The aim of this research project is to investigate the socio-economic vulnerability and the level of socio-economic exposure to the damage caused by climate change across different areas, while accounting for their different socio-economic conditions. The project will consider both extreme climate-related events and changes in average temperature and precipitation.The research will also focus on an assessment of resilience as a crucial component of effective mitigation and adaptation policies and strategies. Particular attention will be devoted to the theoretical and empirical study of how countries, regions and local communities cooperate with each other, taking into account strategic interactions between them.The project aims to focus on particularly vulnerable sectors such as agriculture, residential and manufacturing. With regard to the agricultural sector, the project will: i) map the hazard of different areas with respect to climate change and to extreme events; ii) evaluate innovative responses to change, in terms of innovative agricultural practices and economic-financial instruments; iii) evaluate the contribution of the agricultural sector in terms of emission mitigation. As for the manufacturing sector, particular attention will be paid to the economic dynamics related to the increasing stringency of emission containment policies, such as the European Emission Trading Scheme.

The program is designed for highly qualified and motivated students who wish to acquire knowledge to understand the dynamics of climate change, socio-economic vulnerability, mitigation, and adaptation policies and strategies, cutting edge research skills used to evaluate public policies and the economic and social dynamics related to climate change. A key feature of the program is the combination of multi-disciplinary training in both theory and applied quantitative methods

Research will be carried out within the Department of Economics, Society, Politics (DESP) of the University of Urbino Carlo Bo. The DESP is a multidisciplinary department featuring 53 professors and researchers in the fields of economics, management, mathematics, statistics, political science and sociology. The department activated an international PhD programme in Global Studies in 2017 with two thematic areas: i. International economic policy, business and governance (with a focus on economic and political relations across national borders); ii. Global society, cross-border mobility and law.