Doctora per les Universitats de Lleida i Pàdua
Enginyera de Forests per la Universitat Politècnica de València
Màster en Economia de la Universitat de Barcelona.
També ha estudiat a Freiburg. Va realitzar el seu projecte final de carrera a l'Argentina i pràctiques a Finlàndia.
El 2008 va començar a treballar a EFIMED gestionant projectes, comunicació i formació.
Des de 2009 participa en projectes relacionats amb l'economia forestal.
Les seves principals línies de recerca són l'anàlisi d'instruments socioeconòmics per al desenvolupament rural i la bioeconomia:
Górriz-Mifsud E, Ameztegui A, González JR, Trasobares A. 2022. Climate-smart forestry case study: Spain. In: Hetemäki et al (Eds) Forest Bioeconomy and Climate Change. Springer. Pp. 211-228. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99206-4_13
Rodríguez Fernández-Blanco C, Górriz-Mifsud E, Prokofieva I, Muys B, Parra Novoa C. 2022. Blazing the trail: Social innovation supporting wildfire-resilient territories in Catalonia (Spain). Forest Policy and Economics 138: 102719
Marini Govigli V, Rois, M, Den Herder M, Tuomasjukka D, Górriz-Mifsud, E. 2022. The green side of social innovation: using Sustainable Development Goals to classify environmental impacts of rural grassroots initiatives. Environmental Policy and Governance. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.2019
Rovira M, Garay Ll, Górriz-Mifsud E, Bonet JA. 2022. Territorial marketing based on Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFPs) to enhance sustainable tourism in rural areas: a literature review. Forests 13 (8) 1231; https://doi.org/10.3390/f13081231
Ravazzoli, E.; Dalla Torre, C.; Da Re, R.; Marini Govigli, V.; Secco, L.; Górriz-Mifsud, E.; Pisani, E.; Barlagne, C.; Baselice, A.; Bengoumi, M.; Dijskhoorn-Dekker, M.; Labidi, A.; Lopolito, A.; Melnykovych, M.; Perlik, M.; Polman, N.; Sarkki, S.; Vassilopoulos, A.; Koundouri, P.; Miller, D.; Streifeneder, T.; Nijnik, M. Can Social Innovation Make a Change in European and Mediterranean Marginalized Areas? Social Innovation Impact Assessment in Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, and Rural Development. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1823. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13041823
Sarkki, S.; Dalla Torre, C.; Fransala, J.; Zivojinović, I.; Ludvig, A.; Górriz-Mifsud, E.; Melnykovych, M.; Sfeir, P.R.; Arbia, L.; Bengoumi, M.; Chorti, H.; Gramm, V.; López Marco, L.; Ravazzoli, E.; Nijnik, M. Reconstructive Social Innovation Cycles in Women-Led Initiatives in Rural Areas. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1231. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031231
Marini Govigli, V., Alkhaled, S., Arnesen, T., Barlagne C., Bjerck M., Burlando, C., Melnykovych , M., Rodríguez Fernandez-Blanco, C:, Sfeir, P., Górriz-Mifsud, E. 2020. Testing a framework to co-construct social innovation actions. Insights from seven marginalized rural areas. Sustainability 12(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/su12041441