Beatrice Mosello

Research student (visiting)

Beatrice Mosello is a PhD Candidate in Political Science and International Relations at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. She is a Visiting Research Student at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment/Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) until September 2011, within the framework of a Fellowship for Prospective Researchers, awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).

The title of Beatrice's PhD is 'Dealing with climate change: institutional adaptive capacity as a means to promote sustainable water governance in Italy and the Kyrgyz Republic'. Her research aims to investigate the factors that influence the institutional capacity of water governance systems to adapt to climate change. Beatrice's work specifically refers to the European context.

Background

Beatrice holds an MSc in International Studies with a specialisation in Political Science from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, and a Bachelor degree in Sustainable Development from the University of Pavia, Italy.

Before joining CCCEP, Beatrice participated as a Fellow Researcher in the European Union-funded ACQWA project, which focused on analysing the socio-economic drivers of climate change.

From September to December 2011, she also held a Research Fellowship at the Social Research Center of the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Beatrice has an extensive experience of environmental issues, which she obtained, among other things, by leading numerous youth initiatives on the human dimension of climate change, sustainable development and issues related to intergenerational equity.

Research interests

• Water governance;
• Climate change and extreme events;
• Decision-making under conditions of uncertainty;
• Institutional behavior/institutional learning mechanisms;
• Cooperation over water resources management;
• Common pool resources management – collective action;
• Central Asia;
• Economic development of mountain regions;
• Multi-level and transnational governance.

Research articles

2012

Mosello, B. Explaining the concept of intergenerational equity: the case of the youth movement in Copenhagen. The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, forthcoming (February 2012).

2011

Mosello, B. 2011. Climate change and patterns of governance in Alpine Regions. The case of water management in the Aosta and Ossola Valleys. Presented at the European Union Studies Association (EUSA) 12th Biennal International Conference 2011, Boston MA (US), 3-5 March 2011. Download PDF of presentation|

2010

Mosello, B. 2010. Investigating the relationship between extractive industries and security in conflict zones: the magic triangle as a solution for peace? International Affairs Review, Volume XIX, Spring/Summer Issue. External link to full article|

Mosello, B. 2010. Managing the impacts of climate change on water governance. Hydrocomplexity: New Tools for Solving Wicked Water Problems, IAHS Publication 338, UNESCO (Paris), July.

2008

Mosello, B. 2008. Water in Central Asia: a prospect for peace or conflict? Journal of Public and International Affairs, v.19, Spring: 151- 171. 

Mosello, B. July 2008. Central Asia: liquid deficit. Transitions Online, 30 July. External link to full article| (subscription required)