Anna Trono, Professor of Political and Economic Geography, is an experienced researcher in tourism, environmental problems and urban planning in EU Countries. These skills and competencies have been acquired during the study visits as academic visitor at the Geography Departments of The London School of Economics and Political Science and Glasgow University. She studies regional development policies, cultural/religious tourism and environmental sustainability issues. She has published numerous essays and books on these themes, many of which are in connection with large-scale projects involving local and regional organisations and other universities in Italy and elsewhere, under the aegis of European Union research programs, Community Initiative Programmes (Urban, Leader, Interreg) and inter-university accords.
Valentina Castronuovo is Adjunct Professor in Political and Economic Geography at the University of Tuscia. Her main research topics are cultural and natural heritage for local sustainable development. She is a member of the Association of Italian Geographers working group “Territorial Reorganization and Local Development” for the study of local development experiences and the configuration, in this context, of the concept of local identity. She is a scientific reviewer for national and international journals, and she is the author of contributions and articles in journals, books, projects and research reports, published both internationally and nationally.