Federica Ravera
Associate
Federica is a PhD student in Ecological Economics at the Instituto Ciencies and Tecnologies Ambientals (ICTA)|, working on ecological economics, political ecology and environment and development issues.
Current research focuses on interpretation and analysis of drought vulnerability and adaptability in semi-arid systems, exploring the interface between socio-economic and ecological systems, connecting qualitative scenario development and modelling in integrated and participatory assessment methodologies.
Background
Federica obtained a bachelor degree in Environmental Sciences at the Universitá degli Studi di Milano Bicocca. She has a master degree in Rural Development and International Cooperation from the European School of Advanced Studies - Università degli Studi di Pavia (Italia) (2002) - and a master degree in Ecological Economics at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2007).
Federica was collaboring with the Unit of Agrarian System Analysis at the FAO in Rome and Peru from 2002 to 2005, as young consultant. She was working from 2006 to 2009 in the ACCD project 'Social Multicriteria Assessment of sustainable management and development alternatives in the semi-arid agroecological systems of the Miraflor – Moropotente protected area (Nicaragua)' by collaborating with the Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals (CREAF) and ICTA as project's fellow. In 2009, she spent six months collaborating with the Sustainability Research Institute at the University of Leeds as a Marie Curie fellow.
Federica is particularly interested in resilience and vulnerability studies, adaptive action-research and adaptive governance, learning and knowledge systems management.
Research interests
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Resilience theories, participatory action-research
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Integrated assessment and social metabolism;
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Learning and knowledge management;
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Rural studies;
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Vulnerability and adaptability;
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Environmental conflicts.
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