About
Associated Researchers
The CBA is aiming to create a network of CBA Associated Researchers who support our vision and mission by assisting with or advising on proposals for projects or programmes.
Rita Biasi
Rita is a professor at the Tuscia University in Viterbo, Italy and at the Sapienza University in Rome. She holds a degree in Agricultural Sciences and a PhD in Tree-Crop Agrosystems. She has extensive teaching experience, at both bachelor and master degree level, as a professor of viticulture and agricultural landscape within the “Food and Wine Technologies” and “Landscape Architecture” courses. She has served as President of the “Landscape, Environmental Planning and Design” degree and is currently a member of the Scientific Board for the “Landscape and Environment” PhD program at Sapienza University. Her research focuses on how traditional and modern agrosystems, mainly vineyards, can provide environmental, economic, social and cultural services to rural and urban communities, including through the promotion of collaboration between researchers and stakeholders. Her research activities aim to promote strategies for the conservation of agrobiodiversity, mitigation of land degradation risk and adaptation to climate change through more sustainable food systems.
Matilda van den Bosch
Matilda is a professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada, and a senior researcher at the European Forest Institute, Biocities Facility in Rome, Italy, and at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Spain. She has a background in medicine and holds a PhD in Landscape Planning and Public Health. Her interdisciplinary research is situated at the nexus of ecosystem health and human health, within the context of Planetary Health. She has worked as a consultant to, for example, the WHO, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) on topics like urban green space indicators for public health and policy priorities for protecting health for both humans and the environment. Some of her ongoing studies analyse how nature-based therapies can improve resilience for both individuals and communities.
