Books By Maria Giulia (Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy) Pezzi - Author

Maria Giulia Pezzi, PhD in European Ethnography, is Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) as a member of the Social Sciences research unit, working on a research project on the development of peripheral areas in Italy, specifically in relation to the Italian National Strategy for Inner Areas. Her current research focuses on tourism policies and heritage-making strategies as development tools for rural areas, and on the role that local entrepreneurship can play in such processes from a bottom-up perspective. Alessandra Faggian is a Professor of Applied Economics, Director of Social Sciences and Vice Provost for Research at the Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy. She is past President of the North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) and co-editor of “Jourmal in Regional Science”. Dr Faggian’s research interests lie in the fields of regional and urban economics, demography, labour economics and economics of education. Neil Reid, Ph.D. is Professor of Geography an