Università degli studi di Bergamo
The Università degli Studi di Bergamo (UniBg) is a state university located in the Lombardy province, Italy. Since the Libero istituto universitario di Lingue e letterature straniere’s foundation in 1968, new degree courses were born until, in 1992, the institute officially became a University, changing its name to the University of Bergamo.
UniBg has more than 23,000 students enrolled in in 41 degree programmes.
The degree programmes cover a wide range of disciplines and are taught on 3 campuses, Humanities, Economics and Law, and Engineering, located in the city of Bergamo.
UniBg has 8 departments, which promote, coordinate, and organise the research and teaching activities of the educational programmes they are responsible for. These include Human and Social Sciences; Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; Law; Letters, Philosophy, Communication; Management, Economics, and Quantitative Methods; Engineering; Human and Social Sciences; Business Administration, UniBg has established expertise in participating in and managing EU-funded projects. A staff of more than 650 members, among professors and researchers, assisting academic staff, and administrative and technical staff, provides a dynamic scientific and teaching environment. The Research and Technology Transfer Office staff of UniBg supports the research projects. The strengths of UniBg are, therefore, the wide range of courses offered (also through e-learning projects), the excellent use of the numerous laboratories available to students, the ambitious research centres, and, last but not least, the fact that the university operates in one of the most dynamic areas from both a cultural and economic viewpoint.
Dauromattia Zocchi
Team
The team of the project belonging to UniBg is composed of an interdisciplinary team including experts in marketing, management, economy, and geography with a focus on tourism. Team members have research experience in cultural heritage management, participatory and collaborative processes in rural and urban contexts, and territorial regeneration from a sustainable perspective through tourism. All members also have national and international relationships with academics and practitioners developed during applied projects.
Roberta Garibaldi (Principal investigator) is a university professor who engages in training and research activities to promote regions, gastronomic and cultural tourism, and directs projects at an international level. She directs international projects and has experience with various Ministries of Tourism and organisations such as UNWTO and FAO. Garibaldi served as CEO of ENIT – National Tourism Agency under the Draghi government and as Vice President of the Tourism Committee of the OECD. She has been invited as keynote speaker at major events on tourism and holds numerous positions, including President of the Italian Association of Gastronomic Tourism. She is the author of 23 books and over 60 scientific publications. She has curated eleven editions of the Gastronomic Tourism Report.
Federica Burini (role to be defined) is an Associate Professor of Geography at the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Bergamo. She coordinates the Imago Mundi Lab and contributes to the ITSM Center. Additionally, she presides over the international Planning and Management of Tourism Systems program. Her primary research interests focus on participatory processes and collaborative mapping in rural and urban contexts to promote territorial regeneration from a sustainable perspective, especially in rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. Among her recent publications are: *Tourism facing a Pandemic. Dalla crisi alla ripresa* (2020), *Challenge-Based Learning per lo sport e il turismo sostenibile. Un percorso formativo di governance territoriale multilivello* (2022).
Dauro Mattia Zocchi (Research fellow) is a research fellow in geography at the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Bergamo. He holds degrees in business administration and gastronomic sciences. In 2022, he earned a PhD in Eco-gastronomy, Education, and Society at the University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo. His primary research interests include food geography, food scouting, and the promotion of food heritage in rural and marginalised areas. He has contributed to research projects in Italy, Peru, Bolivia, Kenya, and Tanzania. He is the author of 10 edited books and over 20 scientific publications.
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