Curriculum vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Caterina De Lucia
Department of Economics, Management and Territory
University of Foggia (Italy)
+390881781820
Nationality Italian
WORK EXPERIENCE
2022- Associate Professor of Political Economy, University of Foggia, Italy
2011-2021 Assistant Professor of Political Economy, University of Foggia, Italy
2010-2011 Nicholas Fellow-in-Residence and Instructor of Environmental Economics and Policy. Duke University, USA
2008-2010 Senior Research Fellow of Environmental Economics, University of York, UK
2007-2010 Lecturer of Environmental Economics. Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy
2008-2009 Research Fellow of Political Economy. University of Foggia, Italy
2005-2007 Lecturer of Environmental Economics. University of York, UK
2004-2005 Lecturer of Economics. University of Sheffield, UK
2003 Research Fellow of Economics. University of Salento, Italy
2000 Junior Expert of Economics. OECD (Paris) and Italian Treasury (Rome)
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2008 PhD in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management. University of York, UK
2003 PhD in Policies for Sustainable Development of the Territory. University of Bari. Italy
1999 MSc in Environmental Economics University of York, UK
1998 Postgraduate Certificate in Expert of Environmental Economics. Citta’ di Castello (Perugia) in collaboration with the Universities of Siena and Perugia, Italy. Funded by the European Social Fund
1995 MSc (BSc+1yr) in Economics and Business. University of Bari, Italy
OTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2008 Post-Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP). University of York, UK and UK Higher Education Academy
PERSONAL SKILLS
Mother tongue(s)
Italian
Other language(s)
English (proficiency)
Job-related skills
Coordination; Team player; Time and research management; Supervision; Pastoral care
Digital skills
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access); ArcGIS; QGIS; Adobe (Acrobat); LimeSurvey; Google Survey; Qualtrics; cloud systems for remote archiving and document sharing.
Statistical software: STATA, SPSS, NLOGIT, RStudio, MATLAB, GAMS, GeoDa, Rapidminer
Other skills
Research interests: Social acceptance to renewable energy; energy policy; sustainable agriculture; sustainable tourism; innovation, environment and sustainable growth; environmental valuation.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Delegation of authority
2019-2022
Rector’s Delegate to the Economic Sustainability of the Development of Real Estate Assets. University of Foggia (Rector’s Decree n. 1485/2019 protocol n. 48978 - II/2 27/11/2019).
RESEARCH
Participation in research projects in the last 10 years (International)
2020-2023 Synergy of educational, scientific, management and industrial components for climate management and climate change prevention (CLIMAN)
Funding institution: Erasmus+ grant, Capacity Building of Higher Education, co-funded by the European Union. Grant no: 619119-EPP-1-2020-1-NL-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP
2020-2021 Agricultural waste as sustainable 0 km building material (Awes0me)
Funding institution: Interreg V-A Italy-Albania-Montenegro Programme 2014-2020. Euro 706.936,09 EUR. Grant no: P.A.3/S.O.3.2 - N. 419 (1.7.2020-31.12-2021)
2018-2020 Innovative networks for the agrifood sector (InnoNets)
Funding institution: Interreg V-A Greece-Italy Programme 2014-2020. Euro 899.473,35. CUP: B35B17000850004, MIS code: 5003493
2013-2016 Building capacity of Serbian Agricultural Education to link with society (CaSA)
Funding institution: EU TEMPUS IV Programme (structural measure - EACEA no. 35/2012). Grant no. P1-SC1 544072-2013. Euro 778,738.15
2013-2014 Sustainable Agricultural Markets in the EU: Concepts and Applications (SUSTAGRI)
Funding institution: EU Erasmus Intensive Programme. Grant no: 2013-1-IT2-ERA10-5297. Euro 30,657.80
2011-2013 Innovative Services to Strengthen Cooperation and Internationalization between SMEs in the field of Agro-food Industry (ISCI)
Funding institution: European Territorial Cooperation Programme (Interreg) Greece-Italy 2007-2013. Euro 1,111,300
Participation in research projects in the last 10 years (national)
2022-2024 UNderstandIng energy COmmunity maRkets for the development of inNer and protected areas (Acronym: UNICORN)
Ministry of Education and Research. Grant no: 2022B8WMTX National Recovery and Resilience Plan Fund/National Research Projects. Euro: 280.332 (PI/National Coordinator)
2021-2022 Protection of seabirds and habitats in Tremiti (Diomedee) islands and other Apulian SCI’s through actions against IAS – LIFE DIOMEDEE
LIFE Programme European Commission (LIFE18 NAT/IT/000920). Grant no: CIG: ZB2306C7DC. CUP: C95D19000350007 Euro: 1.402.228,00
2019-2022 School in circle (In Italian: Scuola in Circolo).
Funding institution: Impresa sociale ‘Con i Bambini’- Fondazione con il Sud. Project no. 2017-GER-01056. Euro 691.264,00
2020-2022 Social acceptance of renewable energy: Understanding the transition to innovation from the past and examining future perspectives for economic and energy policy
Funding institution: University of Foggia (Approved by the Rectoral Decree n. 619/2020 protocol n. 0016842 of 18.05.2020).
2020-2021 Socio-economic study of the Master Plan of Drainage. An updating. (In Italian: Studio socio-economico del Piano Generale di Bonifica. Aggiornamento (L.R. n. 2/2012, art. 3)
Funding institution: Consorzio di Bonifica del Gargano. (Grant CIG no: Z1F2E758CO, prot. n. 4363 of 28.09.2020)
2017-2018 The new farmer of the ‘Capitanata’ (PRO CAPITANATA)
Funding institution: Rural Development Programme (Apulia Region) 2014-2020. Euro 15,000
2017-2018 EU energy policy: A focus on the hospitality industry. Energy and water consumption in the tourism accommodation sector of the province of Foggia (Italy).
Funding institution: Laboratory of Economic, Environmental and Regional Sciences – LEEReS (University of Foggia and Polytechnic University of Bari). Approved by the Board of Studies of the Department of Economics, University of Foggia, 18.10.2017. Euro 10,000.
2011-2015
Technological and clinical protocols for the production of functional foods (Pro.Ali.FUN)
Funding institution: National Operational Programme 2007-2013 PON02_00186_2937475, Italian Ministry of Education D.Leg. 593/2000 2011-2015. Grant no: B38J12000150007. Euro 9,428,235.2010-2012
TEACHING
Main teaching activities in the last 10 years
Taught courses for PhD students in the last 10 years
(University of Foggia) Research methods, Environmental Economics, Environmental Valuation, Economics of Climate Change
Taught courses for PG students in the last 10 years (University of Foggia )
Economics and Policies for Development and Innovation, Policies for Sustainable Development
ADMINISTRATION (Administration and other institutional and professional activities in the last 10 years)
2021- Head of Department’s Delegate for Research quality and Third Mission. Department of Economics, Management and Territory, University of Foggia
2020-2022 Vice-Director of the Inter-university Research Centre for the Analysis of the Territory (CRIAT). University of Foggia, University of Bari, University of Salento, and the Technical University of Bari (Approved by the Board of Directors on the 27.01.2020)
2020- Head of Department’s delegate for the Internationalization. Department of Economics, Management and Territory, University of Foggia (Approved by the Board of Studies on the 03.06.2020)
2020- Member of the Research Committee. Department of Economics, Management and Territory, University of Foggia (Approved by the Board of Studies on the 03.06.2020).
2020- Member of the Seminars Committee. Department of Economics, Management and Territory, University of Foggia (Approved by the Board of Studies on the 03.06.2020).
2020- Member of Teaching and Examination Board. Department of Economics, Management and Territory, University of Foggia (Approved by the Board of Studies on the 03.06.2020)
2021- Member of Board of the Doctorate School in Economics, Culture, Environment. (XXXVII cycle), University of Foggia.
2020- Member of Board of the Doctorate School in Economics, Culture, Environment. (XXXVII cycle), University of Foggia.
2020- Member of the Scientific Committee of the 13th National Conference Biodiversity 2021. University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy, 7-11 September 2021
2018- Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committee of the Annual International Tourism Conference, Escola Universitaria Formatic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
2018 Scientific advisor for community participation and e-participation activities of the Masterplan of the City of Brindisi, Italy. Brindisi municipality, Italy
2020- Expert in ‘Environmental’ area Apulia Region Strategic Agency for Sustainable Development of the Territory (A.S.S.E.T)
2017- Member of the Scientific Committee of the Apulia Region Renewable Energy Technological District ‘La Nuova Energia’ Apulia Region Renewable Energy Technological District ‘La Nuova Energia’
2014- Member of Board of Directors of the Inter-university Research Centre for the Analysis of the Territory (CRIAT). University of Foggia, University of Bari, University of Salento, and the Technical University of Bari (Approved by the Board of Directors on the 18.12.2014)
2013- Member of the Scientific and Teaching Committee. MSc in Environmental and Regional Planning, Polytechnic University of Bari.
2009- Member of the Scientific Committee of the Laboratory of Economics, Environmental and Regional Sciences, LEEReS. Polytechnic University of Bari
2007- External Scientific Consultant for the Real Estate Market Observatory, Polytechnic University of Bari
2021 Member of the Scientific Committee for the International Scientific Conference in Leadership Education for Social Transformation supporting Social Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups in European Societies. SCRIBANI European Jesuit Network, Universitair Centrum Sint-Ignatius Antwerpen (Belgium) and Jesuit University Ignatianum (Poland), 20-21 April 2021, Cracow, Poland
2017-2020 Member of Board of the Doctorate School in Translational Medicine and Food: Innovation, Safety and Management (XXXIII cycle), University of Foggia
2014-2019 Member of Teaching and Examination Board of the Department of Economics. University of Foggia.
2016 and 2020 Expert Advisor for recruiting and promoting professorial positions for the Faculty Board, Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture, and Crop Production Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).
2018-2020 Research collaboration with ITERAS (Research Centre for Regional Sustainability and Innovation), Italy
2014-2019 Member of the University Board for Sustainable Development, University of Foggia
2018 Member of the Scientific Committee for the conference ‘Contemporary education: Challenges, opportunities, and threats from the perspective of a knowledge-based economy’. Collegium Civitas University, Warsaw, 22 March 2018
2016-2018 Member of the Curricula Reforms Board of the Department of Economics. University of Foggia
2012-2017 Member of Board of Directors of the University of Foggia spin-off Innovagritech. University of Foggia
2018 Member of Board of the Doctorate in Civil, Environmental, Building Engineering and Chemistry, XXVIII cycle. Polytechnic University of Bari
2015 Member of the Scientific Committee and co-organiser of the IX International Workshop in Evaluation and Planning. Strategies for the Environment: Evaluating and Planning for Extreme Events, Polytechnic University of Bari
2014 Member of the Examining Board for Postgraduate Students of the Department of Economics, University of Foggia
2011-2014 Member of Board of the Doctorate in Economics and Law of Environment, Territory and Landscape, XXVIIcycle. Polytechnic University of Bari
2013 and 2016. Member of the Scientific Committee of the 3rd International Scientific Conference ‘Whither Our Economies’, organized by the Faculty of Economics and Finance Management of the Mikolas Romeris University (Lithuania) in collaboration with the Institute of Economics and Business of the Ulyanovsk State University (Russia), the Department of Economics of the University of Foggia (Italy) and the Faculty of Business and Management Science of the Valencia Polytechnic University (Spain)
2011-2014 Member of Board of the Doctorate in Civil, Environmental, Building Engineering and Chemistry, XXVII cycle Polytechnic University of Bari
2010-2013 Member of Board of the Doctorate School in Engineering of Territorial Systems, Roads and Transports, XXVI cycle. Polytechnic University of Bari
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (last 10 years)
BOOKS
De Lucia, C., Borri, D., Kubursi, A., Khakee, A (2022). Economics and engineering of unpredictable events: Modelling, planning, policies. Routledge, Taylor & Francis. ISBN: 9780367641924.
ARTICLES (Peer reviewed)
Caporale, D., Sangiorgio, V., De Lucia, C. (2024). Extended reality-based choice experiment to assess the impact of offshore wind turbines in historic center: The case of Manfredonia. Journal of Environmental Management, 349, 119454. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119454 [IF: 8.7]
Shabir, M., De Lucia, C., Pazienza, P. (2023). Energy innovation and ecological footprint: Evidence from OECD countries during 1990-2018. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 122836. DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122836 [IF: 12]
Di Letizia, G., De Lucia, C., Pazienza, P., Cappelletti, G. M. (2023). Forest bioeconomy at regional scale: A systematic literature review and future policy perspectives. Forest Policy and Economics, 155, 103052. DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2023.103052 [IF: 4]
Pisani, D. Pazienza, P., Perrino, E. V., Caporale, D., De Lucia, C. (2021). The economic valuation of ecosystem services of biodiversity components in protected areas: A review for a framework of analysis for the Gargano National Park. Sustainability, 13(21). 11726; DOI: 10.3390/su132111726. [IF: 3.251]
De Lucia, C., Pazienza, P., Balena, P. (2021). How does ICT influence the residents’ attitudes towards tourism as a driver of development? A generalised ordered logistic regression analysis. International Journal of Tourism Research, 23(3). DOI: 10.1002/jtr.2473 [IF: 3.791].
De Lucia, C., Pazienza, P., Bartlett, M. (2020). Does good ESG lead to better financial performances by firms? Machine learning and logistic regression models of public enterprises in Europe. Sustainability. 12, issue 2020-07-10, 5317. DOI: 10.3390/su12135317. [IF: 3.251].
Caporale, D., Sangiorgio, V., Amodio, A., De Lucia, C. (2020). Multi-criteria and Focus Group analysis for social acceptance of wind energy. Energy Policy. 140(May), 111387. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111387. [IF: 6.142].
Pazienza, P., De Lucia, C. (2020). The EU policy for a plastic economy: Reflections on a sectoral implementation strategy. Business Strategy & the Environment. 1-10. DOI: 10.1002/bse.2445. [IF: 10.302].
Pazienza, P., De Lucia, C. (2020). For a new plastics economy in agriculture: Reflections from a local perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production. 253, 20 April 2020, 119844. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119844. [IF: 9.297].
De Lucia, C., Pazienza, P., Balena, P., Caporale, D. (2019). Exploring local knowledge for tourism attractiveness and sustainability. International Journal of Tourism Research. 22, 81-99. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2320. [IF: 3.791].
Pazienza, P., De Lucia, C. (2019). How does FDI in the ‘agricultural and fishing’ sector affect Methane emissions? Evidence from the OECD countries. Economia Politica. 1-22. DOI: 10.1007/s40888-019-00168-2. [IF: 1.189].
De Lucia, C., Pazienza, P. (2019). Market-based tools for a plastic waste reduction policy in agriculture: A case study in the South of Italy. Journal of Environmental Management. 250, 109468. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109468. [IF: 6.789].
Sechi, G., Borri, D., De Lucia, C., Celmins, V. (2018). Environmental learning in regions: A social capital based approach. The case of Latvia. Environmental Education Research. 24(3), 343-364. DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2016.1214867. [IF: 3.512].
De Lucia, C., Balena, P., Stufano Melone, M. R., Borri, D. (2016). Policy, entrepreneurship, creativity and sustainability: The case of ‘Principi Attivi’ (‘Active Ingredients’) in Apulia Region (southern Italy). Journal of Cleaner Production. 135, 1461-1473. DOI: 10.2016/j.jclepro.2016.06.068. [IF: 9.297].
Caporale, D., De Lucia, C. (2015). Social acceptance of on-shore wind energy in Apulia Region (Southern Italy). Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. 52 (December), 1378-1390. DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.183. [IF: 14.982].
Pilone, V., De Lucia, C., Del Nobile, M. A., Contò, F. (2015). Policy developments of consumer's acceptance of traditional products innovation: the case of environmental sustainability and shelf life extension of a PGI Italian cheese. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 41(1), 83-94. DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2014.09.005. [IF: 12.563].
De Lucia, C., Bartlett, M. (2014). Implementing a biofuel economy in the EU: Lessons from the SUSTOIL project and future perspective for next generation biofuels. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. 29 (January), 22-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.08.058. [IF: 14.982].
De Lucia, C., Conto’ F., Pazienza, P, Vecchione, V. (2013), The effects of agricultural and energy prices on biomass production: The case of triticale in the OECD area. Intellectual Economics. 7(4), 439-452. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13165/IE-13-7-4-03.
De Lucia, C., Bartlett, M. (2012), Environmental taxation in an enlarged Europe: A regional perspective, Italian Journal of Regional Science. 11(2), 47-72. DOI: 10.3280/SCRE2012-002004.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Pazienza P., De Lucia, C., Basile, G. (forthcoming). ‘Fairness’ in energy transition: Factors affecting the sense of fairness. In: Karasmanaki, E (ed.), The social frontiers of energy transition. Ch. 2 (submitted).
De Lucia, C. (2022). Multiple objectives policies for biofuels production: Environmental, socio-economic and regulatory issues. In: Luque R., Campelo, J. M. and Clarke, J (eds.), Handbook of biofuels production: Processes and Technologies. 3rd edition. Cambridge: Elsevier, Ltd. ISBN: 9780323911931.
De Lucia, C., Borri, D., Kubursi, A. Khakee (2022). Introduction. In: C. De Lucia, D. Borri, A. Kubursi, A. Khakee (eds.). Economics and engineering of unpredicted events: Planning, policies and governance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN: 978-0-367-64192-4.
Kubursi, A., De Lucia, C. (2022). Economic emergencies: An introduction. In: C. De Lucia, D. Borri, A. Kubursi, A. Khakee (eds.). Economics and engineering of unpredicted events: Planning, policies and governance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN: 978-0-367-64192-4.
Kubursi, A., Magee, L., Borri, D., De Lucia, C. (2022). Water flows and financial viability of electricity generation in Manitoba: Statistical modeling and prediction of droughts. In: C. De Lucia, D. Borri, A. Kubursi, A. Khakee (eds.). Economics and engineering of unpredicted events: Planning, policies and governance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN: 978-0-367-64192-4.
Balena, P., De Lucia, C. (2022). Social network and natural language in risk assessment: A conceptual model. In: C. De Lucia, A. Kubursi, D. Borri, A. Khakee (eds.). Economics and engineering of unpredicted events: Planning, policies and governance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN: 978-0-367-64192-4.
Faccia, A., De Lucia, C., Sawan, N., Eltweri, A., Cavaliere, L. P. L. (2020). Extended Audit Report: enhancing trust and reputation in IT processes and across E-business industries. In: ICSEB 2020. ISBN: 978-1-4503-8884-9.
De Lucia, C., Pazienza, P., Vecchione, V. (2020). Cultural heritage and tourism as drivers of sustainable development in the marginal areas of Europe. In: L. Burkiewicz, A. Knap-Stefaniuk (eds). Management, Tourism, Culture. Studies and reflections on tourism management. Kracow, Poland: Ignatianum University Press: ISBN: 978-83-7614-468-9.
De Lucia, C., Pazienza, P., Vecchione, V. (2017). The milk and dairy sector in the European Union: Environmental and policy issues. In: F. Contò, M. A. Del Nobile, M. Faccia, A. V., Zambrini, A. Conte (eds). Advances in dairy product science & technology. Hoboken, New Jersey (USA): Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN: 978-1-118-90643-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118906460.ch5a
Balena, P., Amoroso, N., De Lucia, C. (2017). Integrating supervised classification in social participation systems for disaster response. A pilot study. In: O. Gervasi et al (eds.) Computational science and its applications - ICCSA 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Volume 10407, pp. 675-686. Cham: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-62401-3_49. ISBN: 978-3-319-62401-3.
Balena, P., Bonifazi, A., Borri, D., De Lucia, C. (2017). Making sense of spatial relationships trough local knowledge discovery in social media. In: O. Gervasi et al. (eds.) Computational science and its applications - ICCSA 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Volume 10407, pp. 638-651. Cham: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-62401-3_46; ISBN: 978-3-319-62401-3.
De Lucia, C. (2016). Multiple objectives policies for biofuels production: Environmental, socio-economic and regulatory issues. Chapter 2. In: Luque R., Campelo, J. M. and Clarke, J (eds.), Handbook of biofuels production: Processes and Technologies. 2nd edition. Series in Energy, Number 98. Cambridge: Elsevier, Ltd. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-100455-5.00002-3. ISBN: 978-0081004555.
Audiello, D., De Lucia, C., Contò, F., Vecchione, V. (2015). Second generation biofuels: Opportunities and challenges for the development of rural areas. In: U.C. Sharma, R. Prasad and S. Sivakumar (eds), Energy science and technology (Volume 12). New Delhi: Studium Press LLC, USA. ISBN: 978-1-626990-73-9.
De Lucia, C., Kubursi, A., Borri, D. (2015). Evaluating the occurrence of natural extreme events on infrastructures in Italy. In: J. Woltjer, E. Alexander, A. Hull and M. Ruth (eds.). Place-based evaluation for integrated land use management. Farnham: Ashgate Ltd (Taylor & Francis). ISBN: 978-1-4724-4548-3.
De Lucia, C. (2015). Sustainability assessment of gasification processes for synthetic liquid-fuel production: Economics, environmental and policy Issues. In: Luque R and Speight J. (eds.), Gasification for synthetic fuel production: Fundamentals, processes and technology. Series in Energy: Number 69, Philadelphia: Elsevier, Ltd. ISBN: 978-0857098023. DOI:10.1016/B978-0-85709-802-3.00004-7.
De Lucia, C., Ceppi, C., Borri, D. (2014). Assessing vulnerability to landslides in Italy. In: G. Lollino, D. Giordan, G.B. Crosta, J. Coromiras, R. Assan, J. Wasowski and N. Sciarra (eds), Engineering geology for society and territory – Volume 2 Landslide processes, London: Springer International Publishing. ISBN: 978-3319090566. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09057-3_326.
De Lucia C., Fragassi M., Pazienza P., Vecchione V. (2014) Environmental policy of the tourist sector between benefits and costs. A case Study. In: Quederns de Recerca Escola Universitària Formatic del Barcelona, Universitat de Girona. Congrés Internacional Creacioò I Comercialitzaciò de Productes Tourìstics, May 6-9, 2014, Sort, Spain, pp. 235-268. ISBN: 9788469702444.