Giulia Simula is an agrarian and food movement researcher and activist originally from Sardinia, Italy.

She completed her MA at the Institute for Social Studies in the Hague, with a Major in Agrarian, Food and Environmental Studies in December 2015. Her thesis looked at the struggle for autonomy of shepherds in Sardinia. She completed her BA in International Relations at Leeds University in the UK.

Giulia’s PhD research interest with the PASTRES project lies in the politics of pastoral markets and the dynamics of agrarian transformation. She strongly supports the struggles of social movements and civil society organisations advocating for food sovereignty and for the right to adequate food and nutrition for all.

After completing her MA, she became engaged in food sovereignty efforts and worked with the European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC), then from 2017 to 2018 she worked for the Italian NGO Crocevia that, among other things, serves as the secretariat of the International Planning Committee (IPC) for Food Sovereignty. She also worked with the secretariat of the Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) for relations with the UN Committee of World Food Security. In all her experiences, she worked to facilitate the participation of small-scale food producers in policy processes.