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
2022
- Hilmo Lundheim, Sigurd; Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Kløckner, Christian; Geiss, Stefan. (2022) Developing a Theoretical Framework to Explain the Social Acceptability of Wind Energy. Energies. volum 15 (14).
2021
- Albulescu, Patricia; Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Löfström, Erica; Bouman, Loes; Dumitru, Adina; Jager, Wander; Lema Blanco, Isabel; Macsinga, Irina; Quinti, Gabriele; Wilson, Ruth. (2021) Report on barriers towards and drivers of energy equality in the energy union. European Commission. 2021.
- Cohen, Jed J.; Azarova, Valeriya; Kløckner, Christian; Kollmann, Andrea; Löfström, Erica; Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Polhill, J. Gareth; Reichl, Johannes; Salt, Douglas. (2021) Tackling the challenge of interdisciplinary energy research: A research toolkit. Energy Research & Social Science. volum 74.
- 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. volum 22 (2).
- Dumitru, Adina; Lema Blanco, Isabel; Albulescu, Patricia; Antosz, Patrycja; Bouman, Loes; Colley, kathryn; Craig, Tony; Jager, Wander; Macsinga, Irina; Meskovic, Elma; Mischkowski, Niklas; Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Polhill, J Gary; Quinti, Gabriele; Salt, Douglas; Somervail, Phoebe; Wilson, Ruth. (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. 2021.
- 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. volum 253.
- Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Albulescu, Patricia; Jager, Wander; Löfström, Erica; Macsinga, Irina; Alonso-betanzos, A.; Bouman, Loes; Guijarro-Berdiñas, Bertha; Polhill, J Gary; Rodríguez-Arias, Alejandro; Salt, Douglas; Sánchez-Maroño, Noelia. (2021) Report on the updated theoretical framework for social innovation diffusion. European Commission. 2021.
- 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. volum 3.
2020
- Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe. (2020) Wind Power and Public Engagement: Co-operatives and Community Ownership. Routledge. 2020. ISBN 9781138589100.
- Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Corvino, Fausto; Löfquist, Lars. (2020) Energy Justice and Intergenerational Ethics: Theoretical Perspectives and Institutional Designs. Energy Justice Across Borders.
- 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. volum 30 (6).
2019
- Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe. (2019) Energy equality and energy sufficiency: new policy principles to accelerate the energy transition. eceee 2019 Summer Study on energy efficiency: Is efficienct sufficient?.
- Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Corvino, Fausto; Pirni, Alberto Eugenio Ermenegildo. (2019) Climate justice in practice: adapting democratic institutions for environmental citizenship. A Research Agenda for Climate Justice.
- Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Macsinga, Irina; Albulescu, Patricia; Löfström, Erica; Coralia, Sulea; Dumitru, Adina; Nayum, Alim. (2019) Report on social innovation drivers, barriers, actors and network structures. European Commission. 2019.
- 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. volum 59.
2018
- Maran, Stefano; Pirni, Alberto Eugenio Ermenegildo; Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe. (2018) Raccomandazioni per il coinvolgimento degli stakeholder nello sviluppo della rete. 2018.
2012
- 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.
2011
- 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.
2010
- Jenkins, David; Banfill, P.F.; Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe. (2010) Non-domestic conclusions of the Tarbase project –Reducing CO2 emissions of existing buildings. 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.
- Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Jenkins, David; McLaren, Gary; Bowles, Greaeme; Buchan, Ross. (2010) Economic barriers to low-carbon office refurbishments. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Improving Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings: IEECB Focus 2010.
2009
- Peacock, Andrew; Jackson, Tim; Berry, Ali; Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Ahadzi, M.. (2009) Market Development Potential of Residential Refurbishment Packages. Act! Innovate! Deliver! Reducing energy demand sustainably: ECEEE 2009 Summer Study Proceedings.
2008
- 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. volum 45 (4).
Journal publications
- Hilmo Lundheim, Sigurd; Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Kløckner, Christian; Geiss, Stefan. (2022) Developing a Theoretical Framework to Explain the Social Acceptability of Wind Energy. Energies. volum 15 (14).
- Cohen, Jed J.; Azarova, Valeriya; Kløckner, Christian; Kollmann, Andrea; Löfström, Erica; Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Polhill, J. Gareth; Reichl, Johannes; Salt, Douglas. (2021) Tackling the challenge of interdisciplinary energy research: A research toolkit. Energy Research & Social Science. volum 74.
- 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. volum 22 (2).
- 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. volum 253.
- 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. volum 3.
- 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. volum 30 (6).
- 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. volum 59.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. volum 45 (4).
Report/dissertation
- Albulescu, Patricia; Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Löfström, Erica; Bouman, Loes; Dumitru, Adina; Jager, Wander; Lema Blanco, Isabel; Macsinga, Irina; Quinti, Gabriele; Wilson, Ruth. (2021) Report on barriers towards and drivers of energy equality in the energy union. European Commission. 2021.
- Dumitru, Adina; Lema Blanco, Isabel; Albulescu, Patricia; Antosz, Patrycja; Bouman, Loes; Colley, kathryn; Craig, Tony; Jager, Wander; Macsinga, Irina; Meskovic, Elma; Mischkowski, Niklas; Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Polhill, J Gary; Quinti, Gabriele; Salt, Douglas; Somervail, Phoebe; Wilson, Ruth. (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. 2021.
- Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Albulescu, Patricia; Jager, Wander; Löfström, Erica; Macsinga, Irina; Alonso-betanzos, A.; Bouman, Loes; Guijarro-Berdiñas, Bertha; Polhill, J Gary; Rodríguez-Arias, Alejandro; Salt, Douglas; Sánchez-Maroño, Noelia. (2021) Report on the updated theoretical framework for social innovation diffusion. European Commission. 2021.
- Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Macsinga, Irina; Albulescu, Patricia; Löfström, Erica; Coralia, Sulea; Dumitru, Adina; Nayum, Alim. (2019) Report on social innovation drivers, barriers, actors and network structures. European Commission. 2019.
- Maran, Stefano; Pirni, Alberto Eugenio Ermenegildo; Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe. (2018) Raccomandazioni per il coinvolgimento degli stakeholder nello sviluppo della rete. 2018.
- Jenkins, David; Banfill, P.F.; Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe. (2010) Non-domestic conclusions of the Tarbase project –Reducing CO2 emissions of existing buildings. 2010.
Part of book/report
- Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Corvino, Fausto; Löfquist, Lars. (2020) Energy Justice and Intergenerational Ethics: Theoretical Perspectives and Institutional Designs. Energy Justice Across Borders.
- Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe. (2019) Energy equality and energy sufficiency: new policy principles to accelerate the energy transition. eceee 2019 Summer Study on energy efficiency: Is efficienct sufficient?.
- Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Corvino, Fausto; Pirni, Alberto Eugenio Ermenegildo. (2019) Climate justice in practice: adapting democratic institutions for environmental citizenship. A Research Agenda for Climate Justice.
- Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Jenkins, David; McLaren, Gary; Bowles, Greaeme; Buchan, Ross. (2010) Economic barriers to low-carbon office refurbishments. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Improving Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings: IEECB Focus 2010.
- Peacock, Andrew; Jackson, Tim; Berry, Ali; Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe; Ahadzi, M.. (2009) Market Development Potential of Residential Refurbishment Packages. Act! Innovate! Deliver! Reducing energy demand sustainably: ECEEE 2009 Summer Study Proceedings.
Books
- Pellegrini-Masini, Giuseppe. (2020) Wind Power and Public Engagement: Co-operatives and Community Ownership. Routledge. 2020. ISBN 9781138589100.