In this page you can find the most relevant research activities related to our UNVEIL project!
2024
Territorial Vulnerability. From an Interdisciplinary Systematic Literature Review to a Compounded Index
in Section 10 - Panel 10.7 Measurement and Indicators in Political Science at SISP Conference 2024
Linda Basile, Silvia Bolgherini, Giorgia Borgnino, Selena Grimaldi
Measuring vulnerability requires disentangling the concept across several dimensions, which usually are the socio-economic and the environmental ones. Nonetheless, the political-institutional dimension of vulnerability stands out, since it determines a territory’s ability to effectively deliver policies and provide timely responses to crises through effective and democratic institutions. And it is instead, more often than not, neglected. This article aims to fill this gap by constructing a novel composite index of territorial vulnerability based on all three dimensions (environmental, socio-economic, and political-institutional). To this end, we first conducted a systematic literature review to identify the methods and indicators employed by previous empirical studies to measure vulnerability. Then, we propose new indices to assess vulnerability and resilience of Italian municipalities to current and future challenges (economic crises, health emergencies, hydrogeological hazards).
Long Abstract download here
Presentation Slides Territorial Vulnerability. From an Interdisciplinary Systematic Literature Review to a Compounded Index
From Crisis to Adaptation: Harnessing Emerging Technologies for Government Response to Environmental Challenges
Matilde Biagioni, PhD student, University of Perugia
A paper on a systematic literature review about Emerging Technologies employed by the Public Sector to face Crises presented at the First Conference of Young Sociologists of Environment and Territory (https://www.ais-sociologia.it/evento/crisi-permanenti-la-dimensione-territoriale-delle-sfide-socio-ambientali/ )
Abstract available download here
Presentation available From-Crisis-to-Adaptation-Harnessing-Emerging-echnologies-for-Government-Response-to-(Environmental)-Challenges.pdf
2023
Doctoral Lesson on December 13, 2023 in Macerata
Systematic Literature Review: Procedure and First Steps
Prof. Selena Grimaldi, University of Macerata
Presentation available UNVEIL-Systematic-Literature-Review-Procedure-and-first-steps.PDF
UNVEIL's Kick Off Meeting
December 12, 2023 in Perugia
