Sandra Notaro

PhD in Environmental and Mountain Economics at the Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italy (1998), receiving the national academic award Manlio Rossi Doria for the dissertation.

Laurea (B.Sc) in Economics at the University of Trento (1993).

from August 1996 to May 1997: PhD courses, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.

Current Position

Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Management, University of Trento, 2014 to date.

Past Academic Employment

Researcher, Department of Economics and Management, University of Trento (2002- 2014).

Researcher, Istituto Agrario di S.Michele all’Adige – Trento (1998-2000)

Visiting Scholar presso il Department of Agricultural and Natural Resource Economomics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA, 1 febbraio - 31 agosto 2018

Visiting Scholar, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA (1996-1997).

Teaching Experience

Undergraduate:

• Market Analysis Laboratory, 2015 to date

• Business Economics, 1997-2003

• Assistant professor of Political Economics, 2000-2002

• Assistant professor of Mountain and Forest Economics, 2001-2002

• Assistant professor of Microeconomics, 1997-2002

• Assistant professor of Economics and Environmental Valuation, 1994-1996

• Assistant professor of Environmental Economics, 1997-2002

Post-Graduate:

• Methods for evaluating consumer preferences/choices, since 2016

• Economic valuation of environmental, tourist and cultural goods, 2012-2015

• Natural Resource Management, since 2006

• Policy for Sustainable Development, 2008-2011

• Sustainable Development (Master on Local Development for Balkans), 2001-2005.

• Environmental economics and resource valuation (Ph.D School in Economics and Management), 2006-2010

• Advances on Environmental Economics (Ph.D School in Economics and Management), 2005-2010

Supervisor of three Ph.D thesis, and more than sixty under and graduate thesis on environmental economics, sustainable development and agricultural economics.

Non-market valuation (Choice Experiments and Contingent Valuation), forest economics, resource and environmental economics, economic valuation of environmental goods, sustainable development, agricultural economics in mountain areas.

Participation in International and National Research Projects, Admitted to Financing on the basis of competitive calls for peer review

COST Action E45 (EUROpean FORest EXternalities, EUROFOREX), 2006 – 2011 (54 months). Member of the Management Committee, representative for Italy and participant. Coordination “Centre Tecnologic Forestal de Catalunya”, Spain - Chair Prof. Pere Riera. Participant: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Holland, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.

“Sustainable Agricultural Land Use in Alpine Mountain Regions”, FAIR5 CT97-3798 – European Union, 1998-2000 (24 months). Participant. Partners: Service d’Utilité Agricole à Compétence Interdépartementale/ Groupement d’Intérêt Scientifique Alpes du Nord, (SUACI/GIS Alpes du Nord) (France) (coordinatore); Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), (Switzerland); Istituto Agrario di San Michele all’Adige (IASMA) (Italy); RaumUmwelt Planungs GesmbH (ARU), (Austria); Alpine Research Institute (AFI), (Germany).

“Listen to the Voice of Villages”, Central Europe Project, European Regional Development Plan European Union 2009 – 2011 (36 months). Core Group Member. Partners: Province of Trento, University di Trento eTourism Research Group, Development Center Litija (Slovenia), Bohemian Switzerland Public Benefit Organization (Czech Republic), Marshal’s Office of Opolskie Region (Poland), Regional Authority of Usti Region (Czech Republic), Local Development Agency of Langhe Monferrato Roero (Italy), District Office Forchheim (Germany), University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (Autria).

“Valutazione ecologica di cenosi forestali sottoposte a monitoraggio integrato” – EFOMI, 2001 - 2004, (42 months). Autonomous Province of Trento. Principal investigator for WP. Partners: Dipartimento di Economia - Università di Trento, Istituto Agrario di S.Michele all’Adige, il Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali (Trento), l’Istituto Sperimentale per l’Assestamento Forestale e l’Alpicoltura (Trento), Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Naturwissenschaftliche (Innsbruck, Austria).

“Valutazione ecologica e gestione sostenibile del cipresso in Trentino per la valorizzazione del paesaggio” – ECOCYPRE, 2002-2006 (36 months). Autonomous Province of Trento. Principal investigator for WP. Partners del progetto: Dipartimento di Economia-  Università di Trento, Istituto Agrario di S.Michele all’Adige, Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Agrarie - Università di Firenze; CNR di Firenze (Istituto di Patologia degli Alberi Forestali) .

“Innovazione ed imprenditorialità sostenibili per le istituzioni del comparto forestale”- FORTIS, 2002-2006 (36 months). Autonomous Province of Trento. Principal investigator for WP. Partners del progetto: Dipartimento di Economia-  Università di Trento, Agenzia per la Garanzia della Qualità in Agricoltura (S. Michele all’Adige, Trento), EFI-RPC "INNOFORCE" - University of Agricultural Sciences (BOKU – Vienna, Austria).

“Cambiamento globale e gestione sostenibile dell’agricoltura in un ambiente montano ad elevata antropizzazione” (ENVIROCHANGE). Autonomous Province of Trento, 2008-2012 (36 months). Participant. Partners: Dipartimento di Economia - Università di Trento, Fondazione Edmund Mach (coordinatore), l’ARO Volcani Center (Israele), l’ETHZ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Svizzera), Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Trento).

“Politiche pubbliche e sviluppo locale: politiche per l'innovazione e ricadute locali di dinamiche globali” (OPENLOC). Fondo Grandi Progetti, Provincia Autonoma di Trento, 2008-2012 (36 months). Participant. Partners: Dipartimento di Economia - Università di Trento, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (Regno Unito), Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali (Trento), l’Università degli studi di Bologna, Centro LEED OCSE (Trento).

“Relazioni economiche tra risorse, agricoltura ed ambiente nelle aree montane” CNR, P.F. RAISA, 1993 – 1997, (48 months). Participant. Coordination Prof. G. Ricci, Università di Trento.

“Effetti della nuova politica agraria comune sulle agricolture di montagna” Progetto MURST, 1993 - 1997, (48 months). Participant. Coordination Prof. G. Ricci, Università di Trento.

Project with foreign partners

“A stated choice experiment on the economic value of Alpine pastures”, 2010 (12 months). Progetto finanziato dal Dipartimento di Economia. Participant. Partners del progetto: Dipartimento di Economia, Università di Trento, University of Waikato, New Zealand (prof. Riccardo Scarpa),  University of Sydney, Australia (prof. Jordan Louviere).

“Forecasting Participation in Social Benefits of a Voluntary Green Pricing Program”, 1996-1997 (12 mesi). University of Wisconsin, Madison. Participant. Coordinatore Prof. R.C. Bishop, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.

National projects

“Quale futuro per l’agricoltura di montagna”, 1997-1999 (24 months). Dipartimento di Economia. Participant. Coordination Prof. G. Ricci, Università degli Studi di Trento - Dipartimento di Economia.

“Valore paesaggistico-ricreativo del progettato Parco Naturale Rurale Integrato Baldo-Garda, 2000 (12 months). Principal investigator

“Analisi costi-benefici di un impianto di depurazione biologico civile, situato nel comune di Stenico, in Trentino”, 2002 (12 months). Autonomous Province of Trento. Principal investigator

“Analisi costi-benefici dell'impianto idroelettrico sul torrente Cordevole (Veneto), 2003, (12 months). Principal investigator.

“Valutazione economica del valore paesaggistico-naturalistico e storico della strada del Ponale”, 2002-2003 (24 months). Comune di Riva del Garda. Principal investigator.

“Stima delle esternalità positive prodotte dalla zootecnia di montagna nel comune di Premana (provincia di Lecco)”, 2002-2003 (24 months). Regione Lombardia. Principal investigator.

“Valutazione intermedia degli interventi realizzati nell’ambito del Documento Unico di Programmazione 2000-2006 della Provincia Autonoma di Trento, zone Obiettivo 2”, 2003. Provincia Autonoma di Trento. Participant.

“Valutazione dei pascoli alpini Valdostani”, 2013-2014 (24 months), partner Institute Agricole Régional, Val d’Aosta. Principal investigator.

“Tutela delle risorse ambientali e sviluppo rurale: modelli di gestione e valorizzazione sostenibile”. Regione Sardegna (2011-2014), 36 months. Participant. Partners: Università di Sassari, Università di Firenze (Dipartimento di Scienze per L’Economia e l’Impresa), Università di Trento (Dipartimento di Economia e Management).

European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE)

European Association of Environmental Economists (EAERE)

Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (IAERE)

Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA)

2018 - Visiting Professor presso il Department of Agricultural and Natural Resource Economomics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA, (1 febbraio - 31 agosto 2018)

2017 -  Ammessa al “Finanziamento per l’attività di ricerca di base” (FFABR) - MIUR.

2006-2011 - Membro del Management Committee come rappresentante per l’Italia e partecipante: COST Action E45 (EUROpean FORest EXternalities, EUROFOREX), 2006 – 2011 (54 mesi).

1999 -  National academic award Manlio Rossi Doria per la tesi di dottorato.

1996-1997 - Visiting Scholar presso il Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA (agosto 1996 - maggio 1997)

1. Notaro S. (2021) Is fear affecting tourists’ preferences for wolf conservation in the Italian Alps? Tourism Naturally Online 2021 Symposium, October 14th
2. De Salvo M., Grilli G., Notaro S., Signorello G. (2021) “How risk perception and safety conditions influence destinations for rock climbing: evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment”, 10th International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitors in Recreational and Protected Areas (MMV10), August 16-19, Lillehammer, Norway 
3. Notaro S., Hadjichristidis K. (2021) “Understanding the Influence of Priming on Stated Choices for Environmental Goods”, 10th AIEAA conference Agriculture, Food and Global Value Chains: Issues, Methods and Challenges, Online Event, 10-11 June
4. Notaro S., Hadjichristidis K. (2021) “Does survey location affect preferences and willingness to pay for the management and conservation of natural resources? Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment”, Ninth Annual Conference of the Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (IAERE), Online Event, 21-23 April 2021.
5. Paletto A., Notaro S. (2020) “Consumers’ willingness to pay for bio-textile products made from certified wood fibers” IUFRO Conference “The social and ecological value added of small-scale forestry to the Bio-Economy”, October 6-9, Bolzano, Italy
6. Notaro S., Grilli G. (2020) ’O sole mio: the effect of weather conditions on willingness to pay for environmental goods, 9th AIEAA “Mediterranean agriculture facing climate change: Challenges and policies” Bari, Online Event,11-12 June 2020. 
7. Notaro S., Grilli G. (2020) What’s the weather like? Weather effect on Stated Choices for Natural Resources Management, 25th online Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), Berlin, Germany, Online Event, June 24 - 27, 2020
8. Notaro S., Grilli G. (2020) “Do Emotions matter in Valuing Environmental Goods? Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment”, 8th Annual Conference of the Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (IAERE), February 6th-7th, Brescia (Italy)
9. Notaro S., Grilli G. (2019) "What’s the weather like? Understanding the Influence of Ambient Weather in Discrete Choice Experiments", VIII European Workshop on Discrete Choice Experiments, ENViromEntalCHOice (Envecho), September 30, October 1, Verona, Italy
10. Notaro S., Grilli G. (2019) Good Day Sunshine: Weather Effect on Stated Choices for Natural Resources Management, International Choice Modelling Conference 2019, 19-21 August 2019, Kobe, Japan.
11. Notaro S., Grilli G. (2019) Fear or Assurance? Understanding the Influence of Emotions on Stated Choices for Wildlife conservation, International Choice Modelling Conference 2019, 19-21 August 2019, Kobe, Japan.
12. Notaro S., Grilli G. (2019) How do you feel about wildlife? Understanding the role of emotions in discrete choice experiments for valuing wildlife conservation, 7th Workshop on non-market valuation, 1-2 July 2019, Marseilles, France.
13. Notaro S., Grilli G. (2019) "Does emotion affect preferences and willingness to pay for the management and conservation of large carnivores? Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment”, LEEP in 2019, Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK. 24th -25th June 2019, University of Exeter Exeter, UK
14. Notaro S., Grilli G. (2019) Understanding the Influence of Visual Emotional Stimuli on Stated Choices for Large Carnivores Management and Conservation, 8th AIEAA Conference “Tomorrow's Food. Diet transition and its implications on health and the environment”, Pistoia, 13-14 giugno 2019.
15. Buffa F., Zeni N., Martini U., Novi Inverardi P.L., Notaro S. (2019) Bottom-up approach and PPPs as key-driver in the creation of sustainable tourism products. Evidences from a community destination, IFKAD 2019, 5-7 June 2019, Matera (Italy).
16. Notaro S., Grilli G., Martini U., Buffa F. (2019) Tourists’ Preferences for Protected Areas Management: The Effect of Ambient Weather Conditions, Tourism Naturally Conference, June 4-6, 2019, University of Derby, Buxton, UK. 
17. Notaro S., Grilli G. (2019) “Exploring the Influence of an Extended Theory of Planned Behaviour on Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Participatory Natural Resources Management” Seventh Annual Conference of the Italian Association of Environmental Economists (IAERE), 7-8 February 2019, Udine (Italy)
18. Martini U., Buffa F., Notaro S., Zeni N., Novi Inverardi P.L. (2018) “Stakeholder engagement and sustainable tourism products: the role of local actors in protected areas” TomSust 2018– Workshop on Tourism Sustainability and Regional Development Faculty of Economics and Management of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Campus Bruneck-Brunico (I), 5-6 November 2018
19. Notaro S., Grilli G. (2018) "More than fear: Exploring the Role of Emotions on Stated Preferences (in a Choice Experiment) for Wildlife Conservation", VII European Workshop on Discrete Choice Experiments, ENViromEntalCHOice (Envecho), October 1-2, Catania, Italy
20. Martini M., Buffa F., Notaro S., Zeni N., Novi Inverardi P.L. (2018) “Natural resource management: the roles and perceptions of local actors in Italian Networks of Reserves”, 2018 Annual Conference of the AIEST, International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism, August 26-30, Treviso, Italy.
21. Grilli G., Notaro S. (2018) “Exploring the Role of Emotions on Stated Preferences for Wildlife Conservation” 6th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists WCERE, 25th-29th June 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden.
22. Martini, U., Buffa, F., Notaro, S., Zeni, N., Novi Inverardi, P. L. (2018). Community participation and stakeholder engagement in natural resource management. An opportunity for the co-creation of sustainable tourism products. BEST EN Think Tank XVIII "Marketing Sustainable Tourism Products Conference" Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Lucerne (Switzerland) June 19-22
23. Forti L., Notaro S., Paletto A., (2017) Sustainable hunting plan as a tool of wildlife management: the Italian case, 6th International Symposium for Research in Protected Areas, Salzburg, Austria 2 - 4 November 2017
24. Martini U., Notaro S. (2017) L’impatto socio economico delle Reti di Riserve, Conferenza Finale del Progetto Life+Ten, Trentino Ecological Network, LIFE 11/NAT /IT /000187, Trento, 15 settembre 2017
25. Gatti G., Frank M., Notaro S., Paletto A., (2017) Applicazione del Life Cycle Assessment per misurare l’impatto ambientale dell’organizzazione di un evento. Il caso “Maggio in Centro”, Aidea Conference 2017, Roma, 14-15 September 2017
26. Notaro S., Grilli G., Campbell D., (2017) The role of cognitions towards wildlife in valuing the protection of endangered species, 23rd Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), Athens, Greece, June 28 - July 1, 2017.
27. Notaro S., Grilli G., Campbell D., (2017) Incorporating Value Orientations into Biodiversity Evaluation: a Hybrid Choice Approach, AIEAA Conference “Economics and Politics of Migration: Implications for Agriculture and Food”, Piacenza, 15-16 giugno 2017.
28. Notaro S., Grilli G., Campbell D., (2017) Including Value Orientations in Choice Models to Estimate Benefits of Wildlife Management Policies, International Choice Modelling Conference 2017, Cape Town, South Africa, April 3- 5
29. Cerroni S., Notaro S., Raffaelli R. (2016) A discrete mixture model for choices among food-safety policy lotteries. 22st Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), Zurich, Switzerland, June 22-25
30. Notaro S., Tamanini A. (2016) Predisposizione dei turisti nei confronti della fauna selvatica: il caso dei siti Natura 2000 dell’Altopiano dei Sette Comuni” Workshop organizzato da Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria “Quale futuro per la rete Natura 2000 in Italia e in Europa? Riflessioni a 25 anni dalla sua istituzione”, 24 giugno 2006, Trento
31. Cerroni S., Notaro S., Raffaelli R. (2015) Are we expected or non-expected utility maximizers? Discrete mixture models of choice over food-safety policies with risky outcomes, 21st Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), Helsinki, Finland, June 24-27. 
32. Raffaelli R., Notaro S. (2015) Around and beyond the cheap talk script in Choice Experiments, International Choice Modelling Conference, Austin, Texas, USA, May 10-13.
33. Cerroni S., Notaro S., Raffaelli R. (2015) Are we standard or non-standard expected utility maximizers? Discrete mixture models of choice over food-safety policies with risky outcomes, International Choice Modelling Conference, Austin, Texas, USA, May 10-13.
34. Cerroni S., Notaro S., Raffaelli R. (2014) Subjective probabilities, scientific information, and food choices: A test of scenario adjustment in choice experiments, World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists (WCERE), Istanbul, Turkey, June 28 - July 2, 2014.
35. Notaro S., Valentini G. (2014) I choice experiments nella valutazione economica delle risorse naturali: il caso di studio dell’alpeggio Entrelor in Valle d’Aosta, 20a Riunione Scientifica Centro Studi e Documentazione sui Demani civici e le Proprietà collettive, “Principi per una strategia di gestione dei patrimoni degli assetti fondiari collettivi in un sistema evolutivo economia-ambiente”, Trento, 20-21 Novembre 2014.
36. Cerroni S., Notaro S., Raffaelli R., Shaw W.D. (2013) The incorporation of subjective risks into choice experiments to test scenario adjustment, International Choice Modelling Conference, Sydney, Australia, 3-5 July 2013.
37. Cerroni S., Notaro S., Raffaelli R., Shaw W.D. (2013) The incorporation of subjective risks into choice experiments to test scenario adjustment, Convegno AIEAA, Between Crisis and Development: Which Role for the Bio-Economy, Parma, 6-7 Giugno 2013.
38. Cerroni S., Notaro S., Shaw W.D. (2012) “Do Monetary Incentives and Chained Questions Affect the Validity of Risk Estimates Elicited Via the Exchangeability Method? An Experimental Investigation”, 28th Triennial Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), 18-24 agosto 2012, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.
39. Cerroni S., Notaro S., Shaw W.D. (2012) “How Many Bad Apples are in a Bunch? An Experimental Investigation of Perceived Pesticide Residue Risk”, 19th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Prague, Czech Republic, 27 - 30 giugno 2012.
40. Cerroni S., Notaro S., Shaw W.D. (2012) “Do Consumers Provide Valid Risk Estimates of Pesticide Residue in Apples? An Experimental Investigation of the Exchangeability Method in the Lab”, 19th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Prague, Czech Republic, 27 - 30 giugno 2012.
41. Cerroni S., Notaro S., Shaw W.D. (2012) The validity of risk estimates elicited via the Exchangeability Method: An experimental investigation of consumers’ perceived health risks, First Conference of the Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA) - Trento, 4-5 giugno, 2012.
42. Scarpa R., Notaro S., Raffaelli R., Louviere J. (2011) “Modelling attribute non-attendance in best-worst rank ordered choice data to estimate tourism benefits from Alpine pasture heritage” EAAE 2011 Congress, Change and Uncertainty Challenges for Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 30 agosto - 2 settembre 2011 ETH Zurich, Switzerland
43. Cerroni S., Notaro S., Shaw W.D. (2011) “Real monetary incentives and chained questions: An experimental study investigating the validity of risk estimates elicited via exchangeability method”, EAAE 2011 Congress, Change and Uncertainty Challenges for Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 30 agosto - 2 settembre 2011 ETH Zurich, Switzerland
44. Scarpa R., Marley A.A.J., Notaro S., Raffaelli R. (2011) “Exploring the consistency of alternative best and/or worst ranking procedures”, International Choice Modelling Conference, Leeds, UK; 4-6 luglio, 13 pgs.
45. Scarpa R., Notaro S., Raffaelli R., Louviere J. (2011) “Modelling The Effects Of Stated Attribute Non-Attendance On Its Inference: An Application to Visitors Benefits from the Alpine Grazing Commons, International Choice Modelling Conference, Leeds, UK; 4-6 luglio, 26 pgs.
46. Cerroni S., Notaro S., Shaw W.D. (2011) “The validity of subjective risk estimates elicited via exchangeability method: an experimental investigation of residue perceptions on apples”, 2011 EAAE PhD Workshop, Nitra, Slovak Republic, 27-29 aprile 2011, 12 pgs.
47. Cerroni S., Shaw W. D., Notaro S., Raffaelli R. (2010) “The Role of Climate Change in Shaping Elicited Environmental Risks. An Experimental Application of the Exchangeability Method.” Workshop on Risk Elicitation and Stated Preference Methods for Climate Change Research. Trento, 21 - 22 ottobre 2010.
48. Moser R., Raffaelli R., Notaro S. (2010) “The role of production methods in fruit purchasing behaviour: hypothetical vs actual consumers’ preferences and stated minimum requirements”, 1st Joint EAAE/AAEA Seminar The Economics of Food, Food Choice and Health, Freising, Germania, Settembre 15 – 17, 2010.
49. Moser R., Notaro S., Raffaelli R. (2010) “Using your own money makes the difference: testing the hypothetical bias with Real Choice Experiment”, World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, 28 Giugno – 2 Luglio 2010, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Montreal, Canada, 29 pgs.
50. Notaro S. (2009) “Exploring scale effects of best/worst rank ordered choice data to estimate visitors’ benefits from alpine transhumance” Research Day, Dipartimento di Economia, Università di Trento, 13 maggio 2009.
51. Scarpa R., Notaro S., Raffaelli R. (2009) “Non-attendance in best/worst rank ordered choice data: an esplorative investigation”, 17th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 24-27 giugno 2009, 10 pgs.
52. Scarpa R., Notaro S., Raffaelli R., Pihlens D., Louviere J. (2009) “Exploring scale effects of best/worst rank ordered choice data to estimate visitors’ benefits from alpine transhumance”, International Choice Modeling Conference, Leeds, UK; 30 marzo - 1 aprile, 31 pgs.
53. Raffaelli R., Notaro S., Gios G. (2008) “Should carbon issues modify agri-environmental support to mountain grazing? A case study in the Italian Alps”, 12th Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists – EAAE 2008, Gent (Belgio) 26-29 agosto 2008.
54. Notaro S. (2008) “Stated Preference Methods for the evaluation of environmental and natural resources”, Research Day, Dipartimento di Economia, Università di Trento, 8 maggio 2008.
55. Raffaelli R., Notaro S., Moser R. (2008) “Natural reforestation of semi-natural grasslands in the Alps: a gain or loss for society?” A case study in the Italian Alps, COST Strategic Conference Global Change and Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions, Innsbruck, Austria, 7-9 April 2008.
56. Notaro S., De Salvo M. (2008) “Assessing tourism benefits of urban forestry: the cypress in the landscape of Lake Garda (Northern Italy)”, Forest Recreation & Tourism Serving Urbanised Societies, Joint Final Conference of Forest for Recreation and Tourism (COST E33) and 11th European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF), Hämeenlinna, Finland 28–31 May 2008.
57. Notaro S., Paletto A. (2008) “Links between mountain communities and environmental services: a case study in the Italian Alps”, International Conference Mountain Forests in a Changing World, Vienna, Austria 2-5 April 2008.
58. Notaro S. (2008) “The cypress in the landscape: a cultural heritage”, International Symposium on Ecological assessment and sustainable management of the cypress, S.Michele all’Adige, 17 gennaio 2008.
59. Notaro S., De Salvo M. (2007) “The tourism potential of a scenic route”, First International Conference of The International Association for Tourism Economics, Palma di Maiorca, Spagna, 25-27 ottobre 2007.
60. Notaro S., Paletto A. (2007) “Natural disturbances and natural hazards in mountain forests: a framework for the economic valuation”, International Conference Natural Hazard and Natural Disturbances in Mountain Forests, Trento, Italia, 18-21 settembre 2007.
61. Notaro S., Paletto A., Raffaelli R. (2005) “Economic impact of forest damage in a policy-making context: a case study from the Italian Alps”, International Conference Bridging the Gap, policies and science as tools in implementing Sustainable Forest Management, Alnarp, South Sweden, 17-19/21 ottobre 2005.
62. Notaro S., Paletto A., Raffaelli R. (2005) “The economic valuation of non-productive forest functions as an instrument for Integrated forest management”, International Conference The Multifunctional Role of Forests, Padova 28-30 aprile 2005.
63. Raffaelli R., Notaro S., Goio I., Gios G. (2005) “Costs and benefits of multifunctional Alpine pasture: a case study”, 90Th EAAE seminar", Rennes (France), 28-29 ottobre 2004.
64. Raffaelli R., Gios G., Notaro S., Molfetta P. (2004) “Riforma della PAC e multifunzionalità del sistema zootecnico alpino: una prima valutazione, Workshop della Società Italiana di Economia Agraria, Bologna, 16 dicembre 2004.
65. Notaro S., Raffaelli R., Gios G. (2004) “Una valutazione economica del valore paesaggistico del cipresso (Cupressus sermpervirens) nell’Alto Garda”, XLI Convegno annuale della SIDEA, Diritto all’alimentazione Agricoltura e sviluppo, Roma 16-18 settembre 2004.
66. Raffaelli R., Notaro S., Basani M. (2003) “Potenzialità di “nuovi” strumenti economico-contrattuali di tipo partecipativo per la sostenibilità dell’agricoltura di montagna:  la Community Supported Agriculture”, XL Convegno annuale della SIDEA, La liberalizzazione degli scambi dei prodotti agricoli tra conflitti ed accordi: il ruolo dell'Italia, Padova 18 – 20 settembre 2003
67. Raffaelli R., Gios G., Notaro S. (2003) “Recovering man-forest relationship in the Alps: sustainability, participation, partnership”, XII World Forestry Congress, Session C1: Participatory decision-making and management, Quebec City, Canada, 21-28 September 2003.
68. Notaro S., Raffaelli R. (2003) “Sostenibilità e partecipazione: la lezione delle proprietà collettive entro i nuovi approcci partecipativi allo sviluppo locale integrato”, 8ª Riunione scientifica Centro Studi e Documentazione sui Demani civici e le Proprietà collettive, Cosa apprendere dalla proprietà collettiva: la consuetudine fra tradizione e modernità, Trento, 14-15 novembre 2002
69. Notaro S., Clauser O., Gios G. (2002) “Lo sviluppo del turismo sostenibile nelle regioni alpine: il contributo degli studi di valutazione contingente”, Convegno La valorizzazione delle aree rurali e del territorio: attività emergenti e nuove forme di sviluppo produttivo tra innovazione e tradizione, Udine 7-9 Novembre 2002.
70. Notaro S., Clauser O., Gios G. (2002) “The development of sustainable tourism in Alpine regions: the contribution of Contingent Valuation studies”, IRFD conference on Economy, Environment and Society - Parallel event for the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 27-28 agosto 2002.
71. Notaro S., Signorello G. (2002) “Testing sensitivity to Scope in Contingent Valuation surveys: the case study of Baldo-Garda Natural Park (Italy)”, Second World Congress of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Monterey (U.S.A) 24-27 giugno 2002.
72. DeRos G., Cesaro L., Notaro S., Sicher L. (2002) “Alpine Livestock and Sustainability”, 37° Simposio Internazionale di Zootecnia, Zootecnia di montagna valorizzazione della Agricoltura Biologica e del Territorio, Madonna di Campiglio 19 aprile 2002.
73. Gios G., Goio I., Notaro S., Raffaelli R. (2002) “The role of economic valuation of natural resources in the development of mountain areas: a case study” OECD International Conference on Environmental Management Systems, Salsomaggiore, 26-27 marzo 2002.
74. Notaro S., Champ P. (2001) “A Systematic Approach to Outliers Associated with Open-Ended Contingent Valuation Data”, Eleventh Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Southampton, 28-30 giugno 2001.
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Reviewer

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, African Journal of Agricultural Research, Ecological Modelling, Ecosystem Services, Environment and Development Economics, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Food Policy, Forest Policy and Economics, Forests, African Journal of Agricultural Research, Heliyon, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal of Forest Economics, Journal of Policy Research on Tourism Leisure and Events, La Questione Agraria, Rivista di Economia Agraria, Sustainability.

Conference

• EAAE Seminar 174 “Economics of culture and food in evolving agri-food systems and rural areas”, Matera, 10-12 October 2019
• AIEAA Conference “Tomorrow’s Food: Diet transition and its implications on health and the environment", Pistoia, 13-14 giugno 2019
• AIEAA Conference “Evidence-based policies to face new challenges for agri-food systems”, Conegliano (TV) 14-15 giugno 2018
• AIEAA Conference “Economics and Politics of Migration: Implications for Agriculture and Food”, Piacenza, 15-16 giugno 2017
• AIEAA Conference “The changing role of regulation in the bio-based economy Innovation, productivity and growth: towards sustainable agri-food production”,
• AIEAA Conference “Innovation, productivity and growth: towards sustainable agri-food production, Ancona, 11-12 giugno, 2015
• Agricultural & Applied Economics Association - Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN, 27-29 luglio 2014.
• 2014 AAEA – Agricultural & Applied Economics Association - Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN, 27-29 luglio 2014.
• 2014 Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists, Ljubljana (Slovenia), 26-29 Agosto
• AIEAA Conference “Feeding the Planet and Greening Agriculture: Challenges and opportunities for the bio-economy”, Alghero (SS), Giugno 25-27, 2014
• L Convegno SIDEA, Sostenibilità del Sistema Agroalimentare: strategie e performance, 26 - 27 settembre 2013
• Convegno AIEAA, Between Crisis and Development: Which Role for the Bio-Economy, Parma, 6-7 Giugno 2013
• Ceset Conference 2013, Sviluppo economico e nuovi rapporti tra agricoltura, territorio e ambiente, November 21-22 2013, Verona, Italy.
• 28th International Conference of Agricultural Economics, The Global Bio-Economy, 18-24 agosto 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brasile
• First Conference of the Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA) - Trento, June, 4-5 2012
• XLVII Convegno di Studi SIDEA, L'agricoltura oltre le crisi, Campobasso, 22-25 settembre 2010

Altro

• Referee XV edizione del Premio SIE - Società Italiana degli Economisti, per tesi di dottorato in campo economico.

Editorial board

Archivio Scialoja-Bolla - Annali di Studi sulla Proprietà Collettiva.

Conference organization

First Conference of the Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA) -, June 4-5 2012, Trento, Italy, Local Organising Commitee

International Short Course in Experimental Design for Stated Choice Data, October 29- November 1, 2010, Trento, Italy, Scientific Commitee

International Research Workshop Risk Elicitation and Stated Preference Methods for Climate Change Research, October 21-22 2010, Trento, Italy, Scientific Commitee.