Major research projects

GREENPATHS

I am PI of GREENPATHS, an ambitious project that will improve the design, governance and implementation of policy strategies and instruments. The project pays particular attention to the European Green Deal, the Fit for 55 package, and the actions funded by the Just Transition Fund and the European Social Fund+. Horizon Europe 3 M 2023-26.

REALIGNING THE EUROPEAN FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE FOR THE C21 (REFA-21)

This project focuses on the main public development banks operating within the European Financial Architecture, particularly, focusing on overlapping lending by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Though these overlaps have been assumed to cause inefficiencies, little is actually known about their geographic reach, evolution and the extent to which they are coordinated. The project created a database of overlapping lending, analysing its evolution, and conducted semi-structured interviews with EIB and EBRD officials to understand the extent to which coordination is occurring, with a view to make policy recommendations for a stronger European Financial Architecture for the next critical decades. The research was funded by the FNR (Intermobility-In Fellowship at University of Luxembourg).

TOKEN

Can blockchain really bring benefits to society? Transformative impact of blockchain technologies in public services (TOKEN) pilots four blockchain applications inside public services/government and examines the consequences of this disruptive technology for society, workers and citizens (Horizon2020 4 mil euro 2020-23)

CITADEL

New technologies make co-production of public services possible, but, under what conditions do citizens actually engage in coproduction? How can citizens be supported in so doing? CITADEL found methods of supporting citizen co-creation processes to make public services more efficient (Horizon 2020, 3.5 mil euro, 2017-20)