Adriano Ciani

Prof. Adriano Ciani is Full Professor of Agricultural Economics and Rural Appraisal at the Department of Agricultural Economics, Farm Appraisal and Food Sciences-DSEEA of Perugia University. He is Professor of Environmental Economics and Farm Management. His current scientific activity it’s addressed in: Sustainable Management of Territory, Common Goods, Water Resource, ICT and Sustainable Rural Development. He wrote several books and 280 publications. He played collaborative activities of research, teaching, technical and dissemination, in over 50 countries. He founded the BIOSPHERA Association and in 2000 has organized the 1st World Forum on Rural Tourism and Agro-tourism and founded the Association IAERT (International Association of Experts in Rural Tourism and Agro-tourism). From 2001 to 2009 he was commissioned by the MoFA as Scientific Attaché at the Italian Embassy Tirana where has promoted the wide Scientific Program "A Sustainable Development for Albania". He his Director of the International Summer School in “Sustainable Management and Promotion of Territory”. He was by 1980-1990 Adviser at the Provincial Government of Perugia, at SASE Lt. Airport (Perugia), Vice President Umbria-Tuscany Irrigation Authority, Auditor of ERI New Editions. He is honorary member of the Academic Senates of the 7 Universities of Romania. He has been appointed as Symbol of the City of Durres and "Honor of the City of “Girocastro Region" in Albania. In 2012 was award with the Laurea Honoris Causa in Economic Engineering by the University of Agricultural and Veterinary Medicine of IASI(Romania).In 2015 was named Invited Professor by the Agricultural University of Tirana Albania. In 2016th was Speaker and Director of the International Summer School in Sustainable Management and Promotion of Territory I^ African Session in Malawi(Africa).From April 2017 is the General Secretary of AMAR-WFAR(Associazione Mondiale di Amicizia delle Aree Rurali- World Friendship Association of Rural Areas

Some of the more recent publications are the following:

Ciani A., (2014), Exploring best practices in territorial management for rural tourism and agritourism, The paper was part of the organized session “To compete or cooperate? Exploring new opportunities and analytical framework for rural tourism” at the EAAE 2014 Congress „Agri-Food and Rural Innovations for Healthier Societies‟ August 26 to 29, 2014 Ljubljana, Slovenia

-Ciani A,(2015), The Charter of Todi and the Strategy of Education for a Sustainable Management and Promotionof Territory, © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Implementing Campus Greening Initiatives, World Sustainability Series, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-11961-8_2 -

Ciani A. &AA.VV.(2013), The Sustainable Development of Trasimeno lake, in Zongwei Luo Editor,Mechanism Design For Sustainablity: techniques and Cases, Springer Science +Business Media Dordrecth 2013, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-5995-4_10 -

Ciani A., Bianca Maria Torquati Sonia Venanzi Francesco Diotallevi and Vincenzo Tamburi (2014),Environmental Sustainability and Economic Benefits of Dairy Farm Biogas Energy Production: A Case Study in Umbria SUSTAINABILITYISSN 2071-1050

Ciani A., Antonio Boggia, Cinzia Buratti Stefano Casadei, Stella Giordano,(2015),The Experience of Training of Experts in Sustainable Development at the University of Perugia, World Sustainability Series 2015Integrative Approaches to Sustainable Development at University Level Leal Filho, W., Brandli, L., Kuznetsova, O., Paço, A.M.F.d. (Eds.)2015, XII, 731 p. 120 illus., 58 illus. in color.,ISBN 978-3-319-10690-8, Springer Book

-Ciani A.& AA.VV,(2015)Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): a Cross-Cultural Practices International Comparison, in Empowering Organizations through Corporate Social Responsibility,Author(s)/Editor(s): Ruth Wolf (Bar Ilan University, Israel), Theodora Issa (Curtin University, ISBN13: 9781466672949,Australia), Monica Thiel (Tilburg University, The Netherlands),IGI Global

-Ciani A., & AA.VV(2015)., Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): theory, regulations and new paradigms in the framework of Sustainable Development Strategy,in Empowering Organizations through Corporate Social Responsibility Author(s)/Editor(s): Ruth Wolf (Bar Ilan University, Israel), Theodora Issa (Curtin University, Australia), Monica Thiel (Tilburg University, The Netherlands), IGI Global ISBN13: 9781466672949

-Fagioli FF., Diotallevi F, Ciani A, Rural Tourism and Agritourism: a virtuous green circuit promoting multifunctionality and sustainability of rural area Proceedings of the LI Conference of Studies “The CAP 2014-2020: Scenarios for European agri-food and rural systems” Benevento,18-19 September 2014

Ciani A., Fagioli FF., Territory: A Living Book To Be Able To Read Which Inspires and Contaminates Feelings of Wellbeing,Florence “Sustainability of Well-being” International Forum 2015: “Food for sustainability and not just food “ 4-6 June 2015, Elsevier

Ciani A., Vörös L.M.,Fagioli F.F. The Role of Local Food Chain in the Sustainable Management and Promotion of Territories. A Comparison Case Study of Umbria Region in Italy and the Sub-Region of Pest County in Hungary, Proceedings of the LII Conference of Studies Viterbo “Il valore del cibo: territorio, internazionalizzazione e concorrenza nel sistema agroalimentare,Roma|Viterbo 17-19 Settembre 2015