Progetto Cloe

12/08/2025

🌍 Findings from My PhD Research on Climate Change Risk & Adaptive Behaviour
Over the course of my , I investigated how behavioural economics, institutional structures, and policy design can accelerate climate change adaptation in the energy and agriculture sectors.
this matters: Climate change impacts are intensifying, but the perception–action gap remains significantly wider. People know about the risks, yet fail to adapt. My work sought to understand why and develop solutions that work in practice.
🛠 insights
I used a three-part methodological approach tailored to each research question.
1. Review synthesises global evidence on behavioural biases and climate risk misperceptions.
2. & GSEM Modelling capturing hidden relationships between perception, awareness, and behaviour in Italy’s energy transition.
3. COM-B behavioural science model maps how capability, opportunity, and motivation shape farmers’ adaptation to extreme weather.
🔹 1 – Flood Risk Adaptation (Nudges, Policies, Solutions)
- ’ climate risk perceptions are distorted by cognitive biases and bounded rationality.
- (default settings, framing, social proof) improve adaptation without removing choice.
- failures and institutional barriers hinder large-scale change. - tools + incentives can create virtuous cycles.
🔹 2 – Energy Transition in Italy
- perceptions are the strongest driver of behaviour change in energy adaptation.
- alone is not enough - Awareness + behavioural interventions bridge the gap.
- deficits on renewables slow adoption; targeted nudges help close the gap.
- of model matter? GSEM instead of SEM revealed stronger direct and indirect effects on awareness, perception, and behaviour + corrected the inflated direct effects caused by treating ordinal data as continuous.
🔹 3 – Adaptive Behaviour of Agricultural Firms
- , opportunity, and motivation are the three pillars of adaptation.
- financial incentives cannot change individuals' behaviour towards climate adaptation (the Italian case).
- perception mediates behaviour change; trust and governance expand opportunities.
- sparks a feedback loop—more motivation → more capability-seeking → more adaptation.
📌 to Policy & Practice
1. Created a behavioural–institutional framework linking cognition, market dynamics, and policy levers.
2. Developed a diagnostic tool for adaptation challenges and intervention design.
3. Directly support the EU Green Deal and Farm-to-Fork Strategy objectives.

💡 takeaway: Integration of behavioural science with conventional policy tools needs systematic institutional reform to enhance adaptive behaviour and close the climate risk awareness gap.

01/07/2025

🌍 Proud to have been a participant in the Behavioural International Challenge 2025!

It was an incredible experience sharing the stage with such brilliant minds from around the world. Huge congratulations to Neelanjana and Disha Mukherjee for their inspiring win! 👏

To all fellow participants—your creativity, passion, and bold thinking made this journey unforgettable. Let’s keep using behavioural science to drive real change. This is just the beginning! 💡🌱
Once again, thank you Prof. Lorenzo Lotti, PhD PFHEA and other panelist’s.

🌍 Proud to have been a participant in the Behavioural International Challenge 2025! It was an incredible experience sharing the stage with such brilliant minds from around the world. Huge congratulations to Neelanjana and Disha Mukherjee for their inspiring win! 👏 To all fellow participants—...

13/05/2025

📢 Excited to share: Our ESR Muhammad Asim Amin had the opportunity to present at ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES, MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES (AESMT’25), 13 - 14 May, 2025, Sofia, Bulgaria 🌱⚡

🎓 Paper Title: Flexibility Trading Through Load Reshaping in Energy Communities Using Deep Reinforcement Learning.

🔍 - Energy Communities (ECs) play an essential role in the active engagement of end-users and deployment of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and contribute to net-zero carbon emissions.
- In ECs, several entities/homes join to exchange a surplus or demand reduction during peak hours with the grid.
- For this work, a Deep Reinforcement Learning based Multi-Agent Approach is adoped to optimally calculate flexibility from the end user.

If you need any assistance and want to discuss our ESR, you can reach him: https://rubrica.unige.it/personale/UkFFWl5g

23/04/2025

📢 Excited to share: Our ESR Muhammad Asim Amin had the opportunity to present remotely research at the 12th IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech 2025), held in Santa Ana, California, April 20-23, 2025 🌱⚡

🎓 Paper Title: Cost Optimization Incorporating Photovoltaic Power Forecasts Using Neural Networks in an Energy Management System

🔍 The work focused on integrating accurate PV power forecasting using Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) into Energy Management Systems (EMS) for smarter and more cost-effective energy dispatching for the case study of Savano Campus, University of Genova, Italy. The study compared real-time vs. daily forecast updates, showing that hourly updates significantly improve cost optimization and energy predictions.

🌞🔋 Sustainable tech meets AI-driven energy management!

If you need any assistance and want to discuss our ESR, you can reach him: https://rubrica.unige.it/personale/UkFFWl5g

11/02/2025

'ESR Iram Parvez'

Iram Parvez is an Early Stage Researcher (ESR) specializing in hydrology,machine learning applications in environmental engineering. As part of her research, she focuses on developing advanced forecasting techniques for groundwater level prediction using data-driven approaches. She recently presented her work at the 'American Geophysical Union (AGU) Conference 2024 Washington, D.C' , where she showcased a comparative study on machine learning models, including Support Vector Machines (SVM), ARIMA, and Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN-GRU), for predicting groundwater levels in 'Mendatica and Triora, Italy'. Through her work, Iram Parvez contributes to bridging the gap between hydrology and artificial intelligence, advancing sustainable water management solutions.

21/07/2024

Today CLOE is in the cover of the Secolo XIX newspaper, echoing the project of our ESR Laura Gago-Chorén in Velva (Castiglione Chiavarese) during the second archaeological research campaign there.

24/06/2024

Conference in
We recently attended the 13th Conference in Bari. The conference highlighted the of , which faces old and new challenges, in particular issues, methods and policies. I will present some of the key findings from the conference:
1. The current guidelines focus only on sustainability, but it is also important to integrate social and economic sustainability into existing policy frameworks.
2. Social problems in the agricultural sector are becoming increasingly important, for example 45% of female agricultural workers in are unpaid and the su***de rate is 59% higher for women than for male workers.
3. Addressing the social problems in the agricultural sector requires measures that go beyond traditional sector programs and a broad consensus on common social problems.
4. The social problems must be context and place specific and involve all stakeholders and improve the measurement and understanding of social problems . g .
I (Amjad Ali) and my Co-author proposed research idea at the DAY OF THE RESEARCHER: “Integration of ecosystem services in agricultural land use planning”. The importance of this proposed study is to preserve Italy's agricultural heritage and ensure food security in a period of increasing urbanization and industrialization. This is critical to the natural that sustain them while protecting urban and industrial pressures.
- also presented the ongoing research project that highlighted how we integrate ecosystem services into our economic model. The aim of this study is to focus on the methodological challenges such as building an accounting framework based on -EA and for and developing an input-output model to perform simulations for makers.
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24/06/2024

The CLOE Project is in Karlstad-Sweden. Our ESR Laura Gago-Chorén during her last week of secondments has presented her thesis project to her colleagues at the 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 of the 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘁 in Sweden. During this stay, under the supervision of Professor Eva Svensson, she got to know the work approaches carried out in this department and participated in several activities:

04/06/2024

Our ESR, Muhammad Asim Amin presents the research findings at the 11th international conference IcETRAN 2024 in Nis, Serbia. The research is joint collaboration between University of Genoa, and University of Nis, Serbia.

In this research, machine learning and decision tree based forecasting algorithms proposed for the poilet project in the Savona Campus, University of Genoa, italy. In addition, the forecasting accuracy enables to implement this results in the real-time energy management system in the Savona Campus, SPM Microgrid.

Stay tuned for the updates and the progress in the future. Progetto Cloe Università di Genova

15/05/2024

At the European Geoscience EGU 2024 Vienna, ESR Iram parvez had presented her research ,which was conducted during her secondment at SUPSI Switzerland.The research emphasized on using machine learning algorithms in detecting anomalus data in streaming hydrometerological sensors.This innovative approach enhances the accuracy and reliability of environmental data analysis,contributing significantly to the field of hydrometerology.

06/05/2024

: The Power of Local Energy Communities 🌍💡

Did you know that the future of is being shaped? Energy decentralization, powered by renewable sources, is paving the way for a greener, more resilient energy system.

What is ? Energy decentralization shifts control from centralized systems to local, -based sources. It's about local empowerment and sustainability, using technologies that lower costs and increase energy security.

The Role of : Renewable energy technologies like solar panels, wind turbines, and hydro systems are at the heart of this transformation. These technologies not only support clean energy but are economically viable.

Community Impact: harness these renewables to produce and manage their own energy. This approach reduces carbon footprints, strengthens local economies, and enhances community ties. It's about creating a self-sufficient, sustainable future.

Get Involved! You can make a difference! Support local policies that promote renewable energy projects, or consider joining or starting an energy community to promote the rehabilitation of remote areas.

Every action counts towards building a sustainable energy future.

Imagine a day when our communities autonomously and sustainably manage their energy demands.

To talk about it, feel free to reach our ESR (Muhammad Asim Amin https://rubrica.unige.it/personale/UkFFWl5g). Progetto Cloe Università di Genova

24/01/2024

𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐒𝐤ł𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐚-𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐆𝐞
Il ricercatore ligure Matteo Barbano fa ritorno all’Università di Genova presso il Dipartimento di scienze politiche e internazionali, dopo aver trascorso cinque anni di attività all'Institute for Mediterranean Studies di Rethymno (Grecia), grazie al conseguimento di una borsa Marie Skłodowska-Curie.
Il finanziamento, ottenuto con una valutazione di 100/100, consentirà a Barbano di dedicare due anni allo sviluppo del suo progetto dal titolo "Mediterranean Mass Mobilities and Displacements in the Age of Steam (1869-1914) – MedMaD", in collaborazione con il Laboratorio di Storia marittima e navale – Centro di ricerca Fernand Braudel diretto da Luca Lo Basso.