Benvenuti nell'Anagrafe della Ricerca d'Ateneo

Magnetorheological elastomers for tunable vibration absorbers : modelling, fabrication and experimental characterization

This project focuses on the comprehensive study, modelling, and application of Magnetorheological Elastomers (MREs), aiming to significantly advance the field of dynamic vibration absorbers with tunable stiffness. The research is structured around three key interlinked aspects: mathematical modelling and numerical simulation, material fabrication and characterization, and prototyping of an MRE-based vibration absorber. Theoretical and Computational Novelty The primary theoretical contributio...

The drivers of income inequality and electoral behaviour in Italy

This thesis has two main aims. First, it investigates the main determinants of income inequality in Italy at the provincial level between 2004 and 2019. Two income definitions are employed: market income—the sum of financial and rental income and labour income including social security contributions and taxes, but excluding pensions and monetary transfers—and gross income, which adds government cash transfers such as old-age pensions. This distinction allows the analysis to capture the role o...

We live in the same planet but are we on the same boat? : an analysis of the distributive impacts of the climate crisis through the model TITANIC

This thesis investigates how the climate change physical risks influence income distribution in Italy, a Global North country highly exposed to climate risks due to its Mediterranean location. To address this question, after the introduction and literature review, Chapter 3 develops TITANIC (Temperatures Impact and Transitions Analysis: Navigating Inequalities and Climate), an Ecological Stock–Flow Consistent Input–Output model that includes a 26 industries disaggregation of the productive se...

Risk sharing channels in the Euro Area : a microeconomic perspective