Dr. Quieti came to AUR after serving for many years as Senior Policy Officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).听听 Dr. Quieti worked on education programs and technical assistance on sustainable food and agricultural development policies and programs with governments, academic/research institutions and civic organizations both from industrialized and developing countries.听听 Her career spanned the globe, managing projects in Asia, the Near East, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. She was responsible for the participation of more than 800 civil society organizations at FAO鈥檚 World Food Summit in Rome in 1996 and听 the training of developing countries鈥� delegates for negotiations on agriculture with the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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She joined AUR with the objective of establishing graduate-level programs and served as Dean of Graduate Programs and Dean of the University for various periods.
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For six years prior to joining the University, she has also served as Executive Director of the U.S.-Italy Fulbright Commission where she managed and developed academic programs between Italy and the United States.听
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Dr. Quieti鈥檚 areas of research and interests include: sustainable food systems and sustainable consumption,听 rural development,听 policy formulation, small-scale investment projects in food and agriculture and building partnerships with civil society organizations.
Dr Quieti is a Member of the Advisory Board of the Journal听Italian Americana
Selected publications
- Quieti, M. G. (2025). The future is here: Novel foods as a component of our food system transformation.听In M. Menin & M. Balestreri (Eds.),听Chi pu貌 essere mangiato? Filosofia, etica e immaginario della carne coltivata听(pp. 76鈥�88). Accademia University Press.
- Quieti, M.G. (2024) 鈥淣ovel Foods: a Technological Pathway to Food System Transformation? : An Introduction鈥�,听The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 30(2), pp. 45鈥�47. doi:.
- Sage, C., Quieti, M. and Fonte, M. (2021) 鈥淪ustainable Food Systems Sustainable Diets鈥�,听The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 27(1), pp. 1鈥�11. doi:.
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