Modelling the Energy Transition
Modelling the Energy Transition – MET is a research program aimed at studying the energy transition in dynamic settings and under uncertainty by developing economic models with both a micro and macro approach. Within the program, different types of models are studied, with the aim of exploring how different methodological approaches can have different impacts and solutions while studying environmental and energy economics.
The activities of the MET program concern two specific areas:
- ABM – Agent Based Model and
- EEUMs – Environment, Energy, Uncertainty Models.
ABM – Agent Based Model for Energy Transition
The activities in this area aim to develop Agent Based Models on multiple sectors, with a special focus on energy sectors and their environmental impacts. Using Agent Based Models allows to grasp the heterogeneity of the economic agents at sectoral level, with the goal of providing new perspectives and insights to the economic research. The program intends to consolidate the development of the MATRIX (Multi-Agent model for Transition Risks) model by including a specific module for climate change, mitigation policies and environmental awareness of households and consumers (demand-side approach). The agents’ heterogeneity of the AB Model represents the building block of the economic processes’ dynamics and makes it possible to study at best the endogenous shocks of such processes.
EEUMs – Environment, Energy, Uncertainty Models
The activities in this area aim to deepen the issue of uncertainty within the framework of environmental and energy economics, with a focus on renewable resources, the use of new technologies and the role of information for the decarbonization process. To this end, models based on the representative agent, strategic models and macroeconomic models will be used for an analysis of the dynamics of the traditional and renewable energy markets. The analysis is also focused on the study of systemic and idiosyncratic shocks at economic and environmental level and on the role of information in energy market phenomena.
Projects
01.09.2023 / 31.08.2025
Research Project | Ongoing Project
EconCSA – Assessing the Economic Efficiency of the Climate Smart Agriculture in South Asia
01.06.2021 / 31.05.2024
Research Project | Ongoing Project
NEXUS Nature Ecosystem Society Solution: Fair and Sustainable Resource Allocation Demonstrator of the Multiple WEFE Nexus Economic, Social and Environmental Benefits for Mediterranean Regions- NEXUSNESS
01.02.2021 / 31.12.2023
Research Project | Ongoing Project
Agent-Based models – ABM
Publications
1.
Journal Articles | 13.06.2023
Ecosystem degradation and the spread of Covid-19
Chiara Castelli (The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies); Marta Castellini (Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, DICEA, University of Padova and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei); Nicola Comincioli (Department of Economics and Management, University of Brescia and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei); Maria Laura Parisi (Department of Economics and Management, University of Brescia); Nicola Pontarollo (Department of Economics and Management, University of Brescia); Sergio Vergalli (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and Department of Economics and Management, University of Brescia)
2.
Journal Articles | 01.06.2023
V for vaccines and variants
Domenico Delli Gatti (Department of Economics and Finance, Complexity Lab in Economics, Catholic University and CESifo); Severin Reissl (RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment); Enrico Turco (Department of Economics and Finance, Catholic University and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei)
3.
Working Paper | 11.05.2023
Warming the MATRIX: a Climate Assessment under Uncertainty and Heterogeneity
Davide Bazzana (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and Department of Economics and Management, Università degli Studi di Brescia); Massimiliano Rizzati (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and Department of Economics and Management, Università degli Studi di Brescia); Emanuele Ciola (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and Department of Economics and Management, Università degli Studi di Brescia); Enrico Turco (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and The Complexity Lab in Economics, Department of Economics and Finance, Catholic Univeristy of Milan); Sergio Vergalli (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and Department of Economics and Management, Università degli Studi di Brescia)
Events
25.10.2023 / 25.10.2023
Seminars / Webinars | Past Event
The Evolution of the MATRIX Model
30.11.2022 / 30.11.2022
Seminars / Webinars | Past Event
Clima, caso e statistica
22.11.2022 / 22.11.2022
CONFERENCES | Past Event
IAERE10 Tour | Round table: Peace, resources and the environment