Research activities span multiple areas, including theoretical and applied studies on rurality, agricultural policies, local and sustainable development, project design, monitoring, and evaluation. Recent examples include:
- Collaboration with IRPET, 2025: development of a study on the effectiveness of regional policies supporting Precision Agriculture (two-year project)
- Collaboration within the PNRR Greenland project (Measure 2) with the Union of Municipalities of Garfagnana to identify innovative best practices in agriculture (2024–2025)
- Collaboration in the EU RALUC project for a study on the Province of Siena focusing on land use and sustainable agriculture (https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/common-agricultural-policy/cap-overview/cmef/sustainability/study-competition-land-use-and-sustainable-farming_en)