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Professor Stefano Pascucci

Professor Stefano Pascucci

Professor in Sustainability and Circular Economy

+44 (0) 1326 254454

ESI 02.02
Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK

Stefano Pascucci is an applied economist who developed an interest for sustainability as connected to organization theories, innovation management, and value chain analysis. His research focuses on agribusiness, sustainability and circular economy. He is particularly concerned about how to analyse the interplay between sustainability, collaborative (open) innovation and value chain configurations.

Prior to joining the University of Exeter Business School, in September 2016, Stefano Pascucci was an associate professor in innovation and organization of agribusiness at the Management Studies Group of Wageningen University (NL). From 2009-2011 he has been post-doc Marie Curie Fellow at the Agricultural Economics group of Wageningen University. He holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics and Policy from University of Naples Federico II (IT).

Stefano Pascucci is also visiting research at the Management Studies Group of Wageningen University (NL). He has published, among others, in the European Review of Agricultural Economics, Food Policy, Journal of Business Ethics and Agricultural Systems. Stefano serves as member of the editorial board of the British Food Journal. He is member of the Institutional and Organizational Economics Academy and alumnus of the Ronald Coase Institute.

Qualifications

  • PhD Valorisation and Management of Agricultural and Forest Resources (University of Naples Federico II)
  • MSc Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness (Wageningen University)
  • Advanced Master Degree in Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
  • MSc in Agricultural Science and Technology (University of Naples Federico II)

Research clusters

Research interests

Stefano Pascucci is involved in several research projects, many of which have received funding from a range of sources, and dealing with the following topics:

  • The organization of (collaborative) innovation in the Agri-food Sector
  • Economic Institutions of Circular Economy and Closed Cycle Design (Cradle to Cradle)
  • Alternative Food (Community) Networks
  • Configurational analysis and contract design for Sustainable Agri-food Value Chains/Systems.

Key publications | Publications by category | Publications by year

Key publications

Pascucci S (In Press). Consumers are willing to participate in circular business models: a practice theory perspective to food provisioning. Journal of Cleaner Production Full text. DOI.
Dentoni D, Pascucci S, Poldner K, Gartner WB (2018). Learning “who we are” by doing: Processes of co-constructing prosocial identities in community-based enterprises. Journal of Business Venturing, 33(5), 603-622. Abstract.  Full text. DOI.
Materia VC, Pascucci S, Dries L (2017). Are In-House and Outsourcing Innovation Strategies Correlated? Evidence from the European Agri-Food Sector. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 68(1), 249-268. DOI.
Nuhoff-Isakhanyan G, Wubben EFM, Omta OSWF, Pascucci S (2017). Network structure in sustainable agro-industrial parks. Journal of Cleaner Production, 141, 1209-1220. Full text. DOI.
Pascucci S, Fischer A (2016). Institutional incentives in circular economy transition: the case of material use in the Dutch textile industry. Journal of Cleaner Production Full text. DOI.
Dentoni D, Bitzer V, Pascucci S (2015). Cross-Sector Partnerships and the Co-creation of Dynamic Capabilities for Stakeholder Orientation. Journal of Business Ethics, 135(1), 35-53. Full text. DOI.

Publications by category

Journal articles

Pascucci S (In Press). Consumers are willing to participate in circular business models: a practice theory perspective to food provisioning. Journal of Cleaner Production Full text. DOI.
Borrello M, Pascucci S, Cembalo L (2020). Three propositions to unify circular economy research: a review. Sustainability (Switzerland), 12(10). Abstract. DOI.
Pancino B, Blasi E, Rappoldt A, Pascucci S, Ruini L, Ronchi C (2019). Partnering for sustainability in agri-food supply chains: the case of Barilla Sustainable Farming in the Po Valley. Agricultural and Food Economics, 7(1). Abstract.  Full text. DOI.
Lerro M, Vecchio R, Caracciolo F, Pascucci S, Cembalo L (2018). Consumers' heterogeneous preferences for corporate social responsibility in the food industry. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 25(6), 1050-1061. Abstract. DOI.
Dentoni D, Pascucci S, Poldner K, Gartner WB (2018). Learning “who we are” by doing: Processes of co-constructing prosocial identities in community-based enterprises. Journal of Business Venturing, 33(5), 603-622. Abstract.  Full text. DOI.
van der Werlf S, Trienekens J, Hagelaar G, Pascucci S (2018). Patterns in sustainable relationships between buyers and suppliers: evidence from the food and beverage industry. INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT REVIEW, 21(8), 1023-1043. Author URL. DOI.
Materia VC, Pascucci S, Dries L (2017). Are In-House and Outsourcing Innovation Strategies Correlated? Evidence from the European Agri-Food Sector. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 68(1), 249-268. DOI.
Borrello M, Caracciolo F, Lombardi A, Pascucci S, Cembalo L (2017). Consumers' perspective on circular economy strategy for reducing food waste. Sustainability (Switzerland), 9(1). Abstract. DOI.
Duncan J, Pascucci S (2017). Mapping the Organisational Forms of Networks of Alternative Food Networks: Implications for Transition. SOCIOLOGIA RURALIS, 57(3), 316-339. Author URL. DOI.
Nuhoff-Isakhanyan G, Wubben EFM, Omta OSWF, Pascucci S (2017). Network structure in sustainable agro-industrial parks. Journal of Cleaner Production, 141, 1209-1220. Full text. DOI.
Miralles I, Dentoni D, Pascucci S (2017). Understanding the organization of sharing economy in agri-food systems: evidence from alternative food networks in Valencia. Agriculture and Human Values, 34(4), 833-854. Abstract.  Full text. DOI.
Pascucci S, Fischer A (2016). Institutional incentives in circular economy transition: the case of material use in the Dutch textile industry. Journal of Cleaner Production Full text. DOI.
Pascucci S, Dentoni D, Lombardi A, Cembalo L (2016). Sharing values or sharing costs? Understanding consumer participation in alternative food networks. NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 78, 47-60. DOI.
Dicecca R, Pascucci S, Contò F (2016). Understanding reconfiguration pathways of agri-food value chains for smallholder farmers. British Food Journal, 118(8), 1857-1882. DOI.
Dentoni D, Bitzer V, Pascucci S (2015). Cross-Sector Partnerships and the Co-creation of Dynamic Capabilities for Stakeholder Orientation. Journal of Business Ethics, 135(1), 35-53. Full text. DOI.
de-Magistris T, Pascucci S, Mitsopoulos D (2015). Paying to see a bug on my food. British Food Journal, 117(6), 1777-1792. DOI.
Materia VC, Pascucci S, Kolympiris C (2015). Understanding the selection processes of public research projects in agriculture: the role of scientific merit. Food Policy, 56, 87-99. DOI.
Cembalo L, Lombardi A, Pascucci S, Dentoni D, Migliore G, Verneau F, Schifani G (2015). “Rationally Local”: Consumer Participation in Alternative Food Chains. Agribusiness, 31(3), 330-352. DOI.
de-Magistris T, Pascucci S (2014). The effect of the solemn oath script in hypothetical choice experiment survey: a pilot study. Economics Letters, 123(2), 252-255. DOI.
van der Horst H, Pascucci S, Bol W (2014). The “dark side” of food banks? Exploring emotional responses of food bank receivers in the Netherlands. British Food Journal, 116(9), 1506-1520. DOI.
Abebe GK, Bijman J, Pascucci S, Omta O (2013). Adoption of improved potato varieties in Ethiopia: the role of agricultural knowledge and innovation system and smallholder farmers’ quality assessment. Agricultural Systems, 122, 22-32. DOI.
Gerdessen JC, Pascucci S (2013). Data Envelopment Analysis of sustainability indicators of European agricultural systems at regional level. Agricultural Systems, 118, 78-90. DOI.
Cechin A, Bijman J, Pascucci S, Omta O (2012). Decomposing the Member Relationship in Agricultural Cooperatives: Implications for Commitment. Agribusiness, 29(1), 39-61. DOI.
Pascucci S, Gardebroek C, Dries L (2011). Some like to join, others to deliver: an econometric analysis of farmers' relationships with agricultural co-operatives. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 39(1), 51-74. DOI.
Pascucci S, de-Magistris T (2011). The effects of changing regional Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System on Italian farmers’ strategies. Agricultural Systems, 104(9), 746-754. DOI.
Capitanio F, Coppola A, Pascucci S (2010). Product and process innovation in the Italian food industry. Agribusiness, 26(4), 503-518. DOI.
Capitanio F, Coppola A, Pascucci S (2009). Indications for drivers of innovation in the food sector. British Food Journal, 111(8), 820-838. DOI.

Chapters

Pascucci S (2020). Building natural resource networks: urban agriculture and the circular economy. In  (Ed) Achieving sustainable urban agriculture, BURLEIGH DODDS SCIENCE PUBLISHING.
Dentoni D, Poldner K, Pascucci S, Gartner WB (2017). Consumer entrepreneurship: What is it? When, how, and why does it emerge?. In  (Ed) Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth, 187-218.  Abstract. DOI.

Conferences

Trienekens J, van Velzen M, Lees N, Saunders C, Pascucci S (2018). Governance of market-oriented fresh food value chains: export chains from New Zealand.  Author URL. DOI.

Publications by year

In Press

Pascucci S (In Press). Consumers are willing to participate in circular business models: a practice theory perspective to food provisioning. Journal of Cleaner Production Full text. DOI.

2020

Pascucci S (2020). Building natural resource networks: urban agriculture and the circular economy. In  (Ed) Achieving sustainable urban agriculture, BURLEIGH DODDS SCIENCE PUBLISHING.
Borrello M, Pascucci S, Cembalo L (2020). Three propositions to unify circular economy research: a review. Sustainability (Switzerland), 12(10). Abstract. DOI.

2019

Pancino B, Blasi E, Rappoldt A, Pascucci S, Ruini L, Ronchi C (2019). Partnering for sustainability in agri-food supply chains: the case of Barilla Sustainable Farming in the Po Valley. Agricultural and Food Economics, 7(1). Abstract.  Full text. DOI.

2018

Lerro M, Vecchio R, Caracciolo F, Pascucci S, Cembalo L (2018). Consumers' heterogeneous preferences for corporate social responsibility in the food industry. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 25(6), 1050-1061. Abstract. DOI.
Trienekens J, van Velzen M, Lees N, Saunders C, Pascucci S (2018). Governance of market-oriented fresh food value chains: export chains from New Zealand.  Author URL. DOI.
Dentoni D, Pascucci S, Poldner K, Gartner WB (2018). Learning “who we are” by doing: Processes of co-constructing prosocial identities in community-based enterprises. Journal of Business Venturing, 33(5), 603-622. Abstract.  Full text. DOI.
van der Werlf S, Trienekens J, Hagelaar G, Pascucci S (2018). Patterns in sustainable relationships between buyers and suppliers: evidence from the food and beverage industry. INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT REVIEW, 21(8), 1023-1043. Author URL. DOI.

2017

Materia VC, Pascucci S, Dries L (2017). Are In-House and Outsourcing Innovation Strategies Correlated? Evidence from the European Agri-Food Sector. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 68(1), 249-268. DOI.
Dentoni D, Poldner K, Pascucci S, Gartner WB (2017). Consumer entrepreneurship: What is it? When, how, and why does it emerge?. In  (Ed) Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth, 187-218.  Abstract. DOI.
Borrello M, Caracciolo F, Lombardi A, Pascucci S, Cembalo L (2017). Consumers' perspective on circular economy strategy for reducing food waste. Sustainability (Switzerland), 9(1). Abstract. DOI.
Duncan J, Pascucci S (2017). Mapping the Organisational Forms of Networks of Alternative Food Networks: Implications for Transition. SOCIOLOGIA RURALIS, 57(3), 316-339. Author URL. DOI.
Nuhoff-Isakhanyan G, Wubben EFM, Omta OSWF, Pascucci S (2017). Network structure in sustainable agro-industrial parks. Journal of Cleaner Production, 141, 1209-1220. Full text. DOI.
Miralles I, Dentoni D, Pascucci S (2017). Understanding the organization of sharing economy in agri-food systems: evidence from alternative food networks in Valencia. Agriculture and Human Values, 34(4), 833-854. Abstract.  Full text. DOI.

2016

Pascucci S, Fischer A (2016). Institutional incentives in circular economy transition: the case of material use in the Dutch textile industry. Journal of Cleaner Production Full text. DOI.
Pascucci S, Dentoni D, Lombardi A, Cembalo L (2016). Sharing values or sharing costs? Understanding consumer participation in alternative food networks. NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 78, 47-60. DOI.
Dicecca R, Pascucci S, Contò F (2016). Understanding reconfiguration pathways of agri-food value chains for smallholder farmers. British Food Journal, 118(8), 1857-1882. DOI.

2015

Dentoni D, Bitzer V, Pascucci S (2015). Cross-Sector Partnerships and the Co-creation of Dynamic Capabilities for Stakeholder Orientation. Journal of Business Ethics, 135(1), 35-53. Full text. DOI.
de-Magistris T, Pascucci S, Mitsopoulos D (2015). Paying to see a bug on my food. British Food Journal, 117(6), 1777-1792. DOI.
Materia VC, Pascucci S, Kolympiris C (2015). Understanding the selection processes of public research projects in agriculture: the role of scientific merit. Food Policy, 56, 87-99. DOI.
Cembalo L, Lombardi A, Pascucci S, Dentoni D, Migliore G, Verneau F, Schifani G (2015). “Rationally Local”: Consumer Participation in Alternative Food Chains. Agribusiness, 31(3), 330-352. DOI.

2014

de-Magistris T, Pascucci S (2014). The effect of the solemn oath script in hypothetical choice experiment survey: a pilot study. Economics Letters, 123(2), 252-255. DOI.
van der Horst H, Pascucci S, Bol W (2014). The “dark side” of food banks? Exploring emotional responses of food bank receivers in the Netherlands. British Food Journal, 116(9), 1506-1520. DOI.

2013

Abebe GK, Bijman J, Pascucci S, Omta O (2013). Adoption of improved potato varieties in Ethiopia: the role of agricultural knowledge and innovation system and smallholder farmers’ quality assessment. Agricultural Systems, 122, 22-32. DOI.
Gerdessen JC, Pascucci S (2013). Data Envelopment Analysis of sustainability indicators of European agricultural systems at regional level. Agricultural Systems, 118, 78-90. DOI.

2012

Cechin A, Bijman J, Pascucci S, Omta O (2012). Decomposing the Member Relationship in Agricultural Cooperatives: Implications for Commitment. Agribusiness, 29(1), 39-61. DOI.

2011

Pascucci S, Gardebroek C, Dries L (2011). Some like to join, others to deliver: an econometric analysis of farmers' relationships with agricultural co-operatives. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 39(1), 51-74. DOI.
Pascucci S, de-Magistris T (2011). The effects of changing regional Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System on Italian farmers’ strategies. Agricultural Systems, 104(9), 746-754. DOI.

2010

Capitanio F, Coppola A, Pascucci S (2010). Product and process innovation in the Italian food industry. Agribusiness, 26(4), 503-518. DOI.

2009

Capitanio F, Coppola A, Pascucci S (2009). Indications for drivers of innovation in the food sector. British Food Journal, 111(8), 820-838. DOI.

External positions

Visiting fellowship

Visiting Researcher: Innovation and Organization of Agribusiness, Management Studies Group (Wageningen University, NL)

Scientific affiliation

  • 2005-current: member of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE)
  • 2008-current: member of Associazione per Studi e Ricerche Manlio Rossi-Doria (Italy)
  • 2009-current: Wageningen School of Social Science Fellow (NL)
  • 2011-current: International Food and Agribusiness Management Association
  • 2011-current: Ronald Coase Institute Alumni (USA)
  • 2013-2014: Associazione Alessandro Bartola (Italy)
  • 2009-2011: member of The Agricultural Economics Society (UK)

Editorial Board

  • 2015 - current: Editorial board British Food Journal
  • 2014-2015 Guest editor special issue “Regulation and Organizational Change in the Governance of Agri-food Value Chains” of the British Food Journal
  • 2011-2013: Member of the Editorial Board of the International Agricultural Policy Review

As lecturer he has taught in several courses and supervised more than 60 students in their master, bachelor and internship thesis projects. He is increasingly experimenting new teaching techniques, such as action-based teaching and gamification. Both techniques are based on a more interactive way to engage with students. Action-based teaching is related to the idea of directly exposing students to research topics and activities, to let them explore and experience interactions with key stakeholders, thus combining theoretical learning with application and action. Gamification is a principle used in learning processes which relies on using elements from games to increase student’s engagement in the classroom. List of courses/teaching experience:

  • Institutional Economics and Economic Organization Theory
  • Organization of Agribusiness
  • Organizational Behaviour and Business Management
  • Environmental Management and Industry
  • Circular Economy: Theory and Practice

Modules

2019/20