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

Full Professor, Department of Economics and Management, University of Trento, 2023 to date.

Past Academic Employment

Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Management, University of Trento (2014-2023).

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

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

Visiting Professor, Department of Agricultural and Natural Resource Economomics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA, January 4 - June 6, 2023

Visiting Professor, Department of Agricultural and Natural Resource Economomics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA, February 1 - August 31, 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

Course modules

• Introduction: Economics of Natural Resources”, Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics – Colorado, USA, 2023
• Climate change, Economic growth and degrowth, Undergraduate Excellence Studies (PDE)

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 and Policies to Enhance it (Master on Local Development for Balkans), 2001-2005.

Course modules

• Advanced Environmental and Resource Economics, Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics - Colorado, USA, 2023
• Econometrics, Master in Economics (MEC), 2014.
• Advanced Data Analysis and Mathematical Models”, Master in Economics (MEC), 2014.

Ph.D. level

• Environmental valuation: stated preference approaches, Doctoral School of Social Sciences, SUSTEEMS, since 2022
• Non-market environmental valuation methods, Doctoral School of Social Sciences, SUSTEEMS, 2020-2021
• Environmental economics, Doctoral School of Social Sciences, DELoS -Development Economics and Local Systems, 2018-2020
• 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), 2007-2009
• Economia Ambientale, lectures for the Ph.D. program “Economia Montana e Forestale”, University of Trento and University of Padua.

Supervisor of three Ph.D. theses and more than one hundred undergraduate and graduate theses on environmental economics, sustainable development and agricultural economics.

Agricultural and Food Economics, Resource Economics and Management, Environmental Economics, Sustainable Development, Non-market Valuation (Choice Experiments, Contingent Valuation, Travel Cost, and Substitution Cost Method). 

- Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA)

- Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (IAERE)

- European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), not regularly

- European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE), not regularly

- Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE), not regularly

- Società Italiana di Economia Agraria (SIDEA), not regularly

- CoNISMa- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare

2020 - National Scientific Qualification (ASN), I fascia (Full Professor) in the area 07/A1 (Economia agraria ed estimo) (10/01/2020).

2017 -  Admitted to the "Funding for basic research activity" (FFABR) – MIUR (Ministry of Education, University and Research).

2014  -  National Scientific Qualification (ASN), II fascia (Associate Professor) in the area 07/A1  (Economia agraria ed estimo) (06/02/2014).

2006-2010 -  Member of the Management Committee, and the representative for Italy, European Project: COST Action E45 (EUROpean FORest EXternalities, EUROFOREX). 

1999 - Manlio Rossi-Doria National Prize, for the disciplines of Economics, Economic Policy, History, and Sociology, for the doctoral thesis.

1. Cantillo T., Notaro S., Hadjichristidis K, Cantillo V. (2024) How moods impact stated preferences for public goods?, International Choice Modelling Conference 2024, April 1-3 2024, Puerto Varas (Chile).
2. Cevenini F., Notaro S., Ferrini Silvia (2024) Status Quo Effect in Pivot-Designed Choice Experiments: addressing inertia for refined welfare estimation, International Choice Modelling Conference 2024, April 1-3 2024, Puerto Varas (Chile).
3. Notaro S., Cantillo T., Bonini N., Hadjichristidis K. (2023) Assessing household preferences for waste sorting systems: The role of environmental awareness, socio-economic characteristics, and local context, Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), June 27 – 30, Cyprus. 
4. Notaro S., Grilli G. Vaske J. (2023) "Effect of demographics on wildlife value orientations: Insights for managing wildlife in the Alps", 12th AIEAA Conference “Guns, Germs and Climate: Food Security and Food Systems in a Risky World”, 22-23 June, Milan (Italy).
5. Notaro S., Cantillo T., Bonini N., Hadjichristidis C. (2023) "Assessing Italian household preferences for waste sorting systems: The role of environmental awareness, socio-economic characteristics, and local contexts", 12th AIEAA Conference "Guns, Germs and Climate: Food Security and Food Systems in a Risky World", 22-23 June, Milan (Italy).
6. Notaro S., Grilli G., Vaske J.J. (2023) “Managing Wildlife in the Alp in an Era of Mutualism”, Pathways 2023: Human Dimensions of Wildlife Conference and Training, May 31-June 3, Fort Collins – Colorado (USA).
7. Notaro S., Cerroni S., Nayga R.M. (2022) “The importance of information on micro-plastic content when purchasing food products. Evidence from a non-hypothetical discrete choice experiment”, 11th AIEAA Conference "CAP, Farm to Fork and Green Deal: policy coherence, governance and future challenges”, June 16-17, Viterbo (Italy). 
8. Notaro S. (2022) “Environmental economic valuation: insights from behavioral economics”, International Conference on Advances in Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services for Public Policy and Ecosystem Accounting, online presentation, May 25, Genoa (Italy).
9. Cerroni S., Notaro S., Raffaelli R. (2024) “Exploring the public acceptability of green roofs using the choice matching method”, International Choice Modelling Conference 2024, April 1-3 2024, Puerto Varas (Chile).
10. Notaro S., Hadjichristidis K. (2022) “Contextual priming: A psychological factor influencing the formation of preferences in discrete choice experiments”, International Choice Modelling Conference 2022, May 23-25, Reykjavik (Iceland).
11. 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), April 21-23, Online Event.
12. 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, November 5-6, Brunico (Italy).
13. 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”, 20 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, November 20-21, Trento (Italy).
14. 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, September 15-17, Freising (Germany).
15. Notaro S. (2000) “Valutazione economica delle esternalità positive prodotte dall’agricoltura di montagna”, 5 Riunione scientifica Centro Studi e Documentazione sui Demani civici e le Proprietà collettive, Dominii collettivi ed autonomia, November 11-12, Trento (Italy).
16. Notaro S., Signorello G. (1999) “Elicitation Effects in Contingent Valuation: Comparison among Multiple Bounded, Double Bounded, Single bounded and Open Ended Approaches”, Ninth Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, June 25-27, Oslo (Norway).
17. Gios G., Notaro S. (1998) “Total Economic Value: an Application to Forestry”, International Symposium on Institutional Aspects of Managerial Economics and Accounting in Forestry, April 15-15, Rome (Italy).
18. Pilati L., Notaro S. (1996) “Interdipendenze territoriali tra sviluppo urbano e rurale nelle aree montane”, XVII Conference Associazione Italiana di Scienze Regionali Sviluppo economico e trasformazioni territoriali nelle aree montane e rurali, October 16-18, Sondrio (Italy).
19. Raffaelli R., Notaro S. (2022) “Do indirect questions exert a debiasing effect on answers to direct questions? Evidence from a DCE” International Choice Modelling Conference 2022, May 23-25, Reykjavik (Iceland).
20. Notaro S., Cerroni S., Nayga R.M. (2022) “Consumer reaction to information on micro-plastic content in food: How communicating information with a Positive or Negative Framework Affect Preferences” Tenth Annual Conference of the Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (IAERE), April 21-23, Cagliari (Italy). 
21. Notaro S., De Salvo M., Raffaelli R. (2022) “Estimating willingness to pay for Alpine Pastures: a discrete choice experiment accounting for attribute non-attendance”, Tenth Annual Conference of the Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (IAERE), April 21-23, Cagliari (Italy).
22. Notaro S. (2021) “Does fear affect tourists’ wolf conservation preferences in the Italian Alps?” Tourism Naturally Online 2021 Symposium, October 14.
23. 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, June 10-11, Online Event.
24. 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).
25. 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 (Italy), 11-12 June, Online Event.
26. 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), June 24-27, Berlin (Germany), Online Event.
27. 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).
28. Notaro S., Grilli G. (2019) Good Day Sunshine: Weather Effect on Stated Choices for Natural Resources Management, International Choice Modelling Conference 2019, August 19-21, Kobe (Japan).
29. Notaro S., Grilli G. (2019) Fear or Assurance? Understanding the Influence of Emotions on Stated Choices for Wildlife Conservation, International Choice Modelling Conference 2019, August 19-21, Kobe (Japan).
30. 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, July 1-2, Marseilles (France).
31. 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. June 24-25, Exeter (UK).
32. 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, June 13-14, Pistoia (Italy).
33. 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. Evidence from a community destination”, IFKAD 2019, June 5-7, Matera (Italy).
34. 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, University of Derby, Buxton (UK). 
35. 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), February 7-8, Udine (Italy).
36. 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).
37. 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, June 25-29, Gothenburg (Sweden).
38. 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, June 19-22, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Lucerne (Switzerland). 
39. 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, November 2-4, 2017, Salzburg (Austria). 
40. Martini U., Notaro S. (2017) “L’impatto socio economico delle Reti di Riserve”, Final Conference of the Project Life+Ten, Trentino Ecological Network, LIFE 11/NAT /IT /000187, September 15, Trento (Italy).
41. 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, September 14-15, Roma (Italy).
42. 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), June 28-July 1, Athens (Greece). 
43. 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, June 15-16, Piacenza (Italy).
44. 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, April 3- 5, Cape Town (South Africa). 
45. Cerroni S., Notaro S., Raffaelli R. (2016) “A discrete mixture model for choices among food-safety policy lotteries.” 22nd Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), June 22-25, Zurich (Switzerland). 
46. Notaro S., Tamanini A. (2016) “Predisposizione dei turisti nei confronti della fauna selvatica: il caso dei siti Natura 2000 dell’Altopiano dei Sette Comuni” CREA Council for Agricultural Research and Analysis of the Agricultural Economy Workshop Quale futuro per la rete Natura 2000 in Italia e in Europa? Riflessioni a 25 anni dalla sua istituzione, June 24, Trento (Italy).
47. 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), June 24-27, Helsinki (Finland).
48. Raffaelli R., Notaro S. (2015) “Around and beyond the cheap talk script in Choice Experiments.”, International Choice Modelling Conference, Austin, May 10-13, Texas (USA).
49. 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, May 10-13, Texas (USA).
50. 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), June 28 - July 2, Istanbul (Turkey).
51. 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, July 3-5, Sydney (Australia).
52. Cerroni S., Notaro S., Raffaelli R., Shaw W.D. (2013) “The incorporation of subjective risks into choice experiments to test scenario adjustment”, AIEAA Conferences, Between Crisis and Development: Which Role for the Bio-Economy, June 6-7, Parma (Italy).
53. 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), August 18-24, Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil).
54. 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, June 27-30, Prague (Czech Republic).
55. 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, June 27-30, Prague (Czech Republic).
56. 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), June 4-5, Trento (Italy).
57. 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, August 30-September 2, ETH Zurich (Switzerland).
58. 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, August 30-September 2, ETH Zurich (Switzerland).
59. 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, July 4-6, Leeds (UK).
60. 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, July 4-6, Leeds (UK).
61. 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 Ph.D. Workshop, April 27-29, Nitra (Slovak Republic).
62. 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, October 21-22, Trento (Italy).
63. 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, June 28- July 2, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Montreal (Canada).
64. 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, June 24-27, Amsterdam (Netherlands).
65. 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, March 30- April 1, Leeds (UK).
66. 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, August 26-29, Gent (Belgium).
67. 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, April 7-9, Innsbruck (Austria).
68. 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), May 28–31, Hämeenlinna (Finland).
69. 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, April 2-5, Vienna (Austria).
70. Notaro S. (2008) “The cypress in the landscape: a cultural heritage”, International Symposium on Ecological assessment and sustainable management of the cypress, January 17, S.Michele all’Adige, Trento (Italy). 
71. Notaro S., De Salvo M. (2007) “The tourism potential of a scenic route”, First International Conference of The International Association for Tourism Economics, October 25-27, Palma de Mallorca (Spain).
72. 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, September 18-21, Trento (Italy).
73. 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, October 17-19/21 Alnarp (Sweden).
74. 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, April 28-30, Padua (Italy).
75. Raffaelli R., Notaro S., Goio I., Gios G. (2005) “Costs and benefits of multifunctional Alpine pasture: a case study”, 90Th EAAE seminar", October 28-29, Rennes (France).
76. Raffaelli R., Gios G., Notaro S., Molfetta P. (2004) “Riforma della PAC e multifunzionalità del sistema zootecnico alpino: una prima valutazione, Società Italiana di Economia Agraria Workshop, December 16, Bologna (Italy).
77. Notaro S., Raffaelli R., Gios G. (2004) “Una valutazione economica del valore paesaggistico del cipresso (Cupressus sermpervirens) nell’Alto Garda”, XLI SIDEA Annual Conference, Diritto all’alimentazione Agricoltura e sviluppo, September 6-18, Rome (Italy).
78. 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 SIDEA Annual Conference, La liberalizzazione degli scambi dei prodotti agricoli tra conflitti ed accordi: il ruolo dell'Italia, September 18-20, Padua (Italy).
79. 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, September 21-28, Quebec City (Canada).
80. Notaro S., Raffaelli R. (2003) “Sostenibilità e partecipazione: la lezione delle proprietà collettive entro i nuovi approcci partecipativi allo sviluppo locale integrato”, 8 Riunione scientifica Centro Studi e Documentazione sui Demani civici e le Proprietà collettive, Cosa apprendere dalla proprietà collettiva: la consuetudine fra tradizione e modernità, November 14-15, Trento (Italy).
81. Notaro S., Clauser O., Gios G. (2002) “Lo sviluppo del turismo sostenibile nelle regioni alpine: il contributo degli studi di valutazione contingente”, Conference La valorizzazione delle aree rurali e del territorio: attività emergenti e nuove forme di sviluppo produttivo tra innovazione e tradizione, November 7-9, Udine (Italy).
82. 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, August 27-28, Johannesburg (South Africa).
83. 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, June 24-27, Monterey (USA).
84. DeRos G., Cesaro L., Notaro S., Sicher L. (2002) “Alpine Livestock and Sustainability”, 37° International Symposium on Animal Husbandry, Zootecnia di montagna valorizzazione della Agricoltura Biologica e del Territorio, April 19, Madonna di Campiglio (Italy).
85. 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, March 26-27, Salsomaggiore (Italy).
86. Cesaro L., Notaro S. (2001) “Agricoltura nelle aree montane – sostenibilità e reddito, i risultati di un’analisi per casi di studio” XXXVIII SIDEA Conference, Servizi in Agricoltura, September 27-29, Catania (Italy).
87. Notaro S. (2000) “Il valore economico di una risorsa idrica quale informazione di supporto per il decisore pubblico”, Conference La valutazione dei beni ambientali come supporto alle decisioni pubbliche. Una riflessione alla luce della normativa comunitaria e nazionale, December 15, University of Padua, Padua (Italy).
88. Notaro S., Gios G. (2000) “La valutazione dei beni ambientali in vista di una gestione patrimoniale da parte di enti collettivi”, 6 Riunione scientifica Centro Studi e Documentazione sui Demani civici e le Proprietà collettive, Dominii collettivi e nuovi protagonismi per la promozione dello sviluppo rurale, November 9-10, Trento (Italy).
89. Notaro S. (2000) “La valutazione economica delle risorse idriche: un’applicazione del metodo della valutazione contingente al caso della pesca”, XXX Incontro di Studio del Ce.S.E.T., Gestione delle risorse naturali nei territori rurali e nelle aree protette: aspetti economici, giuridici ed estimativi, October 5-6, Potenza (Italy).

Invited Seminars

1. Notaro S., Cerroni S., Nayga R.M. (2023) "The role of positive and negative information on micro-plastic content when purchasing food products: a non-hypothetical discrete choice experiment", X European Workshop on Discrete Choice Experiments, ENViromEntalCHOice (Envecho), September 4-5, Durham University, Durham (UK).
2. Notaro S. (2023) “The role of natural resources for tourism”, workshop Novel approaches to sustainable tourism development, June 13, Center for Advanced Studies on Tourism, University of Bologna, Rimini (Italy).
3. Notaro S. (2023) “The Role of Contextual Effect in Discrete Choice Experiments”, Department of Agricultural and Resources Economics, Colorado State University, April 27, Fort Collins, Colorado (USA). 
4. Notaro S., Cevenini F. (2023) “Use of Discrete Choice Experiments to understand visitors’ preferences for different management actions of a nature park”, Network of Education on Sustainable Tourism (NEST), March 7. Online event.
5. Notaro S., Mariel P., Hadjichristidis K. (2022) “Contextual priming: A psychological factor influencing the formation of preferences in discrete choice experiments”, EEAE Seminar, June 24, University of Trento (Italy).
6. 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).
7. Notaro S. (2019) “Il misterioso processo di formazione delle preferenze per i beni senza mercato”. Seminar series “Il DEM incontra gli studenti: incontri di aggiornamento e discussione studenti-docenti”, March 13, University of Trento (Italy).
8. 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).
9. Notaro S. (2009) “Exploring scale effects of best/worst rank ordered choice data to estimate visitors’ benefits from alpine transhumance” Research Day, May 13, Department of Economics, University of Trento (Italy).
10. Notaro S. (2008) “Stated Preference Methods for the evaluation of environmental and natural resources”, Research Day, May 8, Department of Economics, University of Trento (Italy).
11. Notaro S. (1997) “Contingent Valuation of a Quasi-private Good: Fishing Activity in the Maso Stream”, May 7, Rocky Mountain Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colorado USA.
12. Notaro S. (1996) “Lake & Society: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Lake Mendota”, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison (USA).

Reviewer

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, African Journal of Agricultural Research, Bio-based and Applied Economics, Conservation Biology, Current Issues in Tourism, Ecological Economics, Ecological Modelling, Ecosystem Services, Energies, Environmental and Resource Economics, Environment and Development Economics, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Food Policy, Forest Policy and Economics, Forests, Frontiers in Psychology (section Environmental Psychology), German Journal of Agricultural Economics, Heliyon, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 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 Landscape and Urban Planning, Land Use Policy, Leisure and Events, La Questione Agraria, Rivista di Economia Agraria, Sustainability, Sustainable Production and Consumption, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening..

Conference

2023 - Sinergie-SIMA Management Conference 2023, Rediscovering local roots and interactions in management, Lum University and University of Bari, Bari (Italy), June 29-30, 2023.

2019 - EAAE (European Association of Agricultural Economics) Seminar 174 Economics of culture and food in evolving agri-food systems and rural areas, Matera (Italy), October 10-12, 2019.

2014 - AAEA (Agricultural & Applied Economics Association), Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN (USA), July 27-29, 2014.

2014 - Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists, Ljubljana (Slovenia), August 26-29, 2014.

2013 -  L SIDEA (Società Italiana di Economia Agraria) Conference, Sostenibilità del Sistema Agroalimentare: strategie e performance, Lecce, September 26-27, 2013.

2013 - Ceset Conference 2013, Sviluppo economico e nuovi rapporti tra agricoltura, territorio e ambiente, Verona (Italy), November 21-22, 2013.

2012-2023 - All the Annual Conference of the Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA) editions.

2012- 28th International Conference of Agricultural Economics, The Global Bio-Economy, Foz do Iguacu (Brazil), August 18-24, 2012.

2010 -  XLVII SIDEA (Società Italiana di Economia Agraria) Conference, L'agricoltura oltre le crisi, Campobasso (Italy), September 22-25, 2010.

Refereeing

2016-present  - Expert register CREA, Council for Agricultural Research and Analysis of the Agricultural Economy (Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests, Masaf).

2015 - Referee XV edition SIE Award - Società Italiana degli Economisti, for Ph.D. dissertations.

2014 - Independent expert for evaluating research projects “FutureInResearch”, ARTI, Agenzia Regionale per la Tecnologia e l’Innovazione Regione Puglia, 2014.

2011-present - Reviewer VQR Anvur 2004/2010 e 2011/2014, 2015/2019.

Editorial board

2022- present:  Editorial Board member, Sustainability, MDPI

2020 - 2022: Topic Editor – Sustainability, MDPI

2020 - 2021: Guest Editor - Special Issue on Assessing and Valuing Ecosystem Services, 
Sustainability, MDPI

2000-present:  Editorial Board member, Archivio Scialoja-Bolla - Annali di Studi sulla Proprietà Collettiva”, Centro Studi e documentazione sui demani civici e le proprietà collettive. University of Trento.

Member of Scientific and Organizing Committees

2023-2024: THE INC 2024 Conference “Technology enabled competitiveness and experiences in tourism, hospitality and events”, Amsterdam (Netherlands) 5th- 7th June 2024. Member of the Scientific Committee.

2022- present: International Research Association ATHENA - Association of Tourism, Hospitality and Events Networks in Academia. Member of the Foundational Consortium and the Executive Board.

2022 - 9th European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) Ph.D. Workshop, Parma, June 22-24. Member of the Scientific Committee.

2020 -  Workshop/seminar Jean Monnet Module Internationalization and Soft Skills for Change Management in Europe ISS-EU - E64I19002370002, Public Speaking – Improv That Works, Trento (Italy), February 21. Member of the Scientific Committee.

2018-  present:  Tourism Naturally Conference (Colorado State University (USA), University of Trento (Italy), University of Derby (UK), University of Applied Science of the Grisons (Switzerland), University of Pisa (Italy), University of Sunderland (UK), Deggendorf Institute of Technology (Germany), Central China Normal University (China). Member of the Foundational Consortium.

2012 - First Conference of the Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA) -Trento, June 4-5, Faculty of Economics, Trento. Member of the Organizing Committee.

2010 -  International Research Seminars: Experimental Design for Stated Choice Data, University of Trento (Italy), Waikato Management School (New Zealand), Trento (Italy), October 29, November 1. Member of the Scientific Committee.

2010 - International Research Workshop on Risk Elicitation and Stated Preference Methods for Climate Change Research, Faculty of Economics, Trento (Italy). October 21-22, 2010. Member of the Scientific Committee.