francesco bravin

With a strong foundation in environmental anthropology and a focus on climate change issues, I bring a transdisciplinary approach to the HiCoMa project. I earned my bachelor’s degree in anthropology, religion, and eastern societies from the University of Bologna, where I completed a thesis on the 2016 earthquake in Italy’s Marche region. This academic path led me to pursue a master’s degree at the University of Turin, where I concentrated on the intersections of anthropology, climate change, and environmental impact. This focus earned me a scholarship to conduct two-month fieldwork in Chile on the social effects of fog catchers in a rural community in the drylands. This work was awarded and published by FrancoAngeli in 2022.

I am undertaking a PhD through a joint program between IUSS, Pavia and LUISS, Rome in Sustainable Development and Climate Change, a multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary initiative. My doctoral research explores the ethics and politics of plant life in Italy, merging anthropological insights with pressing environmental concerns. My experience includes a traineeship and ongoing collaboration with Centro Ricerche EtnoAntropologiche CREA aps (EthnoAnthropological Research Centre) as an anthropologist, and I am presently conducting research at INRAE in Paris as a visiting PhD student.

My expertise in anthropology and environmental ethics, combined with my experience in ethnographic contexts and bottom-up processes, enables me to contribute valuable perspectives on highland sustainability and rural development for the HiCoMa project.