{"id":671,"date":"2025-12-04T14:09:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.unica.it\/rubust\/?page_id=671"},"modified":"2025-12-10T09:36:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:36:23","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.unica.it\/rubust\/en\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-image-fill-element has-border-color has-tertiary-border-color\" style=\"border-width:1px;grid-template-columns:21% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.unica.it\/rubust\/files\/2025\/11\/Sara_Ballero_profilo-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Dr Sara Ballero\" class=\"wp-image-532 size-full\" style=\"object-position:57% 42%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.unica.it\/rubust\/files\/2025\/11\/Sara_Ballero_profilo-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.unica.it\/rubust\/files\/2025\/11\/Sara_Ballero_profilo-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sites.unica.it\/rubust\/files\/2025\/11\/Sara_Ballero_profilo-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.unica.it\/rubust\/files\/2025\/11\/Sara_Ballero_profilo.jpeg 1251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Principal Investigator: Dr Sara Ballero (PhD, MA, MA, BA)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am a <a href=\"https:\/\/cordis.europa.eu\/project\/id\/101203841\"><strong>Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow<\/strong><\/a>, working on a project about <strong>rural business transfers <\/strong>and<strong> local development<\/strong> since September 2025. I was awarded an<strong> International Doctoral Degree in Management<\/strong> (University of Sheffield and Kobe University) with a <a href=\"https:\/\/etheses.whiterose.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/32908\/\">research<\/a> on the <strong>role of state policies and firms in rural revitalization<\/strong>, spending several months of fieldwork in Japan. I have a longstanding academic and personal interest in <strong>East Asia<\/strong>,&nbsp; where I lived and studied for several years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further details about my research can be found in my <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.unica.it\/rubust\/files\/2025\/11\/Research-agenda.pdf\">research agenda<\/a>, and my full <a href=\"mailto:sara.ballero@unica.it\">CV<\/a> is available upon request.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element has-border-color has-tertiary-border-color\" style=\"border-width:1px;grid-template-columns:21% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.unica.it\/rubust\/files\/2025\/11\/Foto_Podda_3_d0.jpg\" alt=\"Antonello Podda\" class=\"wp-image-453 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.unica.it\/rubust\/files\/2025\/11\/Foto_Podda_3_d0.jpg 550w, https:\/\/sites.unica.it\/rubust\/files\/2025\/11\/Foto_Podda_3_d0-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Supervisor: Prof Antonello Podda<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prof Podda<\/strong>, PhD in Economic Sociology, is an <strong>Associate Professor in <a href=\"https:\/\/web.unica.it\/unica\/en\/dip_scienzesocistit.page\">Environmental and Territorial Sociology<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.unica.it\/unica\/en\/dip_scienzesocistit.page\"> at the University of Cagliari<\/a>. His research interests include<strong> <\/strong>local and inner area development, food and food systems, social networks, and public policy evaluation. He is currently the <strong>National Coordinator <\/strong>(PI) of the <strong>PRIN project &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/prin.unica.it\/gc-lifes\/\">GC-LIFES<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; and the lead for the <strong>Italian unit of the European project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thcspartnership.eu\/\">THCS CONNECT-CARE<\/a><\/strong>. His most recent publications address topics such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosenbergesellier.it\/ita\/titolo?ref=1759\">food practices in Sardinia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/13511610.2025.2523019\">regional innovation systems<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/jeodonline.com\/jeod_articles\/credit-matters-the-role-of-institutional-support-in-the-development-of-the-cooperative-model-a-case-study\/\">importance of credit for the cooperative model<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further details about Prof Podda can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/web.unica.it\/unica\/page\/it\/antonello_podda\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-primary-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.unica.it\/rubust\/research-output\/\">&lt;&lt; Output<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-20959078 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-primary-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.unica.it\/rubust\/home\/\">Home<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-938471dc wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-primary-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.unica.it\/rubust\/news-and-events\/\">News and events&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"106\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.unica.it\/rubust\/files\/2025\/12\/funded_stringa-scaled-e1765355398591-1024x106.png\" alt=\"EU logo with research grant number\" class=\"wp-image-786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.unica.it\/rubust\/files\/2025\/12\/funded_stringa-scaled-e1765355398591-1024x106.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.unica.it\/rubust\/files\/2025\/12\/funded_stringa-scaled-e1765355398591-300x31.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.unica.it\/rubust\/files\/2025\/12\/funded_stringa-scaled-e1765355398591-768x79.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.unica.it\/rubust\/files\/2025\/12\/funded_stringa-scaled-e1765355398591-1536x158.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.unica.it\/rubust\/files\/2025\/12\/funded_stringa-scaled-e1765355398591-2048x211.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Principal Investigator: Dr Sara Ballero (PhD, MA, MA, BA) I am a Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, working on a project about rural business transfers and local development since September 2025. 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