Phone: +39 0172 458542
Email: d.saccone@unisg.it
University of Gastronomic Sciences | Pollenzo Campus
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, 9
fraz. Pollenzo – 12042 Bra (Cn) – Italy
BIOGRAPHY
After graduating in Political Science with an economic focus in 2004, she obtained a II level Master’s Degree in Economic Sciences at CORIPE Piedmont in 2005 and a PhD in Economics at the University of Turin in 2008. She was then a research fellow at the “Cognetti de Martiis” Department of Economics and Statistics of the University of Turin, where he also held courses in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Development Economics, Development Cooperation, Cultural Industries and Global Markets for some years.
Since 2009 she has been collaborating as an external consultant with the International Training Center of the International Labor Organization (ILO), where she carries out tutoring and teaching activities at the Master in Management of Development. In 2014 she was co-founder of the Observatory on Emerging Economies-Turin (OEET), a research and dissemination body affiliated to the Carlo Alberto College, for which she carries out management and scientific research activities on emerging economies. From 2018 to 2022 she was President of the Italian Association for the Study of Comparative Economic Systems (AISSEC).
INSTITUTIONAL POSITIONS
- Convenor of the Graduate Degree Program in Sustainable Food Innovation & Management
- Delegate for business relationships
TEACHING ACTIVITY
- Economics and Development Policy [Graduate Degree in Food Innovation & Management]
- Politiche Economiche e Sostenibilità Alimentare [Undergraduate Degree in Gastronomic Sciences and Cultures]
- Preparatory Workshops [Graduate Degree in Food Innovation & Management]
MAIN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREA in UNISG
SPECIFIC RESEARCH TOPICS
- Sustainable economic development
- Food policies
- Food security
- Globalization and food security
- Emerging economies and patterns of economic development
UNISG RESEARCH PROJECTS