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Research Profile

Dr Mara Miele 


Books:
Miele, M. (2001) Creating Sustainability, The Social Construction of the Market for Organic Products, Wageningen Studies on Heterogeneity and Relocalisation no. 3. Wageningen: Circle for Rural European Studies (pp. 179) ISBN 90-6754-639-9.

Miele, M. e Parisi, V. (eds) (2000) Atteggiamento dei consumatori e politiche di qualità della carne in Italia e in Europa negli anni novanta, Milano: Franco Angeli (pp. 289) ISBN 88-4642-755-6.

Miele, M. (1998) La commercializzazione dei prodotti biologici in Europa, Firenze: Arsia (pp. 200) ISBN 88-8295-004-2.

Miele, M. (1998) I prodotti biologici toscani nei mercati del Nord-Europa, Accademia dei Georgofili-ISAD, I Quaderni n. 5, Firenze: Studio Editoriale Fiorentino (pp. 55) ISSN 0367-4134.

Articles in refereed journals:

Miele, M. and Evans, A. (Forthcoming 2010) ‘When foods become animals’, Special Issue ‘The Ethic of Care’, Guest Editors Michael Goodman and Cheryl McEwan, Ethics, Place and Environment.

Morgan, S; Marsden, T.; Miele, M.; Morley, A., (2010) ‘Agricultural Multifunctionality and Farmers' Entrepreneurial Skills: Explorations of the Tuscan and Welsh models’, Journal of Rural Studies, in press, available online 14th of October 2009.

R.B. Tranter, R.M. Bennett, L. Costa, C. Cowan, G.C. Holt, P.J. Jones, M. Miele, M. Sottomayor, J. Vestergaard (2009) ‘Consumers’ willingness-to-pay for organic conversion-grade food: Evidence from five EU countries’, Food Policy, Volume 34, issue 3, pp: 287-294.

Cole, M., Miele, M. with Hines, P. , Zokaei, K., Evans, B. and Jo Beale (2009) ‘Animal Foods and Climate Change: Shadowing Eating Practices’, International Journal of Consumer Studies, Issue 33, N. 2, pp.162-167.

Miele, M. and Ara, A. (2008) ‘Le scelte alimentari e il benessere animale: le preoccupazioni e le aspettative delle consumatrici e dei consumatori italianiAgriRegioniEuropa, N. 13, pp. 1-7.

Miele, Mara (2008) 'CittàSlow: Producing Slowness against the Fast Life', Space and Polity, 12:1, 135-156.

Miele, M. and Bock, B. (2007) ‘Competing Discourses of Farm Animal Welfare and Agri-Food Restructuring’, International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, Vol. 15, N. 3 (1-7).

Blokhuis, H., Jones, B., Geers, R., Miele, M. and Veissier, I. (2003) ‘ Measuring and monitoring animal welfare: transparancy in the product quality chain’, Animal Welfare, vol. 12, pp. 445–455.

Miele, M. and Murdoch, J. (2002) ‘The practical aesthetics of traditional cuisines: Slow Food in Tuscany’, Sociologia Ruralis, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 312–328.

Miele, M. and Parisi, V. (2001) ‘L’etica del mangiare. I valori e le preoccupazioni dei consumatori per il benessere animale negli allevamenti: un’applicazione dell’analisi means end chain’, Rivista di Economia Agraria, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 81–103.

Miele, M. and Pinducciu, D. (2001) ‘A market for nature: linking the production and consumption of organics in Tuscany’, Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 149–162.

Murdoch, J. and Miele, M. (1999) ‘Back to nature: changing ‘worlds of production’ in the food sector’, Sociologia Ruralis, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 465–484.

Miele, M. (1999) ‘Short circuits: new trends in the consumption of food and the changing status of meat’, International Planning Studies, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 373–387.

Brunori, G., Di Iacovo, F. and Miele, M. (1988) ‘Agricoltura biologica: aspetti tecnici, di mercato e normativi’, Rivista di Economia Agraria, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 547–564.

Miele, M. (1987) ‘Analisi economico finanziaria dello sviluppo aziendale’, Agricoltura e Ricerca, no. 73, pp. 135–152.

Book Chapters:

Miele, M (2009) 'CittàSlow: Producing Slowness against the Fast Life' in Chris Rumford (eds) Citizens and Borderwork in Contemporary Europe, Routeledge: London, pp. 135-156.

Hendrickson, M  and Miele, M  (2009) ‘Changes in Agriculture and Food Production in NAE Since 1945’ Chapter 2 in Beverly D. McIntyre, Hans R. Herren, Judi Wakhungu and Robert T. Watson (eds) IAASTD Regional Report North America and Europe, World Bank, pp. 20-79

Burt, R., Chataway, J., Cotter, J., Darcy-Vrillon, B., Debailleul, G., Grundy, A., Hendrickson, M., Hinga, K., Johnson, B., Kahiluoto, H., Madden, U., Miele, M., Navrátilová, M. and Schuler, T. (2009) ‘Environmental, Economic and Social Impacts of NAE Agriculture and AKST’ Chapter 3 in Beverly D. McIntyre, Hans R. Herren, Judi Wakhungu and Robert T. Watson (eds) IAASTD Regional Report North America and Europe, World Bank , pp. 80-115

Miele, M. (2006) ‘Consumption culture? The case of food’, in P. Cloke, T. Marsden, and P. Mooney (eds), The Handbook of Rural Studies, London: Sage Publications.

Miele, M., Murdoch, J. and Roe, E. (2005) ‘Animals and ambivalence: governing farm animal welfare in the European food sector’, in V. Higgins and G. Lawrence (eds), Agricultural Governance: Globalization and the New Politics of Regulation, London: Routledge.

Murdoch, J. and Miele, M. (2004) ‘A new aesthetic of food? Relational reflexivity in the ‘alternative’ food movement’, in M. Harvey, A. McMeekin and A. Warde (eds), Qualities of Food: New Dynamics of Innovation and Competition, Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Murdoch, J. and Miele, M. ( 2004) ‘Culinary networks and cultural connections: a conventions perspective’, in A. Hughes and A. Reimer (eds), Geographies of Commodity Chains, London: Routledge. Reprinted in A. Amin and N. Thrift (eds) (2004) The Blackwell Cultural Economy Reader, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Miele, M. and Murdoch, J. (2003) ‘Fast food/slow food: standardizing and differentiating cultures of food’, in R. Almås and G. Lawrence (eds) Globalization, Localization and Sustainable Livelihoods, Aldershot: Ashgate.

Miele, M. and Pinducciu, D. (2002) ‘Organic farming in Tuscany’, in J.D. van der Ploeg, A. Long, J. Banks (eds), Living Countrysides: Rural Development Process in Europe: The State of the Art, Doetinchem: Elsevier bedrijfsinformatie.

Miele, M. and Murdoch, J. (2002) ‘Slow Food’, in G. Ritzer (ed.) McDonaldization: A Reader, Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.

Miele, M. (2001) ‘The changing passion of food in Europe’, in H. Buller and K. Hoggart (eds), Agricultural Transformation, Food and Environment, Aldershot: Ashgate.

Miele, M. (2000) ‘Evoluzione dei consumi di carne in Italia’, in M. Miele and V. Parisi (eds), Atteggiamento dei consumatori e politiche di qualità della carne in Italia e in Europa negli anni novanta, Milano: Franco Angeli.

Miele, M. and Parisi, V. (2000) ‘L’indagine sui consumatori in Italia’, in M. Miele and V. Parisi (eds), Atteggiamento dei consumatori e politiche di qualità della carne in Italia e in Europa negli anni novanta, Milano: Franco Angeli.

Miele, M., Brunori, G. and Parisi, V. (1997) ‘BSE in the Italian media’ in EU project AIR-CAT -Measurements of consumer attitudes and their influence on food choice and acceptability Series of meeting reports, vol. 2, no. 2. Norway, 1430 As: Matforsk.

Miele, M. (1994) ‘Quality of biological products and quality of work’, in L. van der Plas and M. Fonte (eds) Rural Gender Studies in Europe, Assen: Van Gorcum.

Welfare Quality Reports

Welfare Quality Reports No. 4


Evans, A. and Miele, M. (2007) Consumers’ Views about Farm Animal Welfare: Part 1 National Reports Based on Focus Group Research, Welfare Quality Reports no. 4,
Cardiff University.






Welfare Quality Reports No. 4


Kjaernes, U., Miele, M. and Roex, J. (2007) Attitudes of Consumers, Retailers and Producers to Farm Animal Welfare, Welfare Quality Reports no. 2,
Cardiff Universty.





Welfare Quality Reports No. 1


Roex, J. and Miele, M. (eds) (2005) Farm Animal Welfare Concerns: Consumers, Retailers and Producers, Welfare Quality Reports no. 1,
Cardiff University.





Research Reports

Miele, M., Pinducciu, D. and Ara, A. (2005) Organic School Meals: Good Practice Examples from Italy, Cardiff: Cardiff University.

Miele, M., Ara, A. and Vanni, F. (2004) Italian Country Review, Research Report no. 1 (Literature Review Italy), Welfare Quality Project EU Food CT-2004-506508.

Miele, M., Vanni, F. and Ara, A. (2004) Comparative Focus Group Report, EU project Conversion, May 2004.

Miele, M. and Pinducciu, D., (2004) Italian Consumers’ Attitudes towards Agricultural Products Derived from Multifunctional Agriculture, Report for WP2 of EU-SSA project Multiagri.

Miele, M., Neri, C., Ara, A. and Parisi, V. (2003) Farmer Case Study: Italian Case, National Report for EU project Conversion, Pisa: Dipartimento di Agronomia e Gestione dell’Agroecosistema-Sezione di Economia.

Miele, M. and Pinducciu, D. (2001) Organic Farming in Tuscany, Working Paper, Wageningen: Wageningen University.

Miele, M. and Neri, C. (2001) Literature Review on Organic Farming – Italy, National Report on EU project Conversion, Pisa: Dipartimento di Economia dell’Agricultura, dell’Ambiente Agro-forestale e del Territorio.

Miele M. and Parisi V. (2001) Italian Report on Strategies Focus Groups, Italian Report no. 5 EU Project CT98-3678, Pisa: University of Pisa.

Miele M. and Parisi V. (2001) Italian Report on Consumers Survey, Italian Report no. 4 EU Project CT98-3678, Pisa: University of Pisa.

Miele M. and Parisi V. (2000) Italian Report on Laddering Interviews, Italian Report no. 3 EU Project CT98-3678, Pisa: University of Pisa.

Miele M. and Parisi V. (1999) Italian Focus Group Report, Italian Report no. 2 EU Project CT98-3678, Pisa: University of Pisa.

Miele M. and Parisi V. (1998) Consumer Concerns about Animal Welfare and the Impact on Food Choice, Italy - Literature Review, Italian Report no. 1 EU Project CT98-3678, Pisa: University of Pisa.

Miele M. and Saba, R. (1998) L’allevamento brado delle Maremmane: il caso di studio dell’azienda di Alberese, Research funded by ARSIA-Firenze.

Miele M. and Parisi V. (1997) National Report on Consumer Behaviour Regarding Food in General and Meat in Particular - Italy, EU Report on FAIR project 0046 Quality Policy.

Miele, M. (1994) Agricoltura biologica: ricerca di futuri modelli sostenibili, Rapporto sugli aspetti socio-economici nel caso di studio dei produttori biologici in Toscana, Pisa: ARSIA.