Dr Alessandro Silvestri

About me:

Alessandro joined LEEP in March 2023 to work on the stakeholder engagement for the development of a decision support tool within the Net Zero Plus project. He previously worked as a Junior Researcher at the Basque Centre for Climate change (BC3) in Spain on low carbon mobility transition and consumer policy and as a research assistant at the International Centre for Climate Governance (ICCG) in Venice.

He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of the Basque country, a MSc in Spatial transport and environmental economics from the VU Amsterdam University and a BSc. In Business economics from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

Administrative responsibilities

Co-design and facilitate a programme of group discussions, interviews and surveys with partners to elicit needs and priorities for the Net Zero Plus project

Interests:

• Energy transition
• Behavioural economics
• Climate change economics

Alessandro’s research interests involve exploring the role of social and behavioural factors influencing decision making within the energy transition domain and the reaching of net zero objective.

Qualifications:

• PhD. in Economics