The Programme Committee is in charge of:

• accepting applications of new memberships for the Doctoral Programme Committee;
• organising the teaching programme, including all the teaching activities and the course calendar;
• appointing a supervisor and other two experts who will be part of the Thesis Advisory Group (TAG) tutor for each student;
• authorizing students, as agreed with their supervisors, to go abroad or in Italy for training and visiting periods of more than six months;
• deciding upon the admission of the students to the subsequent year of studies;
• approving the admission to the final exam;
• promoting relationships with other Italian and foreign universities and with public bodies and private organizations in order to improve the research activities;
• approving agreements with other public or private institutions;
• approving the cotutelle agreements of incoming and outgoing students.

The current Programme Committee is the following:

• Battisti Lorenzo - University of Trento, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering
• Berloffa Gabriella - University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management
• Buffa Federica - University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management
• De Salvo Maria - University of Catania, Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente
• Della Lucia Maria - University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management
• Dickson Maria Michela - University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management
• Ferrini Silvia - University of Siena, Department of Political and International Sciences
• Fezzi Carlo - University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management
• Franch Mariangela - University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management
• Geneletti Davide - University of Trento, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering
• Guella Flavio - University of Trento, Faculty of Law
• Lugaresi Nicola - University of Trento, Faculty of Law
• Magnani Natalia - University of Trento, Department of Sociology and Social Research
• Martini Umberto - University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management
• Notaro Sandra - University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management
• Novi Inverardi Pierluigi - University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management
• Pesci Caterina - University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management
• Pieri Fabio - University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management
• Raffaelli Roberta - University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management
• Ragazzi Marco - University of Trento, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering
• Rocchi Benedetto - University of Florence, Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa
• Santeramo Fabio Gaetano - University of Foggia, Department of Sciences of Agriculture, Food and Environment
• Santini Erica, University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management
• Segnana Maria Luigia - University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management
• Simonati Anna - University of Trento, Faculty of Law
• Tomasi Chiara - University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management
• Vatiero Massimiliano - University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management
• Bateman Ian - University of Exeter, Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute 
• Letort Elodie - Franch National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE), Rennes, France
• Menapace Luisa - Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Management
• Meyerhoff Jürgen - Technische Universitaet Berlin, Institute of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning.
• Nayga Rodolfo M. - University of Arkansas, Bumpers College - Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
• Seidl Andrew - Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Business

PhD student representative:

• Marco Compagnoni