He holds a Graduate’s Degree in Social Sciences and Sociology at the University of Rome - “La Sapienza” with a thesis in Environmental Public Policy Analysis in 2006: “The Park does not exist: loss and delays in public policy on the Val d’Agri - Lagonegrese - Lucano Appennine Italian National Park”.
In 2005 he was admitted as a graduate student and he obtained the first class Master’s Degree in Entrepreneurship and Management in the Responsible and Sustainable Tourism at the Training Center Albalonga, the Institute of Higher Education of the CTS (Italian Student Tourist Centre) in Rome and provides consulting for the Department of Tourism, Parks and Protected Areas and Sustainable Development for the Province of Potenza.
In 2007 he obtained the second class Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MbA) at the University of Basilicata Potenza, Italy with a dissertation about “The Business Plan: what is it? How can you make one and how can you use it?”.
He held the office of City councilman to the City of Nemoli (PZ), Italy, a Lagonegrese Mountain Community councilman and he was part of the Regional Directors of the Green Party – Basilicata, Italy from 2005 to 2009.
Giovannipaolo is a blogger. These are his blogs:
“Ramblings: thoughts, words, deeds and omissions”, http://giovannipaoloferrari.blogspot.com/;
“The Backpacker: diary of an Australian journey”, http://www.jospencerbackpacker.blogspot.com/.
Moreover he wrote for years for various local and national newspapers and magazine.
Giovannipaolo wishes for his professional interests to continue to evolve in the development studies, sustainable and responsible tourism, geopolitics, environmental public policy, health public policy, political studies, political philosophy within which would play a leading role in university research.
He has a boundless passion for reading and writing. He’s a Tennis Coach and he is a good trekker.
He has made some study tours to Italy, England, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Norway, Sweden, Finland, French, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey, Australia.
