Staff Profile:Dr Giacomo Zanello

Name:

Dr Giacomo Zanello

Job Title:

Associate Professor

Responsibilities:

• Head of Agri-Food Economics and Marketing Department
• Deputy Director of Graduate Institute for International Development, Agriculture and Economics
• Member of the Development Research Steering Group (University of Reading)
• Member of the SAPD Ethical Committee (University of Reading)
• 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)

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

Personal website: http://giacomozanello.com

Areas of Interest:

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.

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.

Research groups / Centres:

Publications:

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Number of items: 25.

2022

• Rowland, D., Zanello, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0477-1385, Waliyo, E. and Ickowitz, A. (2022) Oil palm and gendered time use a mixed-methods case study from West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Forest Policy and Economics, 137. 102682. ISSN 1389-9341 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102682

2021

• Conti, C., Zanello, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0477-1385 and Hall, A. (2021) Why are agri-food systems resistant to new directions of change? A systematic review. Global Food Security, 31. 100576. ISSN 2211-9124 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100576
• Haenssgen, M. J., Charoenboon, N. and Zanello, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/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. 105156. ISSN 0305-750X doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105156

2020

• Brickell, K., Picchioni, F., Natarajan, N., Guermond, V., Parsons, L., Zanello, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0477-1385 and Bateman, M. (2020) Compounding crises of social reproduction: microfinance, over-indebtedness and the COVID-19 pandemic. World Development, 136. 105087. ISSN 0305-750X doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105087
• Picchioni, F., Zanello, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0477-1385, Srinivasan, C. S., Wyatt, A. J. and Webb, P. (2020) Gender, time-use, and energy expenditures in rural communities in India and Nepal. World Development, 136. 105137. ISSN 0305-750X doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105137
• Fu, X. and Zanello, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0477-1385 (2020) Innovation under the radar as a response to constraints: the nature of innovation in Africa. In: Fu, X. (ed.) Innovation under the Radar: The Nature and Sources of Innovation in Africa. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316869482 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316869482.005
• Srinivasan, C. S., Zanello, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0477-1385, Nkegbe, P., Cherukuri, R., Picchioni, F., Gowdru, N. and Webb, P. (2020) Drudgery reduction, physical activity and energy requirements in rural livelihoods. Economics and Human Biology, 37. 100846. ISSN 1570-677X doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2019.100846
• Harris-Fry, H., Nur, H., Shankar, B., Zanello, G., Srinivasan, C. and 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). e002173. ISSN 2059-7908 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002173
• Zanello, G., Srinivasan, C. S., Picchioni, F., Webb, P., Nkegbe, P., Radhika, C. and Neupane, S. (2020) Physical activity, time use, and food intakes of rural households in Ghana, India, and Nepal. Scientific Data, 7. 71. ISSN 2052-4463 doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0414-x

2019

• Poole, N., Amiri, H., Amiri, S., Farhank, I. and 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://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2019.1680229
• Zanello, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0477-1385, Shankar, B. and Nigel, P. (2019) Buy or make? Agricultural production diversity, markets and dietary diversity in Afghanistan. Food Policy, 87. 101731. ISSN 0306-9192 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2019.101731
• Kadiyala, S., Aurino, E., Cirillo, C., Srinivasan, C. and Zanello, G., (2019) Rural transformation and the double burden of malnutrition among rural youth in low and middle-income countries. Rural Development Report 2019 - Background Papers. Report. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Rome, Italy. pp45.
• 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. and 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). e028224. ISSN 2044-6055 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028224

2018

• Fu, X., Mohnen, P. and 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://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.08.009
• 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. K., 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. and Ariana, P. (2018) Antibiotics and activity spaces: protocol of an exploratory study of behaviour, marginalisation and knowledge diffusion. BMJ Global Health, 3 (2). e000621. ISSN 2059-7908 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000621

2017

• Zanello, G., Srinivasan, C. S. and Nkegbe, P. (2017) Piloting the use of accelerometry devices to capture energy expenditure in agricultural and rural livelihoods: Protocols and findings from northern Ghana. Development Engineering, 2. pp. 114-131. ISSN 2352-7285 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.deveng.2017.10.001

2016

• Zanello, G., Fu, X., Mohnen, P. and Ventresca, M. (2016) The creation and diffusion of innovation in developing countries: a systematic literature review. Journal of Economic Surveys, 30 (5). pp. 884-912. ISSN 1467-6419 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12126
• Zanello, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0477-1385, Srinivasan, C. S. and Shankar, B. (2016) What explains Cambodia’s success in reducing child stunting-2000-2014? PLoS ONE, 11 (9). e0162668. ISSN 1932-6203 doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162668
• Flores-Martinez, A., Zanello, G., Shankar, B. and Poole, N. (2016) Reducing anemia prevalence in Afghanistan: socioeconomic correlates and the particular role of agricultural assets. PLoS ONE, 11 (6). e0156878. ISSN 1932-6203 doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156878

2014

• Zanello, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0477-1385, Srinivasan, C. S. and Shankar, B. (2014) Transaction costs, information technologies and the choice of marketplace among farmers in Northern Ghana. Journal of Development Studies, 50 (9). pp. 1226-1239. ISSN 1743-9140 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2014.903244
• Zanello, G. and Srinivasan, C. S. (2014) Information sources, ICTs and price information in rural agricultural markets. The European Journal of Development Research, 26 (5). pp. 815-831. ISSN 0957-8811 doi: https://doi.org/10.1057/ejdr.2014.1

2013

• Srinivasan, C. S., Zanello, G. and Shankar, B. (2013) Rural-urban disparities in child nutrition in Bangladesh and Nepal. BMC Public Health, 13 (1). 581. ISSN 1471-2458 doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-581
• Irz, X., Fratiglioni, L., Kuosmanen, N., Mazzocchi, M., Modugno, L., Nocella, G., Shakersain, B., Traill, W. B., Xu, W. and Zanello, G. (2013) Sociodemographic determinants of diet quality of the EU elderly: a comparative analysis in four countries. Public Health Nutrition, 17 (05). pp. 1177-1189. ISSN 1368-9800 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980013001146

2012

• Zanello, G. (2012) Mobile phones and radios: effects on transactions costs and market participation for households in Northern Ghana. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 63 (3). pp. 694-714. ISSN 1477-9552 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-9552.2012.00352.x

2011

• Zanello, G. and Maassen, P. (2011) Strengthening citizen agency and accountability through ICT. Public Management Review, 13 (3). pp. 363-382. ISSN 1471-9037 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2011.553265

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