Associate Professor of Economics and Rural Appraisal, Department of Veterinary Sciences
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Born in Sarzana (La Spezia) in 1967, Professor Roberta Moruzzo graduated in Animal Production Sciences at the University of Pisa, with honors on 18.12.1992 and in 1994 obtained the title of Master in Economics of the Agro-Food System, at the SMEA (School of Specialization and Master in Economics of the Agro-Food System) in Cremona.

In 1995 she became a permanent university researcher and in 2021 associate professor in the scientific area AGR / 01 (Rural Economics and Appraisal) at the Department of Veterinary Sciences of the University of Pisa.

Institutional assignments

• Member of the Commission for the drafting of the new Statute of the University of Pisa, in compliance with the Law 30 December 2010, n. 240, appointed with Rector’s Decree 2319 of 16 February 2011;
• Member of the Commission for the preparation of the General Regulations of the University of Pisa appointed with Rector’s Decree 0012219 of 4/10/2011
• Member of the Council of the Department of Veterinary Sciences of the University of Pisa from 2013 to 2016
• Member of the University Quality Presidium for sector 3 (medical sciences and veterinary sciences) from 16/12/2016 to 14/09/2019
• Member of the University Quality Presidium for sector 3 (medical sciences and veterinary sciences) from 09.10.2019 to 09 October 2022
• Area Coordinator for Internationalization (CAI) for Veterinary Sciences from 1 February 2022 to 31 January 2025.
• Delegate of the Rector for Quality from 1 November 2022 to 31 October 2024

Scientific and teaching activity

Professor Moruzzo has been continuously carrying out teaching activities since 2000. She is currently lecturing Rural Appraisal and Accounting and Auditing Techniques, Certification Systems and Marketing in the Master's Degree Programme in Animal Production Sciences and Technologies. Furthermore, she carries out teaching activities in other degree programmes, as well as in several specialization schools of the Department of Veterinary Sciences, in national and international university masters.

The main fields of research of Professor Moruzzo refer to the following topics:

• methodologies to support rural development and territorial planning
• tools for managing the transition and disseminating innovation in rural areas
• support policies for rural development at local and regional level

She holds over 60 publications in international and national scientific journals and participated in various symposiums. The number of citations received is over 400 with an H-index of 9 (as of 2022). She participates in various local research projects (funded by the Rural Development Plan - PSR and by the POR ESF - Regional Operational Program), national (National Recovery and Resilience Plan - PNRR) and European (Horizon 2020, ERASMUS + K2 Capacity building in the field of Higher Education). She also participates in University Research Projects.

She is member of the PhD Programme board in Veterinary Sciences, having its administrative office at University of Pisa and started in the academic year 2020/2021-cycle 38 ‚from 01-11-2022 to 01-11-2023

Other assignment

• Expert in assessment of learning and skills of the Regional Governmental Authority Regione Toscana (ESF sector, training system) (N. RT20080632)
• Evaluator to support the evaluation activities of the Erasmus+ program (referred to in the Notice prot. n. 46369 of 23.12.2019)
• Evaluator for the CAMPUSONE project of the CRUI (Conference of Italian Universities Rectors) from 2004 to 2005
• Referent for UNIPI of the International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed (IPIFF) network since 2019
• Coordinator, from June 2015 to November 2018, of the Commission responsible for preparing the Self-Assessment Report for the accreditation of the Department of Veterinary Sciences of the University of Pisa at the EAEVE (European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education)
• Local Coordinator of the International Master on Rural Development EU-ERASMUS MUNDUS and EU Atlantis
• From May 2022 it represents the University of Pisa in the "WP2 Creating an Inclusive European University Ecosystem Task force 2.2: Developing a joint system for Recognition of student status, courses, credits and results" within the Circle U European alliance