Cembalo’s scientific interests focus on innovation and sustainability in high value supply chain, with specific interest in circular economy and ecosystem services economics. He has also a long experience in consumer studies, demand estimations, and agro-energy economics. His expertise also includes micro-econometrics and operation research modeling procedures with a focus on multicriteria approaches. Cembalo’s contribution in ALMaSS concerns the leading of the AgEcon group, the conceptual framework to implement farmers behavior in ALMaSS, and economic transition pathways modelling.

Gianni Cicia has done extensive research about consumer and producer behavior in postmodern society, mostly with regard to sustainable production and consumption, healthy eating or other socially desirable behaviors. In particular, he has done research on organic food, functional food, healthy eating, public acceptance of innovation in traditional food products.  His expertise also includes micro-econometrics with a focus on conjoint analyses and random utility models (RUM). His contribution in ALMaSS concerns Socio-economic factors and incentives affecting farmers decision making.