VALERIA ANDREONI, PhD
Is AIB Professor in Sustainable Business (Economics), at University College Cork (Ireland), Vice Dean for Equality Diversity and Inclusion (CUBS, UCC) and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
She holds a PhD in Economics from University of Bologna (Italy) and a Master in Ecological Economics and Environmental Management from Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain). She is a trained facilitator for the 2030 SDGs Game and the LEGO Serious Play.
Her expertise focuses on Ecological Economics and Energy Economics. She is author of peer-reviewed papers and European Commission reports.
Prior to her academic appointments, she has been working for the Joint Research Center of European Commission and for the EuroMediterranean Center on Climate Change.
Research Projects
REGARD - Regional Strategies for Collaborative Anaerobic Digestion and Biorefinery Development in Ireland (2026-2030) - Sustainable Energy Authority (SEAI), Ireland - 709,520 Euro
REGARD Project, funded by SEAI
REVEIRE - Regenerative Value Systems for Irish Grown Wool in Ireland (2025-2028)
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland) Research Programme 2021-2030 - 657,403 Euro
EXPAND - Exploring Economic Viability and Market Development of Products from Anaerobic Digestion
Sustainable Energy Authority (SEAI), Ireland - 697,000 Euro
RECENT ARTICLES
Zhao, T., Andreoni, V., Daly, H., Eakins, J., 2026.
Ireland's carbon emission trends and degrowth opportunities: Based on modified Tapio - LMDI model.
Energy Policy 209(A), 114943
Andreoni, V., 2025.
Drivers of water use change: A multiscale integrated analysis for 13 European countries.
Environmental Science and Policy 170, 104117
Andreoni, V., Jeyacheya, J., 2025.
A multiscale integrated analysis of six developing countries with established tourism economies: the case of Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Malaysia, Jordan and Tunisia.
World Development Sustainability 6(3), 100223