Guglielmo Zappalà
Guglielmo Zappalà applies statistical and econometric methods grounded in economic theory to traditional and geo-spatial satellite data to better understand the socio-economic impacts of climate change and humanity’s ability to adapt.
Guglielmo earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Padova in 2018 and a master’s degree in Analysis and Policy in Economics from the Paris School of Economics in 2020. In the same institution, he completed his PhD in Economics in 2023, focusing on climate impacts and adaptation, with a particular interest in the role of individual beliefs, and examining the determinants of public support for climate policies. His dissertation received the Best Doctoral Dissertation award from both the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists and the French Economic Association. From 2023 to 2025, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Environmental Markets Lab (emLab) at UC Santa Barbara and in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Berkeley.
As an Environmental Fellow, Guglielmo will work with Professor Charles A. Taylor at the Harvard Kennedy School. His research will focus on two core areas of climate adaptation: examining adaptive margins that connect locations across space, such as human migration and trade, and investigating the frictions and constraints that can hinder adaptation, thereby exacerbating vulnerability to climate change.
Faculty Host: Charles Taylor, Harvard Kennedy School