Email: c.bassignana@unisg.it
Università degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, 9
fraz. Pollenzo – 12042 Bra (Cn)
BIOGRAPHY
Chiara Flora Bassignana is a researcher fellow at the University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo, in the Agroecology group, working on the HORIZON 2020-RADIANT project – Realizing Dynamic Value Chains for Underutilized Crops.
Her research interests revolve around agroecology, biocultural diversity with a particular focus on mountainous areas, new ruralisms and commons.
She holds a PhD in Ecogastronomy, Education and Society from the University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo, for which she carried out interdisciplinary research in the field of agroecology investigating emerging agricultural trajectories and related food practices in the Western Italian Alps.
She graduated in 2017 in Biodiversity Conservation at the University of Turin, with a thesis on the ecosystem restoration of butterflies carried out at the University of Wageningen, the Netherlands.
MAIN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREA IN UNISG
SPECIFIC RESEARCH TOPICS
- Agroecology
- Biocultural diversity of mountainous areas
- New ruralisms
- Commons
UNISG RESEARCH PROJECTS