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CURRICULA

A. Economics & Circular Economy

 

Examples of research topics related to the curriculum include the followings:

  • resource and environmental economics;
  • inter and intra-generational conflicts and resource use;
  • economic evaluation of externalities and environmental damage;
  • sustainable agri-food system and food waste
  • efficiency and effectiveness of environmental policies;
  • effectiveness of fiscal policies;
  • impact of green deal on the industrial system;
  • sustainable mobility, decarbonizing transport;
  • energy economics, with special reference to renewable energy sources;
  • valuing investments in renewable energy and impact of green technologies;
  • recycling waste activity and life cycle of goods.
B. Circular Business Models

 

Examples of research topics related to the curriculum include the followings:

  • sustainable strategies;
  • innovability;
  • circular business models;
  • supply chain sustainability;
  • environmental, social, governance scores (ESG);
  • non-financial disclosure;
  • corporate social responsibility (CSR) and consumer perception;
  • mindful and sustainable consumption;
  • green advertising and green branding
  • integrated reporting;
  • GRI standards.
C. Statistical and Quantitative Methods for Sustainability and Risk Assessment

 

Examples of research topics related to the curriculum include the followings:

  • fair pricing of life and non-life insurance contracts;
  • mortality modelling;
  • catastrophe, climate and environmental risk modelling;
  • insurance de-risking;
  • responsible investing and ESG portfolios;
  • statistical models for the analysis of climate and weather events;
  • multivariate dependence modelling of extremes in environmental applications;
  • supervised and unsupervised statistical learning techniques for environmental risk assessment and management;
  • statistical methods for investigating sustainable energy systems;
  • sustainability indicators;
  • statistical methods for policy and impact evaluation.