Dr Gioele Figus

Senior Lecturer

Economics

Personal statement

Gioele is a senior lecturer in economics. 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 University of Strathclyde.

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. Currently, he is also interested in water utilisation and policies. From a regional perspective, he focusses on regional and international trade of regions and on the economic consequences of regional environmental policies.

Expertise

Has expertise in:

Economic modelling, with a primary focus on Computable General Equilibrium

Energy and environmental economic modelling

Regional trade modelling

Qualifications

2013 MSc in Applied Economics, University of Strathclyde, awarded with distinction

2017 PhD in Economics, University of Strathclyde, 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"

Publications

Resilience in a behavioural/Keynesian regional model: Allan Grant, Figus Gioele, McGregor Peter G, Swales J Kim; Environment and Planning A Vol 53, pp. 858-876 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X20941775
Do sticky energy prices impact the time paths of rebound effects associated with energy efficiency actions?: Figus Gioele, McGregor Peter G, Swales J Kim, Turner Karen; Energy Economics Vol 86 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.104657
The impact of the new Northern Ireland protocol : can Northern Ireland enjoy the best of both worlds?: Duparc-Portier Geoffroy, Figus Gioele; Regional Studies, pp. 1-14 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2021.1994547
The Sectoral Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on the Tourism Economy : a Regional Analysis Focused on Scotland: Allan Grant, Connolly Kevin, Figus Gioele, Maurya Aditya, Williamson Jack; (2023); https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00084572
Trade-offs : understanding future trade options for Scotland: Figus Gioele, McGregor Peter, McIntyre Stuart, Roy Graeme; National Institute Economic Review Vol 260, pp. 26-39 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1017/nie.2022.7
Economic impacts of COVID-19 on inbound and domestic tourism: Allan Grant, Connolly Kevin, Figus Gioele, Maurya Aditya; Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights Vol 3 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annale.2022.100075

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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. Currently, he is also interested in water utilisation and policies. From a regional perspective, he focusses on regional and international trade of regions and on the economic consequences of regional environmental policies.

Professional activities

Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy Academic Conference: Speaker; 20/4/2023
COVID and beyond for tourism industry in Scotland: the economic and policy perspectives: Speaker; 9/9/2022
Resilience of the Scottish economy to COVID-19 related changes in tourism demand: Speaker; 22/8/2022
Launch of the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy: Participant; 11/5/2022
Impact and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic on the Scottish tourism industry: a computable general equilibrium analysis: Contributor; 9/5/2022
Fraser of Allander - Tourism Modelling workshop: Speaker; 19/1/2022

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Projects

The sectoral economic impacts of COVID-19 on the tourism economy: a regional analysis focussed on Scotland: Allan, Grant (Principal Investigator) Figus, Gioele (Co-investigator) Connolly, Kevin (Researcher) Maurya, Aditya (Researcher); 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022
Trade in Northern Ireland: Characteristics of businesses and workers: Spowage, Mairi (Principal Investigator) Figus, Gioele (Co-investigator) Black, James (Researcher); 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2023
Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy: Spowage, Mairi (Principal Investigator) Figus, Gioele (Co-investigator) McGregor, Peter (Co-investigator) Roy, Graeme (Co-investigator) Wooton, Ian (Co-investigator) Black, James (Researcher) Maurya, Aditya (Researcher); 06-Jan-2022 - 05-Jan-2027
SGSSS Partnership Agreement | Duparc-Portier, Geoffroy: Dickson, Alexander (Principal Investigator) Figus, Gioele (Co-investigator) Duparc-Portier, Geoffroy (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2023
The macroeconomic impact of Fraunhofer: Allan, Grant (Principal Investigator) Figus, Gioele (Co-investigator) Roy, Graeme (Co-investigator); 04-Jan-2020 - 25-Jan-2021
Feasibility Study on Trade Modelling for Scotland: Roy, Graeme (Principal Investigator) Black, James (Co-investigator) Borbely, Daniel (Co-investigator) Figus, Gioele (Co-investigator) Wooton, Ian (Co-investigator); 28-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2019

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Address

Economics
Duncan Wing

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