Gabriella Vindigni

Gabriella Vindigni serves as Associate Professor of Agricultural, Food, and Rural Economics at the University of Catania, Italy, affiliated with the Agricultural Economics and Valuation section. Her office is located at Via S. Sofia, 98, with contact email vindigni@unict.it and telephone 095 7580314.

Her research spans public policy evaluation in territorial development, fisheries, food security, and agri-food innovation—particularly biotechnology applications. She specializes in economic valuation of biodiversity, poverty analysis in agricultural sectors, and multi-criteria decision support systems using cognitive mapping and problem structuring methods. Additional expertise includes participatory planning, scenario building for local contexts, and data mining techniques (classification, clustering, association rules) applied to agricultural economics.

Professor Vindigni maintains active teaching responsibilities for current and past academic years (2022/2023 onward), with office hours held Mondays and Fridays 11:00-12:00 via in-person or Microsoft Teams consultations.