Full CV (Italiano)
CURRICULUM VITAE – Alessio D’Amato (July, 2026)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Environmental policy; Waste management and policy; Emissions trading; Eco-innovation; Drivers of environmental behaviour; Green public procurement; Circular economy, firms’ strategies and innovation; Sustainability transitions: environmental quality and income distribution.
CURRENT POSITION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Associate Professor - Academic Field - GSD: 13/ECON-02 - POLITICA ECONOMICA, SSD ECON-02/A – POLITICA ECONOMICA, Università di Napoli Parthenope.
National Scientific Qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) to function as full professor in Political Economy (Economia Politica – 13/A1), Economic Policy (Politica Economica - 13/A2) and Public Economics (Scienza delle Finanze - 13/A3).
Associate Editor – Waste Management (Elsevier).
CEIS Fellow – Center for Economic and International Studies (CEIS) - Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata.
Fondazione Tor Vergata – Senior Fellow
Sustainability, Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies (SEEDS) Member
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
31/12/2018 - 16/02/2025: Associate Professor. GSD: 13/ECON-02 - POLITICA ECONOMICA, SSD ECON-02/A – POLITICA ECONOMICA, Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”.
03/05/2018 - 30/12/2018: Ricercatore – Settore Scientifico Disciplinare SECS-P/02 Politica Economica, Settore Concorsuale 13/A2 Politica Economica - Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"
01/09/2005 - 02/05/2018: Ricercatore – Settore Scientifico Disciplinare SECS-P/03 Scienza delle Finanze, Settore Concorsuale 13/A3 Scienza delle Finanze - Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"
26/04/2005 - 31/08/2005: Research fellowship - SEFEMEQ Department - Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"; research topic: Incentive based instruments and environmental policy.
04/11/2002-l 03/11/2003: : Research fellowship - SEFEMEQ Department - Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"; research topic: market vs command and contro environmental policy instruments.
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Research projects
PRIN PNRR 2022 - Principal Investigator (Coordinatore nazionale) - “Bridge over troubled water (consumption): drivers of consumers’ behaviours and policy interventions” (up to 16/2/25).
PRIN 2022 – Responsbile for the Università di Roma Tor Vergata reserach unit - " Are we Fit-for-55? Climate policy, actual and perceived distribution effects in Italy". PI: Simone Borghesi. (up to 16/2/25)
2022-2026. European Topic Centre on circular economy and resource use (ETC/CE) – participation in the context of the activities of SEEDS Research Centre – coordinator of the Tor Vergata research Unit.
2016-2018 and 2019-2021. European Topic Centre on Waste and Materials in a Green Economy (ETC/WMGE) – participation in the context of the activities of SEEDS Research Centre – coordinator of the Tor Vergata research Unit.
Principal Investigator, project title: "WDSC - What Drives Sustainable Consumption in Emerging Countries? A Field Experiment in Supermarkets in Colombia"; Call: Mission Sustainability, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata". (Concluded. Duration: 18 months since 1 March 2018).
ISAAC (concluded) - Increasing Social Awareness and ACceptance of biogas and biomethane – in collaboration with Italian CNR.
CECILIA2050 (concluded) - Choosing Efficient Combinations of Policy Instruments for Low-carbon development and Innovation to Achieve Europe's 2050 climate targets” – collaboration with University of Ferrara Unit
Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, PRIN 2010/2011 on “Climate change in the Mediterranean area: scenarios, economic impacts, mitigation policies and technological innovation” (concluded) – local unit coordinator (since 24/02/2015, local unit participant up to 23/02/2015), Rome Tor Vergata Unit.
Commissioned Research
April/June 2013: Contract with Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università degli Studi di Ferrara (EU-FP7 CECILIA 2050 - grant number: 308680). Subject: Climate policies
Dec 2013/Jan 2014 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, NRC division, project Bioenergy and Food Security Rapid Appraisal (BEFS RA) Project n. GCP/GLO/357/GER. Role: Economist (5 working days). Technical Review of the financial components of BEFS RA tools, and technical advice on modifications required based on the review.
Mar 16/Jun 17 Joint Research Centre (JRC) European Commission Expert contract number: CCR.IET.P2016022970. Topic of the work: Unconventional Hydrocarbons (UH) Industry in Europe.
Oct 16/Jan 17 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, divisione Climate and Environment. Project n. 40201. Role: Lead Economist (15 working days). Review the socioeconomic component of specific tools and expert review
Dec 17/Jan 18 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, divisione Climate and Environment. Project n. 40201. Role: Reviewer (10 working days). Review updates to technoeconomic assessment tool and assessment methodology for the logistic component (BEFS RA tools).
Nov/Dec 21 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, ruolo: ESF Expert Economist (30 contract days). Division/Department: ESF Expert OCBDD. Programme/Project Number: TCP/RWA/3704: Define information required for business models' review.
Jul/Sep 2023 Senior Expert, Project FEAMP - CUP n. J89I220010100007. Topic of the final report: La salvaguardia del territorio per lo sviluppo delle comunità costiere: opportunità per il settore della pesca.
Aug/Dec 2023 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Role: Senior Economist – 15 working days (Agriculture, Loss and Damage and Climate Change). Division/Department: OCB. Programme/Project Number: GF.OCBDD.RY30100000000. Impegno per un totale di 15 working days. review.
Apr/Jun 2024 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, divisione OCB Project n. GF.OCBPD. RY3010000CT72 Role: Senior Economist (10 working days). Subject: Climate Technologies and Agrifood Systems
Jun/Dec 2024 Advisor - Fondazione Confprofessioni: Own-initiative opinion CCMI/231 - European Economic and Social Committee opinion: Professional services in the green transition https://053679c784194289b7b3d6b3c77bd07e.marketingusercontent.com/m/view/lUx4Tyexm3ZvTmroKldDLH3SzCCa6g9p8IA4ArIWu8Ux
PUBLICATIONS
Scopus H-Index: 15
Scopus Citations: 1427
Journal Articles
D'Amato A., M. De Simone, I. Dileo, E. Marzano (2026). “Bad rebounds” and the circular economy: are plastic waste from bottled water and separated plastic collection complements or substitutes?, Sustainable Production and Consumption. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2026.06.003
D'Amato A., A. Rampa (2026). Living on the Edge of the Catastrophe, Italian Economic Journal, Published online: 03 June, 2026. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40797-026-00391-4
Quattromini, E., Chioatto, E., D'Amato, A., & Zecca, E. (2026). Secondary raw materials use and impacts on Italian firms’ performance: Survey-based evidence. Journal of Environmental Management, 404, 129275.
D’Amato, A., & Sinclair-Desgagné, B. (2026). Ergonomics and Incentive Compensation. The BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 26(1), 299-310.
Coromaldi, M., D’Amato, A., & Mirra, L. (2026). The hidden social costs of climate change: Evidence on weather shocks, children’s mobility and rural economic welfare in Uganda. Ecological Economics, 241, 108859.
Borghesi S., Costantini V., D'Amato A., Dibattista I., Koundouri P., Li Q., Mazzarano M. Sterner T., Manini Tiwari M. Vis P., Xepapadeas A. (2025), Reforming ESG: a European and Global South perspective, Environment and Development Economics (Perspectives), Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2025.
Germani A.R., Marini G., D'Amato A. & A. Ker (2024). Air pollution, Environmental Crime and Health: an Empirical Investigation on Italian Provinces, Economia Politica. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40888-024-00348-9
D'Amato A., Sestini R. (2024). Buying or performing abatement: environmental policy and welfare when commitment is (not) credible, Italian Economic Journal, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40797-024-00301-6
Chioatto, E., Zecca, E., & D’Amato, A. (2024). Which innovations for Circular Business Models? A product life-cycle categorisation. Industry and Innovation, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2024.2340614
Cesi B., D'Amato A. (2023). Relational Voluntary Environmental Agreements with Unverifiable Emissions. B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Published online: 29 September 2023. doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2022-0464
D'Amato A., Goeschl, T., Lorè L., Zoli M. (2023). True to type? EU-style date marking and the valuation of perishable food. Food Policy, 114, 102381
Argentiero, A., D’Amato, A., Zoli, M. (2022). “Waste recycling policies and Covid-19 pandemic in an E-DSGE model”. Waste Management, 141, 290-299.
Coromaldi, M., D’Amato, A., & Mirra, L. (2022). What forces children away from home? Evidence from Uganda. Applied Economics Letters, 29(13), 1217-1223.
D'Amato A., Mazzanti M., Nicolli F., (2021) “Green technologies and Environmental Policies for Sustainable Development: Testing Direct and Indirect Impacts" Journal of Cleaner Production, 12706. Available online 10 April, 2021.
Cainelli G., D'Amato, A. M. Mazzanti, M. (2020) "Resource Efficient Eco-Innovations for a Circular Economy. Evidence from EU firms". Research Policy, 49: article 103827.
Cheng W., D'Amato A., Pallante G. (2020) "Benefit sharing mechanisms for agricultural genetic diversity use and in-situ conservation", Economia Politica, 37: 337-355
D'Amato A., Giaccherini, M., Zoli M. (2019) "The Role of Information Sources and Providers in Shaping Green Behaviors. Evidence from Europe", Ecological Economics, 164: article 106292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.04.004
D’Amato A., Marin G., Rampa, A. (2019) "Environmental Disasters and Electoral Cycle: An Empirical Analysis on Floods and Landslides in Italy", Environmental and Resource Economics, 74: 625-651
Cesi B., D’Amato A., Zoli M. (2019) "Corruption in Environmental Policy: the Case of Waste". Economia Politica, 36: 65-78
D'Amato A., M. Mazzanti, F. Nicolli, Zoli M. (2018) "Illegal Waste Disposal: Enforcement Actions and Decentralised Environmental Policy". Socio Economic Planning Sciences, 64: 56-65
Cheng W., Appolloni A., D'Amato A., Zhu Q. (2018) "Green Public Procurement, Missing Concepts and Future Trends – A Critical Review" Journal of Cleaner Production, 176: 770-784.
D’Amato A., Valentini E., Zoli M. (2017) "Tradable Quota Taxation and Market Power", Energy Economics, 63, 248-252.
D’Amato A., Dijkstra B. (2017) “Adoption Incentives and Environmental Policy Timing under Asymmetric Information and Strategic Firm Behaviour”, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, doi:10.1007/s10018-017-0187-4.
Boffa F., Clò, S., A. D’Amato (2016) “Investment in Renewables under Uncertainty: Fitting a Feed-in Scheme into ETS”. Energy Journal, 37, Special Issue 3. 107-122.
D'Amato, A., Mancinelli, S., M. Zoli (2016) “Complementarity vs substitutability in waste management behaviors”. Ecological Economics, 123: 84-94.
Borghesi S., Crespi F. D'Amato A., Mazzanti M., Silvestri, F. (2015) "Carbon abatement, sector heterogeneity and policy responses: evidence on induced eco innovations in the EU", Environmental Science and Policy, 54: 377-388.
D'Amato A., Dijkstra B., (2015) “Technology Choice and Environmental Regulation under Asymmetric Information”, Resource and Energy Economics, 41: 224-247.
D'Amato A., Mazzanti M., Nicolli F. (2015) “Waste and Organized Crime in Regional Environments”, Resource and Energy Economics, 41: 185-201.
Cainelli G., D'Amato, A., Mazzanti M. (2015) "Adoption of Waste-Reducing Technology in Manufacturing: Regional Factors and Policy Issues", Resource and Energy Economics, 39: 53-67.
Antonioli, D., Borghesi, S., D'Amato, A., Gilli, M., Mazzanti, M., Nicolli, F. (2014). “Analysing the interactions of energy and climate policies in a broad policy ‘optimality’framework: the Italian case study.” Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, 11 (3-4): 205-224.
Costantini V., D'Amato A., Martini C., Tommasino M. C., Valentini E., Zoli M. (2013) “Taxing International Emissions Trading”, Energy Economics, 40: 609-621.
D'Amato A., Zoli M. (2012) "Illegal Waste Disposal in the Time of the Mafia: a Tale of Enforcement and Social Well Being", Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 55: 637-655.
D'Amato A., Iozzi A., Trovato G. (2012) "The trade of polyethylene waste: prices or policies?", Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 14: 341-356.
D'Amato A., Managi S.,. Mazzanti M. (2012) “Symposium - Economics of Waste Management and Disposal: Decoupling, Policy Enforcement and Spatial Factors”, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 14: 323-325.
D'Amato A., Valentini E. (2011) “Enforcement and environmental quality in a decentralized emission trading system”, Journal of Regulatory Economics, 40: 141-159.
D'Amato A., Valentini E. (2011) "A Note on International Emissions Trading with Endogenous Allowance Choices", Economics Bulletin, 31, 2, 1451-1462.
D'Amato A., Franckx L. (2010) "Non Point Pollution Regulation Targeted on Emission Proxies: the Role of Yardstick Schemes", Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 12, 201-218.
Castellucci L., D'Amato A., Zoli, M. (2009) "Environmental Quality and Income Inequality: the Impact of Redistribution on Direct Household Emission in Italy", Rivista di Politica Economica, 99(3), 125-143.
D'Amato A., Spisto A. (2009) “Financing Public Expenditure via Emissions Taxation under International Emissions Trading: Is There Any Scope for Emission Tax Harmonization?”, Rivista di Politica Economica, 99(3), 247-272.
Castellucci L., D'Amato A. (2009) "A Note on Speculation, Emissions Trading and Environmental Protection", Rivista di Politica Economica, 99(2), 127-144.
D'Amato A. (2008) "Rifiuti, mercati del riciclo ed efficienza economica", Economia dei Servizi, 3, 423-440.
D'Amato A. (2006) "Environmental Issues in Public Procurement" How Much Decentralization?", Rivista di Politica Economica 96, 209-234.
Castellucci L., D'Amato A. (2006) "An Exercise on the Optimal Use of Groundwater Resources", Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, 114, 545-560.
Franckx, L., D'Amato A., Brose, I. (2004) "Multi-Task Rank Order Tournaments.", Economics Bulletin, Vol. 10, No. 10 pp. 1-10
Book Chapters
D'Amato, A., Susanna, M., Massimiliano, M. (2026). Innovazione circolare nelle imprese italiane a livello territoriale. In Costantini V. (ed.) L'economia italiana e la transizione ecologica. Carocci.
Borghesi, S., Castellucci, L., D'Amato, A. (2025). Gli strumenti per riequilibrare economia ed ecosistemi. In Il pensiero economico nell’Italia repubblicana (pp. 171-188). Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana Fondata da Giovanni Treccani spa.
Borghesi, S., D’Amato, A., Galeotti, M., Mazzanti, M., Vergalli, S. (2023). Tra decarbonizzazione e sicurezza energetica: le politiche per il clima in un anno complicato. In La Finanza Pubblica Italiana. Società Editrice il Mulino spa.
D’Amato A., Zoli M. (2021), Riuso 2.0: proposta di introduzione di uno schema di depositi rifondibili, in L. Becchetti e G. A. Forte (a cura di) “Il libro bianco della transizione ecologica. Proposte del gruppo di studio del Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare (ora Ministero per la Transizione Ecologica) in materia di economia e sviluppo sostenibile (gennaio-dicembre 2020).
Castaldi G., D’Amato A., Zoli M. (2017) “Careful with That Switch! Willingness to Save Energy and Income Distribution”, in Inequality and Uneven Development in the Post-Crisis World, Fadda S. and Tridico P. (eds.), Routledge.
D'Amato A., Zoli M. (2014) "Environmental Policy Making in Real Life: Illegal Waste Disposal in the Presence of Mafia", in Castellucci L. (ed.): "Government and the Environment - The Role of the Modern State in the Face of Global Challenges", Routledge.
D'Amato A., Zoli M. (2013) "A Note on Illegal Waste Disposal, Corruption and Enforcement". In: D'Amato A., Mazzanti M. and Montini A. (eds.). Waste Management in Spatial Environments. pp. 63-78, London-New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
Appolloni A, D'Amato A., Cheng W. (2012) “Is Public Procurement Going Green? Experiences and Open Issues”. In: Piga G., Treumer S. (eds.). The Applied Law and Economics of Public Procurement. The Economics of Legal Relationships. pp. 111-132, London-New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
Castellucci L., Coromaldi M., D'Amato A. (2004) “Il servizio di acquedotto in Italia: produttività, redditività e qualità del servizio” (in italian). In: Istituto Nazionale Distribuzione e Servizi (INDIS) e Ricerche per l’Economia e la Finanza (REF). Le tariffe del settore idrico – Rapporto 2003. p. 193-211, Santancargelo di Romagna:Maggioli.
Capozza I., D'Amato A. (2003) “I rifiuti come esternalità negative: dal teorema di Coase alla tariffa sui rifiuti in Italia” (in italian). In: Letizi M. (ed.). Comportamento criminale, ecomafie e smaltimento dei rifiuti. Strumenti e proposte per un approccio analitico. p. 153-174, Soveria Mannelli: Rubbettino.
Contribution in Reports
FAO & UNFCCC. (2024). Climate technologies for agrifood systems transformation – Placing food security, climate change and poverty reduction at the forefront. Rome. Available at: https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/b30028dc-6fb4-4221-9b4b-00f4141cbda7 (presented at COP 29)
D’Amato A., Pronti A., Paleari S., Romaldi G., Speck, S. Tagliapietra S., Zoboli R. (2024), Investment needs and gaps for the sustainability transition in Europe: Rethinking the European Green Deal as an EU industrial strategy - Eionet Report - ETC/CE 2024/8, October 2024
Calliari, E., Johansson, A., D'Amato, A., di Giuseppe, S., Maltsoglou, I. (2023). Loss and damage and agrifood systems: Addressing gaps and challenges. https://www.fao.org/family-farming/detail/en/c/1697540/
D’Amato A., Nicolli F., Paleari S., Schluep M., Specker A., Tuscano J., Piscitello C., Wilts H., Nielsen T. (2023), The Fate of EU Plastic Waste - Eionet Report - ETC/CE 2023/2, February 2023
https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-ce/products/etc-ce-report-2023-2-the-fate-of-eu-plastic-waste
Zoboli, R., Mazzanti, M., Paleari, S., Bonacorsi, L., Chioatto, E., D’Amato, A. Ghisetti, C. Maggioni M.A., Zecca, E. (2020), Energy and the Circular Economy: Filling the gap through new business models within the EGD, FEEM Report, Edited by S. Pareglio. December 2020.
EEA – European Environment Agecy (2019), The sustainability transition in Europe in an age of demographic and technological change. An exploration of implications for fiscal and financial strategies, EEA Report 23/2019, ISSN 1977-8449, European Envrironment Agency, Copenhagen (by Speck S. and Zoboli R., main authors, and Paleari S., Marin G., Mazzanti M., Costantini V., Barbieri N., Gilli M., D'Amato A., Zoli M., Sforna G., Bassi A.),
https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/sustainability-transition-in-europe
D’Amato A., Paleari S., Pohjakallio M., Vanderreydt I., Zoboli R., 2019, Plastics waste trade and the environment, Eionet Report - ETC/WMGE 2019/5, October 2019, https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-wmge/products/etc-reports/plastics-waste-trade-and-the-environment
Van der Linden, A., zu Castell-Rüdenhausen, M., Hytönen, E., Dams, Y., D’Amato, A., Ullstein, B. (2019), Handbook. The European Reference model on Municipal Waste Management 2018. Eionet Report - ETC/WMGE 2019/1.
D’Amato A., Shastri A., Spathopoulos F., Spisto A., Zoli M., Techno-economic assessment of the conditions for the development of a potential unconventional gas and oil industry. Review of experiences outside Europe and analysis of the European potential, JRC Science for Policy Report EUR 28406 EN, doi:10.2760/078629
Barbieri N., Bientinesi I., D’Amato A., Gilli M., Mazzanti M., Modica M., Nicolli F., Zoboli R., 2016, Methodological report on the socio-economic analysis, Deliverable D6.2, project ISAAC – Increasing Social Awareness and Acceptance of Biogas and Biomethane, Horizon 2020, Grant Agreement 691875, http://www.isaac-project.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/D6.2-Methodological-report-on-the-socio-economic-analysis.pdf
CONFERENCES ORGANIZATION AND PARTICIPATION
Organization:
2026: Faculty Member and Co-organiser, Winter School on Environmental and Resource Economics: A Global Perspective and a Mediterranean Focus. University of Naples Parthenope.
2021 - Co-coordinator, 5th IAERE School on Law and Economics of the Circular Economy Transition Università degli Studi di Ferrara – 1-3 dicembre 2021; 2021 Annual SEEDS Workshop - Tor Vergata – 4 novembre 2021
2019 – Co-coordinator, 4th IAERE School on Green and Climate Finance. Rome Tor Vergata – 4-7 november 2019
2017 – Chair – organizing committee, 5th Annual Conference, Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (IAERE) Rome “Tor Vergata” – 16-17 february, 2017
2013 – Co-chair - organizing committee, 1st Annual Conference, Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (IAERE) Ferrara – 8-9 february, 2013
2011 – Vice-chair, Local Organizing Committee, 18th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), Rome “Tor Vergata” – 29 June – 2 July, 2011
Participation, as presenter:
2026 Associazione Italiana Economisti dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse Naturali (I.A.E.R.E., Trento, Italia).
2025 Associazione Italiana Economisti dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse Naturali (I.A.E.R.E., Roma Tre, Italia), European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (E.A.E.R.E, Bergen, Norvegia)
2024 Associazione Italiana Economisti dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse Naturali (I.A.E.R.E., Pescara, Italia), European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (E.A.E.R.E, Lovanio, Belgio), Spanish-Portuguese Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERNA., Lisbona, Portogallo), Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (S.I.E.P, Cagliari, Italia), (S.I.E., Urbino, Italia)
2023 Associazione Italiana Economisti dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse Naturali (I.A.E.R.E., Napoli, Italia), French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (F.A.E.R.E., Montpellier, France), Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (S.I.E.P, Verona, Italia), (S.I.E., GSSI, L’Aquila, Italia)
2022 Keynote Speaker: First Annual Workshop, Eco-Innovation Society (Ferrara, Italia).
Presenter: Associazione Italiana Economisti dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse Naturali (I.A.E.R.E., Cagliari, Italia). Associazione Italiana Economia Agraria ed Applicata (AIEAA, Viterbo, Italia). International Panel Data Conference (IPDC, Bertinoro, Italia), Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (S.I.E.P), 2022 CERCIS Annual Workshop (Ferrara, Italia) Società Italiana di Economia (S.I.E., Torino, Italia)
2021 Invited Keynote Speaker: International Workshop on Advances in Cleaner Production (IWACP, online).
Presenter: Associazione Italiana Economisti dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse Naturali (I.A.E.R.E., online). European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (E.A.E.R.E, online), Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (S.I.E.P, online).
2020 Associazione Italiana Economisti dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse Naturali (I.A.E.R.E. Brescia - Italia). Workshop Network degli Economisti della Regolamentazione e delle Istituzioni) (N.E.R.I. Napoli – Italia). Associazione Italiana Economia Agraria ed Applicata (AIEAA, online)
2019 Associazione Italiana Economisti dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse Naturali (I.A.E.R.E. Udine - Italia). European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (E.A.E.R.E. Manchester – Regno Unito).
2018 Associazione Italiana Economisti dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse Naturali (I.A.E.R.E. Torino - Italia). World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists (W.C.E.R.E. Goteborg – Svezia). Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (S.I.E.P. Padova - Italia)
2017 CMET05 (Ferrara - Italia), European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (E.A.E.R.E. Atene – Grecia).
2016 Associazione Italiana Economisti dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse Naturali (I.A.E.R.E. Bologna - Italia), European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (E.A.E.R.E Zurigo – Svizzera), Società Italiana degli Economisti (Milano – Italia). 5th Mannheim Energy Conference, ZEW (Mannheim – Germania).
2015 Associazione Italiana Economisti dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse Naturali (I.A.E.R.E. Padova - Italia), European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (E.A.E.R.E Helsinki - Finlandia)
2014 Associazione Italiana Economisti dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse Naturali (I.A.E.R.E. Milano - Italia), Global Conference on Environmental Taxation (Copenhagen - Danimarca)
2013 European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (E.A.E.R.E Tolosa - Francia), Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (S.I.E.P. Pavia - Italia), Società Italiana degli Economisti (Bologna – Italia)
2012 European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (E.A.E.R.E Praga - Repubblica Ceca), Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (S.I.E.P. Pavia - Italia)
2011 European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (E.A.E.R.E Roma - Italia), Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (S.I.E.P. Pavia - Italia), Global Conference on Environmental Taxation (Madrid - Spagna), Società Italiana Economisti (S.I.E., Roma - Italia)
2010 World Congress of Environmental and Natural Resource Economists (W.C.E.R.E Montreal - Canada), Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (S.I.E.P. Pavia - Italia)
2009 European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (E.A.E.R.E Amsterdam - Olanda), Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (S.I.E.P. Pavia - Italia), Global Conference on Environmental Taxation (Lisbona - Portogallo), Royal Economic Society (University of Surrey - UK)
2008 European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (E.A.E.R.E Goteborg - Svezia), Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (S.I.E.P. Pavia - Italia)
2007 Spring Meeting of Young Economists (S.M.Y.E. Amburgo - Germania), European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (E.A.E.R.E Salonicco - Grecia)
2006 Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (S.I.E.P. Pavia - Italia)
2005 European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (E.A.E.R.E. Brema - Germania), Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (S.I.E.P. Pavia - Italia)
2004 Spring Meeting of Young Economists (S.M.Y.E. Varsavia - Polonia), European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (E.A.E.R.E Budapest - Ungheria), European Economic Association (E.E.A. Madrid - Spagna), Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (S.I.E.P. Pavia - Italia)
2002 Game Practice and the Environment (Alessandria - Italia)
SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC) – Venezia, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - Venezia , Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) – L’Aquila, UniKore – Enna, Università di Bari, University of Bath, Università di Bologna, Università di Ferrara, Università "G. D'Annunzio" di Chieti-Pescara, University of Kiel, University of Napoli Parthenope, University of Nottingham, Università di Padova, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Università di Roma Tre, Università di Torino
REFEREE AND GUEST EDITOR
Guest co-editor - Special Issue on Waste and the Circular Economy: transition, policies and law. Waste Management.
Reviewer: Bulletin of Economic Research, Business Strategy and the Environment, Ecological Economics, Economia dei Servizi, Economia Politica, Economica, Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Environment and Development Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Regulatory Economics, Land Use Policy, Oxford Economic Papers, QA-Rivista della Associazione Rossi-Doria, Review of Industrial Organization, Rivista di Politica Economica, Social Indicators Research, Waste Management.
Referee for the following Conferences:
- European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE): 2011-13, 2015-17, 2019-25
- World Congress of Environmental and Natural Resource Economists (WCERE): 2014, 2018, 2026
- Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (IAERE): 2014-26.
- Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (SIEP): 2024-25
TEACHING
PhD and Master
2018: Venice International University - Spring 2018 semester. Modules on "Environmental and Natural Resource Economics" and "Welfare, Equity and Public Intervention: Challenges from Global Problems" (2 modules, 72 hours).
2004/05 and 2006/07 to 2016/17: PhD in Economics (TEI-DEDI) - Teaching units on Environmental and Resource Economics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”.
2013/14: PhD in Economics (TEI-DEDI) - Module on Introduction to Law and Economics (joint with Giacinto Della Cananea), University of Rome “Tor Vergata”.
- A.A. 2022/23 and 2023/24: IUSS Pavia, Phd in Sustainable Development and Climate Change – Corso su Drivers of Environmental Behaviour: an Introduction (6 ore).
- A.A. 2024/25; Phd in Economics and Finance, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Corso di Environmental Microeconomics (18 ore).
2004/05 - 2010/11: Master in European Economics and Finance and Institutions (MEEFI) (Module: Environmental Policy in the EU up to 2008/2009 and Environmental and Natural Resource Economics and Policy in 2009/10 e 2010/11), University of Rome “Tor Vergata”.
2009/10 - present: Master in Development Economics and International Co-operation (MESCI) (Current course name: Making the sustainability transition work – data, policies, behaviours), University of Rome “Tor Vergata”.
2003/04 – 2016/17 and 2018/19: Master in Regulation and Antitrust (teaching units on water resources), University of Rome “Tor Vergata”.
2018/19 - present: International Master IMPPM (Sustainable Procurement), Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata".
PhD thesis supervision:
Ada Cheng Wenjuan – topics: Benefit Sharing Mechanisms for Genetic Biodiversity Conservation; Green Public Procurement (2016 – Dottorato in Diritto ed Economia dell’Ambiente)
Andrea Rampa – topic: Environmental Disasters (2016 – Dottorato in Economia, Diritto ed Istituzioni)
Alessandro Francia – topics: Behavioural drivers of green behaviours (2016 – Dottorato in Diritto ed Economia dell’Ambiente)
Andrea Serna Castano – topics: Experimental analysis of organic food consumption – evidence from Colombian supermarkets (2019 – Dottorato in Economia, Diritto ed Istituzioni) – co-supervision with Mariangela Zoli
Matilde Giaccherini - topics: Behavioral factors affecting pro-environmental behaviors: the role of information and trust (2018 – Dottorato in Economia, Diritto ed Istituzioni) – co-supervision with Mariangela Zoli.
Currently co-supervising:
- Simone De Vito (DSGE models in environmental policy) – Phd EF – Tor Vergata
- Federico Roscioli (Environmental Policy Indicators/Environment and political economy) – Phd EF – Tor Vergata
- Lena Uzelac (Agriculture and Climate Change in Developing Countries) – Phd EF – Tor Vergata
- Aylin Leoni Isik (Environmental behaviours) – Phd SDC IUSS Pavia
Lauree triennali - specialistiche
A.Y. 2024/25 – present: Politica Economica e Finanziaria (9 CFU in italian), SIAFA, Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope (triennale).
A.Y. 2025/26 – present: Applicazioni di Politica Economica Ambientale (9 CFU in italian), SEFAS, Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope (specialistica).
A.Y. 2025/26 – present: Analisi Strategica delle Scelte Economiche (9 CFU in italian), MAFCA, Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope (specialistica)
A.Y. 2019/20 – 2021/22: lecturer, Environmental Economics (6 CFU, in italian), Laurea in Scienze dell'Amministrazione e delle Relazioni Internazionali, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (triennale).
A.Y. 2006/07 – 2019/20: lecturer, Public Economics (6 CFU, in italian), University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (triennale).
A.Y. 2015/16 – 2023/24: lecturer, Green Finance (6 CFU, in italian), University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (triennale).
A.Y. 2002/03 – 2006/07: lecturer, Environmental Economics (6 CFU, in italian), Faculty of Economics, University of Cassino (triennale).
A.Y. 2020/21 – 2021/22: lecturer, Environmental Economics (6 CFU, in English), MSc in Economics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
A.Y. 2022/23 – 2024/25: Environmental Economics and Policy (6 CFU, in English), MSc in European Economy and Business Law (EEBL), Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata".
A.Y. 2020/21 – 2021/22: lecturer, Applied Economics (6 CFU, in English), MSc in Biotechnology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
A.Y. 2018/19 – 2024/25: lecturer, Introduction to Sustainable Development Goals (3 CFU, in italian), University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (laurea specialistica).
A.Y. 2016/17 – 2018/19: lecturer, Advanced Public Economics (6 CFU, in italian), University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (laurea specialistica).
A.Y. 2012/13: lecturer, Public Choice (6 CFU, in italian), University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (laurea specialistica).
Undergraduate level theses supervisor
Textbooks
Edizione italiana del testo: Tietenberg T. (2004) “Environmental Economics and Policy”, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Publishing Group Italia (Co-editor: Maria Concetta Chiuri).
CURRENT INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member of the Quality Assurance (AQ) Group for the MSc Degree Programme in SEFAS, University of Naples Parthenope.
Member of the Quality Assurance (AQ) Group of the PhD Programme in Economics, Statistics and Sustainability, University of Naples Parthenope.
Member of the Academic Board of the PhD Programme in Economics, Statistics and Sustainability, University of Naples Parthenope.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the Master’s Programme in Reporting, Innovation and Sustainability (MARIS).
Member of the Scientific Committee of the Master’s Programme in Development Economics and International Cooperation (MESCI).
EDUCATION
Mar. 2003 Dottorato di ricerca in Teoria Economica ed Istituzioni (PhD in Economic Theory and Institutions); University of Rome “Tor Vergata”.
Nov. 1997 Laurea in Economia e Commercio (BA in Economics); University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Other courses:
2003 Workshop in "Economic Modeling: Environmental Regulation and Trade" (GAMS), 1-3 Dicembre 2003, Departemento De Analisis Economico Aplicado, Universidad de Las Palmas De Gran Canaria, Spagna.
2002 CITG-FEEM-EAERE Summer School in "Game Theory and the Environment", 2-14 Settembre 2002, Lavagna, Genova, Italia.