Simone Santalucia - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Name

Simone Santalucia

Field of Research at the RTG

Subproject A2 How sustainable are sustainability standards and other global chain supply chain initiatives? (Prof. Dr. Wollni)

Research Interests

Intra-household Bargaining and Resource Allocation
Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Agri-food Systems
Rural Development
Economics and Development

Education

2022-2026 Ph.D in Agricultural Economics (Dr. rer. pol.), University of Göttingen, Germany
2019-2022 Double Degree: Master of Science in Development Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany
2018-2022 Double Degree: Master of Science (Laurea Magistrale) in Economics and Development, University of Florence, Italy
2015-2018 Bachelor of Science in Economics, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Professional Experience

04/2022-09/2026 Research Associate and Teaching Assistant at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Göttingen, Germany
05/2020-03/2021 Student Research Assistant at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Germany
03/2016-08/2016 Intern at AMKA Onlus, Italy and Guatemala

Publications (peer-reviewed)

Wollni, M., Bohn, S., Ocampo-Ariza, C., Paz, B., Santalucia, S., Squarcina, M., Umarishavu, F., Wätzold, M.Y.L. (2025). Sustainability Standards in Agri‐Food Value Chains: Impacts and Trade‐Offs for Smallholder Farmers. Agricultural Economics DOI
Santalucia, S., & Sibhatu, K. (2024). Nourishing the farms, nourishing the plates: Association of climate smart agricultural practices with household dietary diversity and food security in smallholders. Agribusiness DOI

Conferences/Workshops

10/2025 Paper presentation. 2025 CGIAR Gender Conference, Cape Town, South Africa.
08/2025 Paper presentation. 18th Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE), Bonn, Germany.
07/2025 Paper presentation. 1st Junior Workshop on Economics of Latin America, Berlin, Germany.
09/2024 Member of the organizing committee. Paper presentation. 1st Sustainable Food Systems Symposium, Göttingen, Germany.
08/2024 Paper presentation. 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), New Delhi, India.

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