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Science & Technology Studies, Enviornmental Sociology, Science and Nature Writing
Italy

Biography

Alessio Giacometti is a PhD candidate in Social Sciences: Communications, Interaction and Cultural Constructions at the University of Padova, Italy, working at the moment on a project on the representations of nuclear fusion. Member of the research unit Pa.S.T.I.S (Padova Science, Technology, and Innovation Studies), he obtained a Master’s degree in Sociology and Social Research from the University of Padova, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Sociological Sciences and in Communications Studies from the same university. He is interested in Science & Technology Studies (STS) and environmental sociology, with a particular propension for the Anthropocene studies, environmental humanities, political ecology, and social studies of energy transitions. He is also keen on science and nature writing.

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Università di Padova: Padova, Veneto, IT

2021-10-01 to 2024-10-01 | Dottorandi (Università di Padova)
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Works (5)

Socio economic perspectives on fusion power for a sustainable future energy system

2024-01-01 | Journal article
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The clock is ticking: Understanding the ‘mixed feelings’ about fusion energy in Europe

2024-01-01 | Journal article
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Trajectories of the Anthropocene as a boundary concept bridging debates about climate change and ecological collapse (years 2000–2019)

2024-01-01 | Journal article
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Immaginari dell’Antropocene. Usi scientifici e diffusione culturale del concetto di epoca umana

Edizioni Epoké
2023 | Book
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Raccontare la crisi climatica. Limiti e prospettive del giornalismo ambientale

Contro-nature. Teorie e pratiche di ecologia politica
2022 | Book chapter
Contributors: Alessio Giacometti
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