Laura SOLAROLI

Teacher Researcher in Agricultural Economics

Expertise

Food systems economics, food and nutrition security, economic performance of agroecology, consumer behavior analysis, standardization and certification bodies, project management and coordination, and international cooperation.

Unité de recherche

Laboratoire des études rurales

Keywords

Agroeconomics, food systems economics, agroecology, sustainable development, public policy, food security, vulnerability, social sciences

Ongoing or recently completed projects

2023–2026 PERFECO – Economic performance of farms and agroecological transition
2023–2026 Analysis of innovation processes led by the Operational Groups of the European Innovation Partnership for Agriculture (GO-PEI) in France
2023–2026 AGRECOFARM – AGRoECOlogical FARMing – Erasmus
Setting up projects on food security and access to healthy, high-quality, environmentally friendly food for all.

Teaching activities

Head and coordinator of UP1 and UP17 “Food Systems Economics”
Head and coordinator of the AFE module in English: Agro-food economics
Various courses in: food systems economics, sustainable food systems, food policy, food security, food security indicators, certification and standardization bodies, environmental qualification, quality economics, environmental economics
Facilitator and coordinator of the Fresque Agri’alim for third-year students

Professional experience and education

Since 2022: Lecturer and Researcher in Agricultural Economics, ISARA, Lyon
2017-2022: Project Manager for Standardization at AFNOR – Agri-Food, Health, and Social Action Department (DASA), Paris
2015–present: Adjunct Professor at the University of Montpellier 1 Faculty of Pharmacy, Montpellier
2016–2017: Consultant for the United Nations – World Food Programme (WFP) Evaluation of the Purchase from Africans for Africa (PAA Africa) project in Senegal – “Zero Hunger” (0)
2014-2016: Research Engineer/Post-Doctoral Fellow at MOISA-INRAE, Montpellier
2011–2014: Doctorate in Agri-Food Economics and Policy – ALMA MATER STUDIORUM University of Bologna – DISTAL-Department of Technological and Agri-Food Sciences, Bologna, Italy
2011-2012: Master’s Degree in “Agriculture, Food, and Sustainable Development (A2D2)”, jointly accredited by the University of Montpellier 1 (UM1), CHIEAM-MAI Montpellier, and Montpellier SupAgro SupAgro-INRA
2006-2009: Master’s Degree in Local and International Cooperation, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bologna (Italy)
2002–2006: Bachelor’s Degree in International and Diplomatic Sciences, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bologna (Forli, Italy)

Latest publications

2025

Gilles Grolleau, Naoufel Mzoughi, Laura Solaroli. Perceptions of food waste: is there a numerosity bias?. Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2025, pp.1-6

2024

Ioanna Mouratiadou, Laura Solaroli, Jacques-Aristide Perrin, Perrine Vandenbroucke, Vincent Payet, et al.. Where alternative food networks and agroecology meet: exploring synergies for food system transformation. 187th EAAE Seminar “Food System Transformation – Role of Research”, European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE), Jun 2024, Frick, Switzerland, Switzerland.

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2024

Edwige Fain, Ioanna Mouratiadou, Benjamin Richard, Laura Solaroli, Alexander Wezel. The economic performance of agroecology: a comprehensive study in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Landscape 2024 Conference Agroecosystems in Transformation: Visions, Technologies and Actors, Sep 2024, Berlin, Germany.

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