Umberto Pisano is a Research Fellow at RIMAS - Research Institute for Managing Sustainability since 2010. He holds a Master of Science in Sustainability and Ecological Economics from the University of Leeds (UK). In his dissertation he analysed the role of renewable energy projects within the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol as a mean to tackle Climate Change, to contribute to local Sustainable Development and to participate to the development of a low-carbon energy infrastructure in developing countries. He previously graduated in Economics with a Master in Business Economics at University of RomaTre in Rome (IT) with a thesis on the European culture sector and the role of culture as an important aggregating value among European citizens.
His current research activities focus on sustainable consumption, beyond growth concerns, system mapping and sustainable development. He participated at the Leeds Conference 2010 of CASSE (Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy) and is very interested in Climate Change issues, Ecological Economics and Beyond Growth movement. Furthermore, his field of activity includes organisation of workshops and conferences.
Projects
Projects
2013-2015
COBALT - COntributing to Building of Awareness, Learning and Transfer of knowledge on sustainable use of raw materials (Details)
2012-2016
Framework contract "Environment, Climate Change, Energy and Space Policy" (Details)
2011-2014
Framework contract for monitoring of the application of the 'Europe 2020' policy (Details)
2011-2014
RESPONDER - Linking REsearch and POlicy making for managing the contradictions of sustaiNable consumption anD economic gRowth (Details)
2010-2012
CORPUS - Enhancing Connectivity between Research and Policy-making in Sustainable Consumption (Details)
2006-2013
European Sustainable Development Network (ESDN) (Details)
Sedlacko, Michal, Pisano, Umberto, Berger, Gerald, Lepuschitz, Katrin. Forthcoming. Do Joint Research Agendas Have Impact on usage of knowledge in policy? The Case of the CORPUS JRA on Sustainable Food Consumption. Sustainability: Science, Practice & Policy (Details)
Paper presented at scientific Meeting
2012
Sedlacko, Michal, Videira, N., Martinuzzi, Robert-Andre, Antunes, P., Røpke, I., Pisano, Umberto. 2012. Utilising Systems Mapping for Understanding the Contradictions of Sustainable Consumption and Economic Growth. 18th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, University of Hull, Großbritannien, 24.06.-26.06. (Details)
Working/Discussion Paper, Preprint
2012
Pisano, Umberto, Martinuzzi, Robert-Andre, Bruckner, B.. 2012. The Financial Sector and Sustainable Development: logics, principles and actors. ESDN Quarterly Report No.27, European Sustainable Development Network, December 2012. (Details)
2012
Pisano, Umberto, Martinuzzi, Robert-Andre, Bruckner, Bernulf. 2012. Financial Markets, Institutions and Policies in the context of Sustainable Development. Discussion Paper (November 2012). 8th ESDN Workshop. (Details)
2012
Berger, Gerald, Endl, Andreas, Pisano, Umberto. 2012. Rio+20 and its implications for Sustainable Development Policy at the EU and national level. Conference Discussion Paper for the ESDN Conference 2012, Copenhagen 28-29 June 2012. (Details)
2012
Pisano, Umberto. 2012. Rio+20: SCP and growth. Sustainable consumption and production and the growth debate in the outcome document "The Future We Want". RESPONDER Knowledge Unit. (Details)
2011
Pisano, Umberto, Martinuzzi, Robert-Andre. 2011. Needs and perspectives of economic policy makers on knowledge brokerage for sustainable consumption and economic growth. (Details)
2011
Berger, Gerald, Pisano, Umberto. 2011. Perspectives for European SD Policy and Governance in the context of recent EU policy strategies and Rio+20. Background and Discussion Paper, ESDN Workshop, 27-28 October 2011. (Details)
2011
Berger, Gerald, Pisano, Umberto, Szlezak, Jozsef, Csobod, Eva. 2011. The CORPUS Research Agenda for Sustainable Food Consumption in Europe, CORPUS project. (Details)
Research Report, Expertise
2012
Pisano, Umberto, Remmel, Sabine, Hametner, Markus, Lepuschitz, Katrin. 2012. Is Europe 2020 delivering?
An analysis of eight local and
regional case studies
on the Europe 2020 strategy. Brussels: European Union, Committee of the Regions. (Details)
2012
Pisano, Umberto, Endl, Andreas, Berger, Gerald. 2012. The Rio+20 Conference 2012: Objectives, processes and outcomes, ESDN Quarterly Report June 2012. Vienna: Research Institute for Managing Sustainability. (Details)
2012
Pisano, Umberto, Remmel, Sabine, Hametner, Markus, Srebotnjak, Tanja. 2012. Quick Survey on a European Union Programme for Social Change and Innovation. Final Report. Brussels: European Union, Committee of the Regions. (Details)
2012
Pisano, Umberto. 2012. Resilience and Sustainable Development: Theory of resilience systems thinking and adaptive governance. ESDN Quarterly Report September 2012. Vienna: Research Institute for Managing Sustainability. (Details)
2011
Martinuzzi, Robert-Andre, Krumay, Barbara, Pisano, Umberto. 2011. Focus CSR: The New Communication of the EU Commission on CSR and National CSR Strategies and Action Plans, ESDN Quarterly Report December 2011. Vienna: Research Institute for Managing Sustainability. (Details)
2011
Pisano, Umberto, Berger, Gerald, Endl, Andreas, Sedlacko, Michal. 2011. Sustainable development governance & policies in the light of major EU policy strategies and international developments, ESDN Quarterly Report September 2011. Vienna: Research Institute for Managing Sustainability. (Details)
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2013 Research Institute for Managing Sustainability
Vienna University of Economics and Business, Franz Klein Gasse 1, A-1190
Vienna
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2013 Research Institute for Managing Sustainability