Curriculum Vitae

Name: Cecilia Tinonin Email: ceciliatinonin@gmail.com Skype: ceciliatinonin ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Department of Statistical Sciences Doctor of Philosophy, 2011 Dissertation Title: “Child undernutrition and agency. A micro-case study to operationalize the Capability Approach” Major Field: Agricultural Economics and Statistics Minor Field: Development Economics Award: Distinction. Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Faculty of Political Sciences Master of Arts, 2006 Major Field: Development Studies Award: cum laude. Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Faculty of Political Sciences Bachelor of Arts, 2003 Major field: Development Studies.

WORK EXPERIENCE

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Environmental, Production, Technology Division (EPTD) Principal Investigator, Independent Consultant, January, 2014 to January, 2015 Primary responsibilities involved coordinating, monitoring, managing and supervising the Ghana Africa RISING Baseline Survey (GARBES) together with the contracted survey firm. Assuring that the contractor adheres to the standards and requirements set by IFPRI, for fieldwork organization, data collection, anthropometric measurements, sampling design, and treatment of study subjects. Supporting the contractor in delivering high-quality data and timely reporting of activities, acting as IFPRI survey resident collaborator. Assembling, compiling, cleaning, and delivering the microdata of the Survey. Organizing and preparing the dataset with adequate metadata and proper documentation. Submitting the dataset, assuring it meets the requirements and complies with the rules for data publishing. Assist the M&E team in analyzing household and community surveys collected as part of Africa RISING. Based on results of the analysis, write survey report(s), which should discuss and suggest possible alternatives for Impact Evaluation design and methodologies to be used. Organize and hold an Africa RISING PMMT (Project Mapping and Monitoring Tool) Training in Ghana for selected researchers to orient research teams about the tool and produce a brief summary report about the training.

The World Bank Poverty Reduction and Economic Measurement Unit Consultant, May, 2014 to June, 2014 Primary responsibility was researching and writing a working paper on Poverty Lines based on a quantitative analysis of three nationally

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representative Living Standards Measurement Surveys as well as literature review. The main topic relates to the comparison of two methodologies for constructing Poverty Lines, that are Fixed Food Bundle and Context Dependent Poverty Line. Duties also involve producing a Policy Brief for Statistical Agencies.

Center for International Development (CID) Summer School on Monitoring and Evaluation of Complex Development Programs Coordinator, January, 2014 to September, 2014 Primary duty related to advertizing, managing, and selecting participants to the Summer School Program. Also, coordinating the logistic for the two weeks intensive training, liaising with Trainers, supervising the overall organization and implementation of the training. To prepare a final evaluation brief with feedbacks from participants.

Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Department of Economics (DSE) Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, December, 2012 to December, 2013 Main responsibilities included researching on multidimensional poverty measurement both at the theoretical and empirical level. Further duties were tutoring in Microeconomics as well as in International Development Economics . Member of the Scientific and Organizational Committee of the Workshop of Young Economists and Scientific and Organizational Committee of the CID Summer School on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation for Complex International Development Program. Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Department of Statistical Sciences Junior Research Fellow, January, 2011 to December 2012 Main responsibilities included finalizing working papers from the PhD thesis on multidimensional poverty. Other duties were Tutor of the Summer School on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation for Complex International Development Program and Coordinator of the Young Research Fellows Lunch Seminar Series and Teaching Assistant in Development Economics.

ACADEMIC VISITING

University of Oxford Center for Time Use Research (CTUR) Academic visitor at February-May 2012 University of Oxford Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Visiting Student, January-March 2011 Assistant Coordinator ‘databank project’, Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA) Quantitative Thematic Group

Jawaharlal Nehru University Center for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP) Academic Visitor, January-May 2010

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University of Oxford Centre for Time Use Research (CTUR) Academic Visitor, January July 2009

SCHOLARSHIPS/ FELLOWSHIPS/ INTERNSHIPS

o Marco Polo Scholarship, 2012 o Centro di Formazione e Iniziativa sulla Cooperazione e l’Etica

di Impresa, Fellowship, 2011 o Marco Polo Scholarship, 2009 o Overseas Scholarship, University of California at San Diego

(UCSD), September, 2004 to June 2005 o Erasmus Scholarship, Vrije Universitat, September, 2002 to

June, 2003 o CRUI/MAE Traineeship, Embassy of Italy to Namibia, 2007 o Delegation of the European Commission to the United

Nations Economic and Financial Section , Adviser, January-May 2006

o United Nations Official Summer Internship Program, Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), Policy Coordination Branch, ECOSOC Support Division, July, 2004 to June, 2004

o United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Liaison Office, United Nations Headquarters, Intern, January-April 2004

o World Federation of United Nations Associations, United Nations Headquarters, Intern, January April 2004

PUBLICATIONS

Tinonin, C. (2012) Determinants of undernutrition in Indian children. A micro-case study to operationalize the Capability Approach in “Book of Short Papers PhD Theses in Statistics and Applications”, Vol. 3, Società Italiana di Statistica. Multinational Time Use Study, Versions World 5.5.3, 5.80 and 6.0 (released October 2011). Created by Jonathan Gershuny and Kimberly Fisher, et all. Fanfani R., Tinonin C. (2008) Introductory Note in "Knowledge, Sustainability and Bioresources in the further development of the agri-food system",Bononia University Press.

WORKING PAPERS/ BLOG POST

Schnitzer, P.,Tinonin, C., Azzarri, C. (2014) Ghana Agricultural Snapshot, 2005/06, HarvestChoice, IFPRI, Washington DC. Tinonin, C. (2013), Constructing validity for capability-related indicators, Quaderni - Working Paper DSE N°895, ISSN 2282-6483. Ardeni, P.G., Tinonin, C. (2013) Capability-Deprivation as Determinant of Underweight in Children: Perspectives from an Indian Case-Study, Quaderni - Working Paper DSE N°904, ISSN 2282-6483. Tinonin, C. Economic growth and freedom of choice: Epistemic intuitions from India, Centro Studi Luca D’Agliano, LDA’s Scholars Development Blog, September, 2013.

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REPORTS

Tinonin, C. (2014) Africa RISING Baseline Evaluation Survey Report, Ghana, IFPRI, in progress. Tinonin C. (2009) Il Capitale Umano in Emilia Romagna, in “Occupazione femminile nell’impresa cooperativa. Caratteristiche, ruoli e competenze”, unpublished. Tinonin C., (2008) Breve storia dell'imprenditoria femminile in Italia, in Rapporto della Regione Emilia Romagna sulla Imprenditorialità Femminile 2006-2007. Tinonin C., (2008) La regolamentazione dell'imprenditoria femminile, in Rapporto della Regione Emilia Romagna sulla Imprenditorialità Femminile, 2006-2007.

SEMINARS

Centro Studi sul Genere e l’Educazione (CSGE) Lunch Seminar, “Malnutrizione infantile ed emancipazione femminile. Storie dall’India”, Facoltà di Scienze per la Formazione, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna. Social Economy and Civil Society-IntegratedResearch Team (SECS-IRT), “Analisi della struttura motivazionale dietro la scelta di entrare in cooperative. Prospettive di genere seniane”, 18th January 2012, Department of Statistical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna. Young Research Fellows’ Lunch Seminar Series, “Investigating underlying determinants of underweight in Indian children. Perspectives from the Capability Approach”, 1st December 2011, Department of Statistical Science, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna. Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Lunch Series Seminar, “Constructing validity for agency data. A field of ‘one’s own’ and others”, 13th June 2011, University of Oxford. Doctoral Seminars, ‘Through the Looking Glass, Exchanging Experiences of Social Science Research in France and the United Kingdom’, 22nd June 2009, MaisonFrançaised'Oxford,Oxford, UK. Tinonin, C., “Child undernutrition and household gender inequality: the family and the capability approach”. PhD Research Group Seminar, “The Capability Approach”, 13th November 2009, Department of Statistical Science, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna. Lecture,“Food Security: Concepts and measurement”, course in Political Economy, 14th December 2009, Department of Statistical Science, University of Bologna.

CONFERENCES

Italian Society of Economists, University of Bologna, Department of

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Economics, October 2013, Capability-Deprivation as Determinant of Underweight in Children: Perspectives from an Indian Case-Study. Discussant, “Young economists” Workshop on Social Economy, University of Bologna, Forli, June 2012. Human Development and Capabilities Association (HDCA) Conference, The Hague, 5th-9th September 2011, Tinonin C., “Determinants of child undernutrition in India. Perspectives from the Capability Approach”. International Statistical Institute (ISI), Dublin, 21th-26th August 2011, Tinonin C. “Empowerment of women and malnutrition of children: what role for time use data?”. Social Economy and Civil Society, ‘The Contribution of Young Economists to Social Economy’, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Forli, 17th-18th June 2011, Tinonin C., “Determinants of child undernutrition in India. A micro-case study to operationalize the Capability Approach”. Chair Session on Time Use at International Conference of International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQLS) Florence 19-22 July 2009. International Conference of International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQLS), Florence, 19-22 July 2009, Tinonin C., “The impact of household gender inequality on children undernutrition. Time use, nutrition and Agency in Uttar Pradesh, India”. AIEA2-USDA II International Conference, , ‘The economic impact of public support to agriculture’, University of Bologna, 19-21 June 2008, Monasterolo I., Tinonin C.“A Preliminary Evaluation of the European Financial Support to Agriculture in Hungary: Efficiency and Equity".

OTHER SKILLS/ WORKSHOP ATTENDED

Good knowledge of STATA; SPSS. OPENLOC School on Fundamental of Economic Policy Evaluation, Bologna 28-30 April 2011. European CommissionWorkshop on National Budget Support, Windhoek, Namibia 16-19 April 2007. United Nations Workshop on the Structure, Drafting and Adoption of United Nations Resolutions held at the UN Headquarters in New York, February 2006.

REFEREE

Forum for Social Economics