Dr Ada Maria Barone
Staff details
Ada Maria is a Lecturer in Marketing at the Institute of Management Studies. Prior to joining Goldsmiths, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Management at Aarhus University, Denmark. During her graduate studies she was also a visiting scholar at Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, USA, and at Aarhus University. She obtained her PhD in Management from LUISS University in Rome, Italy.
Ada Maria’s research lies at the intersection of marketing, sustainability, and consumer psychology. She is especially interested in the understanding of the psychological mechanisms underlying consumers’ disposal decisions, with a focus on the drivers of consumer-generated food waste and recycling behaviours. She also conducts research on consumers’ perception and acceptance of food products (e.g., imperfect products, novel foods).
Research interests
- Sustainable consumption and behaviours
- Decision-making and emotions
- Food consumption
- Product aesthetics
- Quantitative methods
Publications and research outputs
Article
Asioli, Daniele; Banovic, Marija; Barone, Ada Maria; Grasso, Simona and Nayga Jr., Rodolfo M.. 2023. European consumers' valuation for hybrid meat: Does information matter? Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 45(1), pp. 44-62. ISSN 2040-5790
Banovic, Marija; Barone, Ada Maria; Asioli, Daniele and Grasso, Simona. 2022. Enabling sustainable plant-forward transition: European consumer attitudes and intention to buy hybrid products. Food Quality and Preference, 96, 104440. ISSN 0950-3293
Barone, Ada Maria and Aschemann-Witzel, Jessica. 2022. Food handling practices and expiration dates: Consumers’ perception of smart labels. Food Control, 133(Part B), 108615. ISSN 0956-7135
Banovic, Marija and Barone, Ada Maria. 2021. The hybrid enigma: The importance of self-construal for the effectiveness of communication messages promoting sustainable behaviour. Food Quality and Preference, 94, 104334. ISSN 0950-3293
Barone, Ada Maria; Donato, Carmela and Romani, Simona. 2021. Physically processing imperfect produce: The impact of prototypicality. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 20(6), pp. 1547-1561. ISSN 1472-0817
Donato, Carmela; Barone, Ada Maria and Romani, Simona. 2021. The satiating power of sustainability: the effect of package sustainability on perceived satiation of healthy food. British Food Journal, 123(13), pp. 162-177. ISSN 0007-070X
Barone, Ada Maria; Banovic, Marija; Asioli, Daniele; Wallace, Erin; Ruiz-Capillas, Claudia and Grasso, Simona. 2021. The usual suspect: How to co-create healthier meat products. Food Research International, 143, 110304. ISSN 0963-9969
Barone, Ada Maria; Grappi, Silvia and Romani, Simona. 2019. "The road to food waste is paved with good intentions": When consumers' goals inhibit the minimization of household food waste. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 149, pp. 97-105. ISSN 0921-3449
Romani, Simona; Grappi, Silvia; Bagozzi, Richard P. and Barone, Ada Maria. 2018. Domestic food practices: A study of food management behaviors and the role of food preparation planning in reducing waste. Appetite, 121, pp. 215-227. ISSN 0195-6663
