Research Areas

The main areas of research are:

• Economic geography and local governance
  Spatial analysis of socio-economic phenomena (e.g. economic activities, local development, housing) and local public policy
  
   
• Environment and climate change
  Environmental analysis and policy at global, local and firm level
  
   
• Circular Green and ESG Finance
  Analysis of the relation between Sustainability and Finance, currently in terms of Circular Economy (CE) and Finance – Circular Finance –, Green Finance and Transition/ESG Finance.

• Networks and public utilities
  Economic analysis of specific sectors such as transportation, energy markets, telecoms, water and sanitation, solid waste management, geopolitics of international networks 

   

• Economics and management in the fields of art and culture (ASK)
  With specific activities in cultural planning and management of cultural institutions
   

The research approach is highly multidisciplinary and oriented towards addressing policy-relevant issues at local and global scale.