Michele Schiavo is a Senior Research Fellow in the Agricultural and Food Policies Programme. His research focuses on the microeconomic analysis and modelling of farms and agri-food processing industries, as well as the socio-economic assessment of future scenarios for French and European agricultural systems.

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

Michele holds a PhD in Economics from Institut Agro Rennes-Angers-INRAE, as well as a Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.

Michele speaks English, French, Spanish and Italian.