Grazia Giacovelli

My research interests include the connection between social capital and energy transition and the focus of her work is related to social factors. I am working on a case study focusing on the energy refurbishment of historic buildings. My research project makes use of Social Network Analysis to understand the influence of various dimensions of social capital in community participation in energy projects.

Research proposal: The influence of social capital in the community participation in energy energy transition. 

Supervisor: Natalia Magnani - University of Trento

Other members of the Thesis Advisory Group: Federica Buffa (University of Trento) and  Jessica Balest (Eurac - scholarship funder)

Marco Tomasi

My research interests focus on the impact of climate change and environmental policies on the economic and environmental performance of firms, applying causal inference methods and text mining techniques.

Research proposal: Assessing the impact of extreme precipitation events on economic activity with fine-scale spatial data.

Supervisor: Carlo Fezzi - University of Trento

Other members of the Thesis Advisory Group: Davide Geneletti (University of Trento) and Sandra Notaro (University of Trento)