Environmental Scientist and Climate Change Adaptation Expert
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SDG AcademySilvia Cocuccioni is a dedicated researcher at the Centre for Climate Change and Transformation of Eurac Research in Bolzano, Italy, specializing in climate change adaptation and risk assessment. Her academic background includes a BSc in Environmental Sciences from University La Sapienza in Rome and an MSc in Urban Environmental Management with a focus on land use spatial planning from Wageningen University. At Eurac Research, she plays a key role in the NEXOGENESIS project, which focuses on developing effective water-related policies through artificial intelligence and reinforcement learning to assess the water-energy-food-ecosystem nexus. Her expertise encompasses disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, with particular emphasis on stakeholder engagement processes. Currently, she contributes to interdisciplinary research activities, co-developing stakeholder behavior assessments and policy evaluations, while also managing the Adige river basin case study in Italy. Her work has garnered significant academic recognition, with 53 citations across 12 published works, demonstrating her substantial contribution to the field of environmental science and climate change adaptation.