Donatella Privitera is a economic geography researcher at University of Catania (Italy) with a M.S. degree in Agri-business (1999) earned at the Catholic University of Milan. Prior to becoming a full-time academic, she has had work experience in a multinational company in marketing area. At present she is teaching geography with a speciality in tourism and regional development. She is a member of Italian Geographic Society (SGI) and Association of Italian Geography (AGEI). She has presented paper at several conferences, published in international books and mainly associated with her research in the following areas: transport geography and sustainable mobility; sustainable cities; regional marketing; rural development and its implications for tourism. She has participated in EU project HERODOT- INTERREG IIIB and she is participating in cooperative national research projects.