Dr. Maria Cristina Rulli
Full Professor of Hydrology and Water and Food Security
Dr. Maria Cristina Rulli is Full Professor of Hydrology and Water and Food Security at the Politecnico di Milano and she is deputy president of the Italian Society of Water Engineering since 2021. Her research focus on the interaction between hydrological processes and humanity. Using the Food-Energy-Water (FEW) nexus perspective, she has been investigating the impacts on food and water security induced by global changes. She has focused on the emergent phenomenon of Large Scale Land Acquisition (LSLA) and its implication on water, energy and food security, as well as on water governance, rural livelihoods, and the emergence of water conflicts. Her most recent research concentrates on the nexus between Health and Environment focusing on the potential nexus between the unsustainable food system and the insurgence of diseases (e.g., zoonotic, food related, uncommunicable).
