Stefano joined the CMCC’s Risk Assessment and Adaptation Strategies division as ‘Environmental economist and risk analyst’ in June 2023. He is currently working on the review of climate insurance schemes and risk financing instruments.

Before joining the CMCC, Stefano was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Economic and Social Research Institute (Dublin), where he investigated scenarios for just resilience and adaptation to climate change in Ireland. He was a teaching fellow at Trinity College Dublin, where he taught Economics for Management (BUU11520) and Industrial Economics B (ECU33072).
Stefano holds a PhD in economics from Trinity College Dublin. His research interests lie at the intersection between environmental economics and behavioural sciences. His PhD thesis uses laboratory, online and natural experiments to examine the relation between individual decision-making and the environment. Stefano also holds an MSc in Economics and a BA in International Trade from Ca’ Foscari University.