Jun.-Prof. Dr. Paola D'Orazio

Paola D'Orazio is a junior professor of economics at Chemnitz University of Technology, with a track record that includes a role as a short-term consultant at The World Bank and extensive research experience in macroeconomics at Ruhr University Bochum. In these capacities, she has contributed significantly to the understanding of climate-related financial risks, green investments, and the role of macroprudential policies in tackling financial instability and fostering sustainable economic practices.

An active member of the academic community, Paola serves as an Associate Editor for both the Eurasian Economic Review and PLOS Sustainability and Transformation. Furthermore, Paola has co-led a special issue on the energy transition amidst geopolitical and climate risks in Frontiers in Environmental Economics.

Paola's research portfolio is marked by publications in prestigious journals such as Ecological Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Climate Policy, Ecological Indicators, Economic Modeling, and International Economics, among others. These works explore critical themes ranging from the role of finance in environmental innovation to the development and impact of climate-related financial policies across G20 countries, among others. 

May 2023 - currently

Junior Professor of Economics, Chemnitz University of Technology

2022- currently

Short-term consultant at The World Bank

2016 - April 2023

Postdoctoral researcher, Chair of Macroeconomics, Faculty of Management and Economics, Ruhr University Bochum

2018 - April 2023

 

Research Fellow, Research Department Closed Carbon Cycle Economy (RD-CCCE), Ruhr University Bochum

2020 - April 2023

Research Fellow, Centrum fur Umweltmanagement, Ressourcen und Energie (CURE), Ruhr University Bochum

2012 - 2014

Ph.D. - Doctor Europaeus in Economics and Statistics University ”G. D'Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara (Italy)

2010 - 2011

Master of Science Management of International Cooperation for Development University “G. D'Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara (Italy)

2005 - 2009

Master of Science Local and International Cooperation and Development, Faculty of Political Sciences University of Bologna (Italy)

2003 - 2004

Socrates Erasmus program, Bachelor studies Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain)

2002 - 2005

Bachelor of Science International and Diplomatic Sciences, Faculty of Political Sciences “Roberto Ruffilli” University of Bologna (Italy)

2017

Guest Editor of the Topical Issue on Artificial Economics for the Advances in Complex Systems journal

Since 07.2020

Associate Editor, Eurasian Economic Review

Since 07.2021

Associate Editor, PLOS Sustainability and Transformation

2022/2023

Topic Editor of the Issue “Fostering the energy transition amidst geopolitical and climate risks in a post-covid world” on Energy Economics in Frontiers in Environmental Economics (co-led with Prof. Dr. Claudia Kemfert)