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Dr Nicola Favretto

Dr Nicola Favretto

  • Position: Visiting Research Fellow
  • Areas of expertise: Climate resilient development; Sustainable land management and ecosystem service-based approaches to address climate change and poverty; Sustainable energy for poverty reduction
  • Email: N.Favretto@leeds.ac.uk
  • Location: School of Earth and Environment
  • Website: LinkedIn | Researchgate | ORCID

Profile

Dr Nicola Favretto was a member of the School of Earth and Environment from 2009; he moved to the Department of Environment and Geography, University of York in 2022.

Dr Favretto is an interdisciplinary social scientist and Lecturer in Human Geography. He has a PhD in Environmental Sustainability and experience in mixed-method, multi-level research addressing environmental, economic, policy and justice dimensions of sustainable development across sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.

His core competencies include participatory livelihood impact assessments focused on agro-ecosystems, policy and stakeholder analysis and advice, and research project design, coordination and implementation. Throughout his work focused on addressing complex international development challenges and bridging major science-policy gaps. Dr Favretto has undertaken research and managerial roles across a range of international organisations (ie United Nations University, United Nations Development Programme, European Commission).

 

Research interests

For a full list of research projects and publications, visit Dr Favretto’s website at the University of York.

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • PhD, Environmental Sustainability, University of Leeds
  • MSc, International Economic Integration, University of Pavia
  • BSc, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca

Professional memberships

  • Associate Researcher, ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, University of Leeds & London School of Economics and Political Science
  • (Former) Advisory board member, European Network for the Advancement of Business & Landscape Education (ENABLE) project
  • (Former) Steering Committee member, Interuniversity Learning in Higher Education on Advanced land Management - Egyptian Country
  • (Former) Steering Committee member and author, Global Land Outlook of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

Research groups and institutes

  • Environment and Development
  • Sustainability Research Institute