Michele Schiavo is a Senior Research Fellow in the Agriculture and Food Programme. His research focuses on the socio-economic evaluation of scenarios of European and French agricultural production systems. He is an expert in the microeconomic analysis of livestock processing industries and farms, as well as in modelling land use change and its impact on global food security.

Before joining IDDRI, Michele worked at INRAE on a research project related to carbon farming. He also held positions in consultancy firms, where he conducted mid-term and ex-post evaluations of the second pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

Michele holds a Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics from Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University. He is currently pursuing a PhD at INRAE–Institut Agro Rennes-Angers, focusing on modelling the economic impacts of the agroecological transition in Europe.

Michele speaks English, French, Spanish and Italian.