Piergiuseppe Morone
Professore ordinario
Settore scientifico disciplinare: SECS-P/02 – Politica economica
Dipartimento
Ricevimento studenti
Lunedì ore 10
Insegnamenti
Politica Economica (CLEA, SCAMS)
Economia dell’Innovazione (CLEMI, LMG)
Economia internazionale e globalizzazione dei mercati (LMG)
Politica economica e ambiente (LMG)
Politica economica e sostenibilità (CLEA)
Politica economica e turismo sostenibile (CLEA)
Curriculum breve
Piergiuseppe Morone è Professore Ordinario di Politica Economica e Prorettore alla Ricerca presso Unitelma Sapienza. La sua attività di ricerca si concentra sull’innovazione verde e sulla bioeconomia circolare, all’intersezione tra economia dell’innovazione e transizioni verso la sostenibilità . I suoi lavori sono regolarmente pubblicati sulle principali riviste di economia dell’innovazione e di economia ambientale. Nel 2023 ha pubblicato The Circular Bioeconomy: Theories and Tools for Economists and Sustainability Scientists (Cambridge University Press).
È Coordinatore del Bioeconomy in Transition Research Group (BiT-RG) e Direttore della Scuola di Alta Formazione sulla Sostenibilità e l’Economia Circolare (SUSTAIN). Ha ricoperto ruoli di primo piano in numerosi progetti europei (H2020, BBI-JU, LIFE, Erasmus+, COST, Horizon Europe, CBE-JU), è stato Consigliere Economico del Ministro dell’Ambiente italiano fino a febbraio 2021 e svolge attività di consulenza per organizzazioni internazionali, tra cui l’OCSE e l’Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità (OMS).
Piergiuseppe Morone è Editor-in-Chief di Societal Impacts e Associate Editor di Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy (Elsevier). Dall’aprile 2022 è Vicepresidente del Comitato Scientifico della Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU).
Short bio
Piergiuseppe Morone is Full Professor of Economic Policy and Vice Rector for Research at Unitelma Sapienza. His research focuses on green innovation and the sustainable circular bioeconomy at the intersection of innovation economics and sustainability transitions. His work is widely published in leading innovation and environmental economics journals. In 2023, he authored The Circular Bioeconomy: Theories and Tools for Economists and Sustainability Scientists (Cambridge University Press).
He is Coordinator of the Bioeconomy in Transition Research Group (BiT-RG) and Director of the School of Sustainability Studies and Circular Economy (SUSTAIN). He has held leading roles in several European projects (H2020, BBI-JU, LIFE, Erasmus+, COST, Horizon Europe, CBE-JU), served as Economic Advisor to the Italian Minister of the Environment until February 2021, and acts as a consultant for international organizations, including the OECD and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Piergiuseppe Morone is Editor-in-Chief of Societal Impacts and Associate Editor of Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy (Elsevier). Since April 2022, he has been Vice-Chair of the Scientific Committee of the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU).
Progetti di ricerca
BioFairNet – Local Unit Coordinator – HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-01-7 – Grant Agreement n. 101181568 (overall budget 4,426,170.80), European Commission – Research Executive Agency (REA) – Horizon Innovation Action (IA) (period: 2025-2028)
Rural BioReFarmeries – Local Unit Coordinator – HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023-IA-01 – Grant Agreement n.101156954 (overall budget 7,349, 886.54), Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking – Horizon JU Innovation Action (IA) (period: 2024-2028)
SUSTRACK – Project Coordinator – HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-01-03 – Grant Agreement n.101081823 (overall budget: € 1,993,375.00), European Commission – Coordination and support action (CSA). (period: 2022-2025)
BioReCer – Local unit coordinator – HORIZON-CL6-2021-
STAR4BBSÂ – Local Unit Coordinator – HORIZON-CL6-2021-
CIRCULAR-BRICKS – Project Coordinator – Erasmus+ KA220-VET – (overall budget: € 302,699.00), IT01 – Agenzia Nazionale Erasmus+ – INAPP. (period: 2022-2024)
LIFE-EBP – Local Unit Coordinator – LIFE19 ENV/IT/000004 (overall budget: € 3,801,989.00), LIFE Programme – European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA). (period: 2020-2024)
STAR-ProBio – Project Coordinator – H2020-BB-2016-2017 – Grant Agreement n. 727740 (overall budget: € 5,306,371.50), European Commission – Research Executive Agency (REA). (period: 2017-2020)
EFFACE – Local Unit Researcher – FP7-SSH – Grant Agreement n. 320276 (overall budget: € 2,812,128.70), European Commission. (period: 2012-2016)
STAR-AgroEnergy – Coordinating Unit Researcher – FP7-REGPOT – Grant Agreement n. 286269 (overall budget: € 3,748,715.20), European Commission. (period: 2011-2015)
COST ACTION TD1203 – Vice Chare of the Action and Management Committee member – Title: Food waste valorisation for sustainable chemicals, materials & fuels (EUBis), (period: Nov 2016 to Nov 2021)
SUSTOIL – Local Unit Coordinator – FP7-Energy – Support actions – Scientific coordinator of the local research unit of the SUSTOIL project (EU-funded research project – 7th Framework Program) on “Modelling stakeholder interplay and policy scenarios for biorefinery and biodiesel production”, Project reference: 213637; (period: 2008-06-01 to 2010-05-31)
Protecting the Environment: Advances in Circular Economy (PEACE) – Local Unit Coordinator – PRIN, – (overall budget: € 262,688.00), Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (period: 2023-2025)
NOW-LET’S-GO – Local Unit Coordinator – Bando MiTE DISS n. 08 del 27.01.2022 – CUP H87H22001620008, – (overall budget: € 596,005.00), Ministero della Transizione Ecologica, Direzione Generale Economia Circolare. (period: 2022-2024)
Pubblicazioni scientifiche
Libri, volumi collettanei e reports
The Circular Bioeconomy – Theories and Tools for Economists and Sustainability Scientists’ (with D. D’Amato, N. Befort and G. Yilan), Cambridge University Press, 2023, ISBN: 9781009232586
‘Promoting education, training and skills across the bioeconomy’, European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2022
‘A sustainable food system for the European Union’, SAPEA – Science Advice for Policy by European Academies, Evidence Review Report No. 7Â https://www.sapea.info/topics/
Articoli su riviste internazionali (selezione delle pubblicazioni recenti)
1.‘Shades of green behaviour under heterogeneous subjective risk and social domains’, (with A. Morone and R. Caferra), Ecological Economics, [IF: 6.6, Q1], 2026, forthcoming.
2.‘EU legislation for the registration of new bio-based products: Current challenges and barriers. A case study of products derived from municipal bio-waste for use in the agriculture and chemical industry sectors’ (with E. Montoneri et al.), Sustainable Chemistry for Climate Action, [IF: 5.4, Q1], 2026, forthcoming.
3.‘The European Bioeconomy strategy revision: an opportunity to go against the tide and secure a sustainable future’ (with K. O’ Connor et al.), Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy, [SJR: 0.738, Q2], 2026, forthcoming.
4.‘Experimental evidence on consumers’ willingness to pay in the sustainable fashion industry’ (with R. Caferra, A. Cascavilla and A. Morone), Scientific Reports, [IF: 3.9, Q1], 2025, 15(1), 38752.
5.‘Inequalities under Ambiguity’, (with A. Morone and R. Caferra), Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, [IF: 2.3, Q2], 2025, 71(2), pp. 159–177.
6. ‘Exploring the social dimension of circular and sustainable fashion: Global North–South perspectives and emerging themes’, (with S. Santos), Circular Economy and Sustainability, [SJR: 1.05, Q1], 2025, 5(8), pp. 7147–7176.
7. ‘Impact of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on the Global South’, (with A. Alfino), Discover Sustainability, [IF: 2.4, Q1], 2025, 6(1), 315, DOI 10.1007/s43621-025-01131-x.
8.‘Review of the literature on the food system and biodiversity loss: A hybrid approach for the identification of research streams and research gaps’, (with F. Frieri), Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, [IF: 1.8, Q3], 2025, 10(5), pp. 3523–3542.
9.‘After the storm: Environmental tragedy and sustainable mobility’, (with A. Morone and R. Caferra), Ecological Economics, [IF: 6.6, Q1], 2025, 227, 108409, DOI 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.
10.‘How consumer shopping habits affect willingness to embrace sustainable fashion’ (with A. Colasante, I. D’Adamo and P. Rosa), Applied Economics Letters, [IF: 1.6, Q3], 2025, 32(6), pp. 850–855.