Giuseppe Pellegrini Masini
E.C. Dahls gate 10, Kalvskinnet
About
I am an environmental social scientist working on the drivers and barriers affecting the development of bottom-up initiatives and social innovations involving renewables, sustainable transportation and energy consumption in buildings. My specific focus is on energy justice, climate justice and related policies. I am also interested in developing new research lines focusing on the relevance of environmental justice in sustainable development education.
Currently, I am a PI and WP leader in the H2020 ACCTING project, while in the recent past, I have worked as a senior researcher in the Department of Psychology of NTNU, engaging in the H2020 ENTRANCES and SMARTEES projects.
Previously I was a postdoctoral fellow, and now I am an Affiliate Researcher at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (Pisa, Italy), where I worked on a research project in collaboration with RSE, (Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico, Milano), on energy justice and the social aspects related with the evolution of the Italian energy system.
In 2017, I was awarded my PhD at Heriot-Watt University, (School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society), where I researched social acceptability of onshore wind farms and the co-operative model of community ownership.
In the past, I also worked as ‘Research Associate’ at the University of Glasgow and Heriot-Watt University on a nationwide British project, (TARBASE), aiming at individuating engineering and policy solutions to reduce carbon emissions from the UK building stock. Previously, I researched social engagement in wind energy at the Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development of De Montfort University.
In 2012 and 2013, I was environment executive councillor (Assessore all’ Ambiente) in the municipality of Lucca (Italy) where I coordinated the design and implementation of the environmental policy for the whole city. In that capacity, I introduced the zero-waste strategy, obtaining a 20% increase in recycled waste, and I coordinated the design of the Sustainable Energy Action Plan for the city membership of the Covenant of Mayors.
My main research interests lie broadly in energy and social research, energy policy, sustainable behaviours and environmental policies.
Publications
2025
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Boostani, Pariman;
Vilhelmsen, Kenneth;
Masini, Giuseppe Pellegrini;
Quinti, Gabriele;
Pugliese, Francesca;
Cacace, Marina.
(2025)
ACCTING Report on Research Line 3: Leveraging Behavioural Change for Inclusive Energy Communities.
zenodo
Academic article
2024
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Gladkykh, Ganna;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Boumann, Rita Tatiana Oliveira;
Sciullo, Alessandro;
Poganietz, Witold- Roger;
Pedraz, Guillermo Borragán.
(2024)
White Paper: A Just Energy Transition in the EU.
EERA The European Energy Research Alliance
EERA The European Energy Research Alliance
Report
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Boostani, Pariman;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Klein, Jørgen.
(2024)
The Role of Community Energy Schemes in Reducing Energy Poverty and Promoting Social Inclusion: A Systematic Literature Review.
Energies
Academic literature review
2023
-
Lestar, Tamas;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe.
(2023)
The Agency of Children and Young People in Sustainability Transitions: Eco-Spiritual Events on Hare Krishna Eco-Farms in Europe.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Klados, Manousos;
White, James;
Zorell, Carolin;
Gajdusek, Martin Felix;
Szudi, Gabor;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe.
(2023)
D5.3. ACCTING Research Agenda – 1st cycle.
European Commission
Academic article
2022
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Lundheim, Sigurd Hilmo;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Kløckner, Christian;
Geiss, Stefan.
(2022)
Developing a Theoretical Framework to Explain the Social Acceptability of Wind Energy.
Energies
Academic article
2021
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Egner, Lars Even;
Kløckner, Christian;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe.
(2021)
Low free-riding at the cost of subsidizing the rich. Replicating Swiss energy retrofit subsidy findings in Norway.
Energy and Buildings
Academic article
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Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Egner, Lars Even;
Kløckner, Christian;
Löfström, Erica.
(2021)
Sustainable Energy Policies and Equality: Is There a Nexus? Inferences From the Analysis of EU Statistical and Survey Data.
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
Academic article
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Cohen, Jed J.;
Azarova, Valeriya;
Kløckner, Christian;
Kollmann, Andrea;
Löfström, Erica;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe.
(2021)
Tackling the challenge of interdisciplinary energy research: A research toolkit.
Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
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Corvino, Fausto;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Pirni, Alberto Eugenio Ermenegildo;
Maran, Stefano.
(2021)
Compensation for Energy Infrastructures: Can a Capability Approach be More Equitable?.
Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
Academic article
-
Albulescu, Patricia;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Löfström, Erica;
Bouman, Loes;
Dumitru, Adina;
Jager, Wander.
(2021)
Report on barriers towards and drivers of energy equality in the energy union.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
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Dumitru, Adina;
Blanco, Isabel Lema;
Albulescu, Patricia;
Antosz, Patrycja;
Bouman, Loes;
Colley, kathryn.
(2021)
Elaboration of Policy Recommendations for each cluster of
case-studies and an online tool for the co-production of energy
policy and simulations.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Albulescu, Patricia;
Jager, Wander;
Löfström, Erica;
Macsinga, Irina;
Alonso-betanzos, A..
(2021)
Report on the updated theoretical framework for social innovation diffusion.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
2020
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Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Corvino, Fausto;
Löfquist, Lars.
(2020)
Energy Justice and Intergenerational Ethics: Theoretical Perspectives and Institutional Designs.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Pirni, Alberto Eugenio Ermenegildo;
Maran, Stefano;
Kløckner, Christian.
(2020)
Delivering a timely and Just Energy Transition: which policy research priorities?.
Environmental Policy and Governance
Academic article
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe.
(2020)
Wind Power and Public Engagement: Co-operatives and Community Ownership.
Routledge
Routledge
Academic monograph
2019
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Corvino, Fausto;
Pirni, Alberto Eugenio Ermenegildo.
(2019)
Climate justice in practice: adapting democratic institutions for environmental citizenship.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe.
(2019)
Energy equality and energy sufficiency: new policy principles to accelerate the energy transition.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Pirni, Alberto Eugenio Ermenegildo;
Maran, Stefano.
(2019)
Energy justice revisited: A critical review on the philosophical and political origins of equality.
Energy Research & Social Science
Academic literature review
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Macsinga, Irina;
Albulescu, Patricia;
Löfström, Erica;
Coralia, Sulea;
Dumitru, Adina.
(2019)
Report on social innovation drivers, barriers, actors and network structures.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
2018
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Maran, Stefano;
Pirni, Alberto Eugenio Ermenegildo;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe.
(2018)
Raccomandazioni per il coinvolgimento degli stakeholder nello sviluppo della rete.
Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico - RSE S.p.A.
Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico - RSE S.p.A.
Report
2012
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Leishman, Chris;
Orr, A.M.;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe.
(2012)
The impact of carbon emission reducing design features on office occupiers’ choice of premises.
Urban Studies
Academic article
2011
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Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Leishman, Chris.
(2011)
The role of corporate reputation and employees’ values in the uptake of energy efficiency in office buildings.
Energy Policy
Academic article
2010
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Bowels, G.;
Peacock, A.;
Ahadzi, M.;
Banfill, P.F..
(2010)
Whole life costing of domestic energy demand reduction technologies: householder perspectives.
Construction Management and Economics
Academic article
-
Jenkins, David;
Banfill, P.F.;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe.
(2010)
Non-domestic conclusions of the Tarbase project –Reducing CO2 emissions of existing buildings.
Heriot-Watt University
Heriot-Watt University
Report
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Jenkins, David;
McLaren, Gary;
Bowles, Greaeme;
Buchan, Ross.
(2010)
Economic barriers to low-carbon office refurbishments.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2009
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Peacock, Andrew;
Jackson, Tim;
Berry, Ali;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Ahadzi, M..
(2009)
Market Development Potential of Residential Refurbishment Packages.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2008
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Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe.
(2008)
Book Review: Spaces of Sustainability: Geographical Perspectives on the Sustainable Society Mark Whitehead, 2007 London: Routledge 242 pp. £22.50 paperback ISBN 9780415358040 Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment Matthew E. Kahn, 2006 Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press 160 pp. £11.99 Paperback ISBN 139780815748151.
Urban Studies
Book review
Journal publications
-
Boostani, Pariman;
Vilhelmsen, Kenneth;
Masini, Giuseppe Pellegrini;
Quinti, Gabriele;
Pugliese, Francesca;
Cacace, Marina.
(2025)
ACCTING Report on Research Line 3: Leveraging Behavioural Change for Inclusive Energy Communities.
zenodo
Academic article
-
Boostani, Pariman;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Klein, Jørgen.
(2024)
The Role of Community Energy Schemes in Reducing Energy Poverty and Promoting Social Inclusion: A Systematic Literature Review.
Energies
Academic literature review
-
Klados, Manousos;
White, James;
Zorell, Carolin;
Gajdusek, Martin Felix;
Szudi, Gabor;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe.
(2023)
D5.3. ACCTING Research Agenda – 1st cycle.
European Commission
Academic article
-
Lundheim, Sigurd Hilmo;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Kløckner, Christian;
Geiss, Stefan.
(2022)
Developing a Theoretical Framework to Explain the Social Acceptability of Wind Energy.
Energies
Academic article
-
Egner, Lars Even;
Kløckner, Christian;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe.
(2021)
Low free-riding at the cost of subsidizing the rich. Replicating Swiss energy retrofit subsidy findings in Norway.
Energy and Buildings
Academic article
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Egner, Lars Even;
Kløckner, Christian;
Löfström, Erica.
(2021)
Sustainable Energy Policies and Equality: Is There a Nexus? Inferences From the Analysis of EU Statistical and Survey Data.
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
Academic article
-
Cohen, Jed J.;
Azarova, Valeriya;
Kløckner, Christian;
Kollmann, Andrea;
Löfström, Erica;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe.
(2021)
Tackling the challenge of interdisciplinary energy research: A research toolkit.
Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
-
Corvino, Fausto;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Pirni, Alberto Eugenio Ermenegildo;
Maran, Stefano.
(2021)
Compensation for Energy Infrastructures: Can a Capability Approach be More Equitable?.
Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
Academic article
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Pirni, Alberto Eugenio Ermenegildo;
Maran, Stefano;
Kløckner, Christian.
(2020)
Delivering a timely and Just Energy Transition: which policy research priorities?.
Environmental Policy and Governance
Academic article
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Pirni, Alberto Eugenio Ermenegildo;
Maran, Stefano.
(2019)
Energy justice revisited: A critical review on the philosophical and political origins of equality.
Energy Research & Social Science
Academic literature review
-
Leishman, Chris;
Orr, A.M.;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe.
(2012)
The impact of carbon emission reducing design features on office occupiers’ choice of premises.
Urban Studies
Academic article
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Leishman, Chris.
(2011)
The role of corporate reputation and employees’ values in the uptake of energy efficiency in office buildings.
Energy Policy
Academic article
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Bowels, G.;
Peacock, A.;
Ahadzi, M.;
Banfill, P.F..
(2010)
Whole life costing of domestic energy demand reduction technologies: householder perspectives.
Construction Management and Economics
Academic article
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe.
(2008)
Book Review: Spaces of Sustainability: Geographical Perspectives on the Sustainable Society Mark Whitehead, 2007 London: Routledge 242 pp. £22.50 paperback ISBN 9780415358040 Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment Matthew E. Kahn, 2006 Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press 160 pp. £11.99 Paperback ISBN 139780815748151.
Urban Studies
Book review
Books
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe.
(2020)
Wind Power and Public Engagement: Co-operatives and Community Ownership.
Routledge
Routledge
Academic monograph
Part of book/report
-
Lestar, Tamas;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe.
(2023)
The Agency of Children and Young People in Sustainability Transitions: Eco-Spiritual Events on Hare Krishna Eco-Farms in Europe.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Corvino, Fausto;
Löfquist, Lars.
(2020)
Energy Justice and Intergenerational Ethics: Theoretical Perspectives and Institutional Designs.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Corvino, Fausto;
Pirni, Alberto Eugenio Ermenegildo.
(2019)
Climate justice in practice: adapting democratic institutions for environmental citizenship.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe.
(2019)
Energy equality and energy sufficiency: new policy principles to accelerate the energy transition.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Jenkins, David;
McLaren, Gary;
Bowles, Greaeme;
Buchan, Ross.
(2010)
Economic barriers to low-carbon office refurbishments.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Peacock, Andrew;
Jackson, Tim;
Berry, Ali;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Ahadzi, M..
(2009)
Market Development Potential of Residential Refurbishment Packages.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
-
Gladkykh, Ganna;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Boumann, Rita Tatiana Oliveira;
Sciullo, Alessandro;
Poganietz, Witold- Roger;
Pedraz, Guillermo Borragán.
(2024)
White Paper: A Just Energy Transition in the EU.
EERA The European Energy Research Alliance
EERA The European Energy Research Alliance
Report
-
Albulescu, Patricia;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Löfström, Erica;
Bouman, Loes;
Dumitru, Adina;
Jager, Wander.
(2021)
Report on barriers towards and drivers of energy equality in the energy union.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
-
Dumitru, Adina;
Blanco, Isabel Lema;
Albulescu, Patricia;
Antosz, Patrycja;
Bouman, Loes;
Colley, kathryn.
(2021)
Elaboration of Policy Recommendations for each cluster of
case-studies and an online tool for the co-production of energy
policy and simulations.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Albulescu, Patricia;
Jager, Wander;
Löfström, Erica;
Macsinga, Irina;
Alonso-betanzos, A..
(2021)
Report on the updated theoretical framework for social innovation diffusion.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
-
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe;
Macsinga, Irina;
Albulescu, Patricia;
Löfström, Erica;
Coralia, Sulea;
Dumitru, Adina.
(2019)
Report on social innovation drivers, barriers, actors and network structures.
European Commission
European Commission
Report
-
Maran, Stefano;
Pirni, Alberto Eugenio Ermenegildo;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe.
(2018)
Raccomandazioni per il coinvolgimento degli stakeholder nello sviluppo della rete.
Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico - RSE S.p.A.
Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico - RSE S.p.A.
Report
-
Jenkins, David;
Banfill, P.F.;
Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe.
(2010)
Non-domestic conclusions of the Tarbase project –Reducing CO2 emissions of existing buildings.
Heriot-Watt University
Heriot-Watt University
Report
Outreach
2023
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Academic lectureBoostani, Pariman; Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Klein, Jørgen. (2023) The role of community energy schemes in reducing energy vulnerability across Europe; A systematic literature review. The RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2023 , Imperial College London 2023-08-29 - 2023-10-01
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Academic lectureBoostani, Pariman; Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Klein, Jørgen. (2023) A Systematic Review Of Community Energy Schemes Through A Feminist Perspective On The Energy Transition. Second International Conference on New Pathways for a Just and Inclusive Energy Transition: Connecting Multiple Stakeholders and Levels , Groningen university 2023-06-20 - 2023-06-21
2007
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Academic lecturePellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe. (2007) The carbon-saving behaviour of residential households. 51st IFHP World Congress 2007-09-23 - 2007-09-26