I am a researcher at ENEA, the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development in Italy. Additionally, I am an Associate Professor of Social Studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU in Trondheim, Norway. My expertise lies in environmental sociology, focusing on the social aspects of sustainable energy production and consumption, as well as their policy implications. Some of the specific topics I have worked on include energy communities, social acceptability of renewable energy sources, energy social innovations, energy poverty, and energy justice. I have gained extensive experience through various projects, including the horizon projects ACCTING, SMARTEES, and ENTRANCES. In 2017, I completed my PhD at the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure, and Society of Heriot-Watt University in the UK, where I researched the social acceptability of onshore wind farms. Following this, I held positions at several universities in the United Kingdom, Italy, and Norway, eventually being appointed as an associate professor with tenure. I have authored a monograph titled “Wind Power and Public Engagement: Co-operatives and Community Ownership” published by Routledge, as well as numerous peer-reviewed journal articles. Notably, two of my papers were cited in official reports by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).