Jun.-Prof. Dr. Paola D'Orazio
Paola D'Orazio is a Junior Professor of Economics at Chemnitz University of Technology, specializing in climate-related financial risks, green investments, and the role of macroprudential policies in addressing financial instability and promoting sustainable economic practices. She has previously served as a short-term consultant at The World Bank and conducted extensive macroeconomic research at Ruhr University Bochum.
An active contributor to the academic community, Paola is an Associate Editor for both the Eurasian Economic Review and PLOS Sustainability and Transformation. She has also co-led a special issue on energy transition within the context of geopolitical and climate risks in Frontiers in Environmental Economics.
Her research is published in leading journals, including Ecological Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Climate Policy, Nature Scientific Reports, Ecological Indicators, Economic Modeling, and International Economics. Her work addresses pivotal topics such as the role of finance in environmental innovation and the design and impact of climate-related financial policies across G20 and OECD economies.
Career
May 2023 - currently
Junior Professor of Economics, Chemnitz University of Technology
2022- 2023
Short-term consultant at The World Bank
2016 - April 2023
Postdoctoral researcher, Chair of Macroeconomics, Faculty of Management and Economics, Ruhr University Bochum
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
Education
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)
Editorial Activity
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)
2023/2024
Special Issue Editor “Macro-financial Policy at the Crossroad: Addressing Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss, and Environmental Degradation” in Eurasian Economic Review (co-led with Prof. Dr. Schäfer and Prof. Stephan)
