Professor Giacomo Zanello

Email:
g.zanello@reading.ac.uk
Phone:
+44 (0) 118 378 8971
Job title:
Professor

Responsibilities:

Head of Agri-Food Economics and Marketing Department
Deputy Director of Graduate Institute for International Development, Agriculture and Economics

Postgraduate supervision

I look forward to Ph.D. applications from applied economists broadly interested in such topics and eager to develop robust empirical research aimed at strong policy implications.

Teaching

Module convenor for Qualitative Research Methods (APME40) and Quantitative Marketing Research methods (APME85)
Teaching supporting role for Econometrics (APME71), Introduction to Statistics and Econometrics (APME84), Approaches to International Development (AP2ID2), and Independent Research Project (AP3EX5)

Research centres and groups

Member of the Development Research Steering Group (University of Reading)
Member of the SAPD Ethical Committee (University of Reading)

Research projects

Working with a range of talented co-authors and using both qualitative and quantitative primary and secondary data, my current research agenda includes three main topics:

Food, nutrition, and health: I am interested in research at the intersection of agriculture, food, nutrition, and health predominately in low-income countries. I am interested in the food system as a whole, but also in its various components (from production to markets and food environments) and how this affects nutrition and health. My research questions often have a gender-focused angle.
I study the social context of antimicrobial resistance, exploring rural healthcare-seeking behaviours, how people understand antibiotics and illness, their constraints in accessing healthcare
Innovation, technology, and industrialisation in developing countries: I investigate the innovation rich environment of middle- and low-income countries aiming to understand the diffusion and impacts of tech- and no-tech innovations at the firm level.

Professional bodies/affiliations

Other positions:

Fellow at the London Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
Research Associate at the Technology and Management Centre for Development (University of Oxford)
Core member of the Independent Expert Group for the Global Nutrition Report

Websites/blogs

Personal website: http://giacomozanello.com

Publications

Bhattacharya, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-9328-0317 , Picchioni, F. , Zanello, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-0477-1385 , Srinivasan, C. (2023) Quantity and quality of physical activity during adolescence: evidence from a mixed-method study in rural Telangana, India. Journal of Biosocial Science pp. 1-24. ISSN: 0021-9320 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0021932023000147
De Maria, M. ORCID: 0000-0003-1969-0251 , Robinson, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-4950-0183 , Zanello, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-0477-1385 (2023) Fair compensation in large-scale land acquisitions: fair or fail?. World Development , 170 ISSN: 0305-750X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106338
Fadare, O. , Zanello, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-0477-1385 , Srinivasan, C. (2023) Stressor or succour? Examining the association between conflict, livestock assets, and farmers’ mental health in Nigeria. Economics and Human Biology , 49 ISSN: 1873-6130 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101234

Hoffman, D. , Zanello, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-0477-1385 , Mozaffarian, D. , Micha, R. (2022) Enhancing nutrition action through accountability and transparency. Un-Nutrition Journal , 1 pp. 90-93. (ISBN 9789251371510)
De Maria, M. ORCID: 0000-0003-1969-0251 , Zanello, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-0477-1385 , Nakagawa, L. , Sigles Robert, J. , Visentin, J. , Pavani, B. , Branco, P. , Fendrich, A. , Giaroli de Oliveira Pereira Barretto, A. , Rocha Junior, A. , Lima Ranieri, S. (2022) Moving towards a sustainable soybean supply chain: a sustainable policy toolbox for Brazilian stakeholders and other global actors. UK Research and Innovation Global Challenges Research Fund (UKRI GCRF) Trade, Development and the Environment Hub pp 28. | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.34892/ha52-ma53
Fadare, O. , Zanello, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-0477-1385 , Srinivasan, S. (2022) The joint effect of terrorism and land access on livestock production decisions: evidence from northern Nigeria. World Development Perspectives , 27 ISSN: 2452-2929 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2022.100447
Picchioni, F. , Zanello, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-0477-1385 , Bhattacharya, M. , Gowdru, N. , Srinivasan, C. (2022) Towards more comprehensive analyses of the nutrition transition among adolescents in the rural South. In: Kevany, K. and Prosperi, P. , (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Diets. Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks Routledge , London. pp. 200-216. ISBN: 9781032004860 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003174417-21
Nyambok, L. and Zanello, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-0477-1385 (2022) Vignette experiment on the acculturation of internal migrants in the Kenyan Rift Valley. International Journal of Intercultural Relations , 89 pp. 152-165. ISSN: 0147-1767 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2022.06.004
Assima, A. , Zanello, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-0477-1385 , Smale, M. (2022) Articulating fertilizer subsidy effects on women’s diet quality by food supply source in Mali. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience , 3 ISSN: 2662-4044 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43170-022-00085-8
Rowland, D. , Zanello, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-0477-1385 , Waliyo, E. , Ickowitz, A. (2022) Oil palm and gendered time use a mixed-methods case study from West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Forest Policy and Economics , 137 ISSN: 1389-9341 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102682

Conti, C. , Zanello, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-0477-1385 , Hall, A. (2021) Why are agri-food systems resistant to new directions of change? A systematic review. Global Food Security , 31 ISSN: 2211-9124 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100576
Haenssgen, M. , Charoenboon, N. , Zanello, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-0477-1385 (2021) You've got a friend in me: how social networks and mobile phones facilitate healthcare access among marginalised groups in rural Thailand and Lao PDR. World Development , 137 pp 105156. ISSN: 0305-750X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105156

Fu, X. and Zanello, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-0477-1385 (2020) Innovation under the radar as a response to constraints: the nature of innovation in Africa. In: Fu, X. , (eds.) Innovation under the Radar: The Nature and Sources of Innovation in Africa. Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9781316869482 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781316869482.005
Picchioni, F. , Zanello, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-0477-1385 , Srinivasan, C. , Wyatt, A. , Webb, P. (2020) Gender, time-use, and energy expenditures in rural communities in India and Nepal. World Development , 136 ISSN: 0305-750X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105137
Brickell, K. , Picchioni, F. , Natarajan, N. , Guermond, V. , Parsons, L. , Zanello, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-0477-1385 , Bateman, M. (2020) Compounding crises of social reproduction: microfinance, over-indebtedness and the COVID-19 pandemic. World Development , 136 ISSN: 0305-750X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105087
Harris-Fry, H. , Nur, H. , Shankar, B. , Zanello, G. , Srinivasan, C. , Kadiyala, S. (2020) The impact of gender equity in agriculture on nutritional status, diets, and household food security: a mixed-methods systematic review. BMJ Global Health , 5 (3). ISSN: 2059-7908 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002173
Zanello, G. , Srinivasan, C. , Picchioni, F. , Webb, P. , Nkegbe, P. , Radhika, C. , Neupane, S. (2020) Physical activity, time use, and food intakes of rural households in Ghana, India, and Nepal. Scientific Data , 7 ISSN: 2052-4463 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0414-x
Srinivasan, C. , Zanello, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-0477-1385 , Nkegbe, P. , Cherukuri, R. , Picchioni, F. , Gowdru, N. , Webb, P. (2020) Drudgery reduction, physical activity and energy requirements in rural livelihoods. Economics and Human Biology , 37 ISSN: 1570-677X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2019.100846

Poole, N. , Amiri, H. , Amiri, S. , Farhank, I. , Zanello, G. (2019) Food production and consumption in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan: the challenges of sustainability and seasonality for dietary diversity. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability , 17 (6). pp. 413-430. ISSN: 1747-762X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2019.1680229
Kadiyala, S. , Aurino, E. , Cirillo, C. , Srinivasan, C. , Zanello, G. (2019) Rural transformation and the double burden of malnutrition among rural youth in low and middle-income countries. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) , Rome, Italy. pp 45.
Haenssgen, M. , Charoenboon, N. , Zanello, G. , Mayxay, M. , Reed-Tsochas, F. , Lubell, Y. , Wertheim, H. , Lienert, J. , Xayavong, T. , Khine Zaw, Y. , Thepkhamkong, A. , Sithongdeng, N. , Khamsoukthavong, N. , Phanthavong, C. , Boualaiseng, S. , Vongsavang, S. , Wibunjak, K. , Chai-In, P. , Thavethanutthanawin, P. , Althaus, T. , Greer, R. , Nedsuwan, S. , Wangrangsimakul, T. , Limmathurotsakul, D. , Elliott, E. , Ariana, P. (2019) Antibiotic knowledge, attitudes, and practices: new insights from cross-sectional rural health behaviour surveys in low- and middle-income South-East Asia. BMJ Open , 9 (8). ISSN: 2044-6055 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028224
Zanello, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-0477-1385 , Shankar, B. , Nigel, P. (2019) Buy or make? Agricultural production diversity, markets and dietary diversity in Afghanistan. Food Policy , 87 ISSN: 0306-9192 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2019.101731

Haenssgen, M. , Charoenboon, N. , Zanello, G. , Mayxay, M. , Reed-Tsochas, F. , Jones, C. , Kosaikanont, R. , Praphattong, P. , Manohan, P. , Lubell, Y. , Newton, P. , Keomany, S. , Wertheim, H. , Lienert, J. , Xayavong, T. , Warapikuptanun, P. , Zaw, Y. , U-Thong, P. , Benjaroon, P. , Sangkham, N. , Wibunjak, K. , Chai-In, P. , Chailert, S. , Thavethanutthanawin, P. , Promsutt, K. , Thepkhamkong, A. , Sithongdeng, N. , Keovilayvanh, M. , Khamsoukthavong, N. , Phanthasomchit, P. , Phanthavong, C. , Boualaiseng, S. , Vongsavang, S. , Greer, R. , Althaus, T. , Nedsuwan, S. , Intralawan, D. , Wangrangsimakul, T. , Limmathurotsakul, D. , Ariana, P. (2018) Antibiotics and activity spaces: protocol of an exploratory study of behaviour, marginalisation and knowledge diffusion. BMJ Global Health , 3 (2). ISSN: 2059-7908 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000621
Fu, X. , Mohnen, P. , Zanello, G. (2018) Innovation and productivity in formal and informal firms in Ghana. Technological Forecasting & Social Change , 131 pp. 315-325. ISSN: 0040-1625 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.08.009