). Book Review of “Mobilità umane. Introduzione alla sociologia delle migrazioni”, S. Palidda.
Jura Gentium, Rivista di filosofia del diritto internazionale e della politica globale, VI (2010), 1.
 Languages
English:
French:
Spanish:
Portuguese:
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