Angela Moriggi

MA

Angela is a social scientist strongly committed to producing bold research with an impact. She believes that ‘regeneration’ should become the new lingua franca of any individual, collective and institutional transformation towards sustainability.  After several years working in multidisciplinary teams, Angela joined Except as part of SUSPLACE.

Angela discovered her passion for sustainability in China, where she lived for several years. Her desire to understand deeper how to shape human-nature relations in places brought her to Finland, where she now works at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). Her PhD focuses on "Green Care" practices, a wide array of activities in nature that provide with therapeutic, social inclusion, pedagogical and leisure benefits. In Finland, she works with social entrepreneurs who experiment with these innovative, place-based practices. Her approach is highly participatory and draws from action-research methodologies.

Angela has a strong passion for knowledge sharing and dissemination. Next to the numerous academic papers she has (co-)authored, she is constantly experimenting with engagement methods to reach a wider audience outside of academia, using storytelling, creative approaches, blog writing and video-making.

Affiliations:

Researcher at Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
External PhD Candidate at Wageningen University
EU Marie Curie Fellow at SUSPLACE
Field Expert at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

MA in International Sciences & Diplomacy, Bologna University
BA in Oriental History, Cultures & Civilization, Bologna University