Doctor Gioele Figus
Senior Lecturer
Economics
Personal statement
Gioele is a senior lecturer and director of research in the economics department. He has joined the Department in January 2019 having previously worked as a research associate for the Fraser of Allander Institute and the Centre for Energy Policy at the 糖心视频.
Gioele is an economic modeller focussed on the application of Computable General Equilibrium for the analysis of economic policies. Gioele is interested in regional economics and economics of energy and climate change. He has focussed on issues related to the economic consequences of energy efficiency and their ramifications in different parts of the economy. From a regional perspective, he focusses on regional and international trade of regions and on the economic consequences of regional environmental policies.
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Qualifications
2013 MSc in Applied Economics, 糖心视频, awarded with distinction
2017 PhD in Economics, 糖心视频, awarded with no corrections, Supervisors Professor Karen Turner, Professor Peter McGregor, External Pablo Arocena, Universidad de Navarra. Thesis title "Evaluating the impact of pro environment policies: the case of energy efficiency in the UK and Scotland"听
Publications
- Duparc-Portier Geoffroy,
- Energy Economics Vol 130 (2024)
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- Regional Studies Vol 59, pp. 1-16 (2025)
- Duparc-Portier Geoffroy,
- Regional Studies, pp. 1-14 (2021)
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- Economic Systems Research, pp. 1-22 (2026)
- , , , Tortajada Cecilia
- Environmental Modelling and Software Vol 197 (2026)
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- (2025)
Teaching
Gioele leads teaching on Economic Appraisal and Modelling in the MSc in Applied Economics, Energy Industries and Markets and Environmental Economics in the MSc in Economics & Policy of Energy and Climate Change and contributes to Economic Policy for the Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics. In addition, he leads a class on Economic Modelling for the Centre for Doctoral Training in Applied Economics.
Research Interests
Gioele is interested in regional economics and economics of energy and climate change. He has focussed on issues related to the economic consequences of energy efficiency and their ramifications in different parts of the economy. From a regional perspective, he focusses on regional and international trade of regions and on the economic consequences of regional environmental policies.
Professional Activities
- Organiser
- 24/6/2025
- Organiser
- 17/6/2025
- Host
- 16/6/2025
- Speaker
- 4/12/2024
- Contributor
- 3/12/2024
- Contributor
- 10/7/2024
Projects
- Allan, Grant (Principal Investigator) Figus, Gioele (Co-investigator) Connolly, Kevin (Researcher) Maurya, Aditya (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022
- Hauzenberger, Niko (Principal Investigator) Figus, Gioele (Co-investigator)
- 02-Jan-2026 - 01-Jan-2026
- Hauzenberger, Niko (Principal Investigator) Figus, Gioele (Principal Investigator)
- 16-Jan-2025 - 04-Jan-2025
- Whitworth, Adam (Principal Investigator) Figus, Gioele (Co-investigator) Findlay, Patricia (Co-investigator) Lindsay, Colin (Co-investigator) McIntyre, Stuart (Co-investigator) Remnant, Jennifer (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2028
- Black, James (Principal Investigator) Duparc-Portier, Geoffroy (Co-investigator) Figus, Gioele (Co-investigator) Spowage, Mairi (Co-investigator)
- 03-Jan-2025 - 02-Jan-2027
- Figus, Gioele (Principal Investigator) Telemo, Paul (Co-investigator) Lecca, Patrizio (Co-investigator)
- International Strategic Partnership
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2027
Contact
Doctor
Gioele
Figus
Senior Lecturer
Economics
Email: gioele.figus@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3640