Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco

is a Cultural Anthropologist with food and economic anthropology expertise. Serving as an assistant professor at the University of Gastronomic Sciences and a fellow at Durham University’s Department of Anthropology, he also coordinates professional networks related to economic and food anthropology for the European Association of Social Anthropology. Since 2019 he has chaired the Ethics Committee of the University of Gastronomic Sciences. In the same institution, he coordinates the undergraduate program in Gastronomic Sciences and Cultures. His research primarily explores local development and the role of food and gastronomy’s impact on economic and socio-economic progress. His notable publications include “Food Festivals and Local Development in Italy” (2020, Palgrave) and “Il Cibo del Futuro” (2021, Carocci).