Dr 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 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. From a regional perspective, he focusses on regional and international trade of regions and on the economic consequences of regional environmental policies.
Area of Expertise
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
- How should governments respond to energy price crises? : a horse-race between fiscal policies
- Duparc-Portier Geoffroy, Figus Gioele
- Energy Economics Vol 130 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.107284
- Trading Borders : the importance of interregional integration and economy size for the impact of secession
- Figus Gioele, McGregor Peter, McIntyre Stuart, Roy Graeme
- Regional Studies (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2025.2461756
- 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
- Economic consequences of climate-induced changes in crop yields in a water-abundant region
- Allan Grant J, Figus Gioele, Pathak Prakash
- The Review of Regional Studies (2025)
- 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
- New Brexit deal will be better for Northern Ireland's economy than the protocol, research suggests
- Duparc-Portier Geoffroy, Figus Gioele
- (2023)
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
- Should the gains from trade be redistributed at the national or regional level?
- Speaker
- 4/12/2024
- Investigating the potential economy wide impacts of energy efficiency improvements in Northern Ireland
- Contributor
- 3/12/2024
- The impact of fiscal interventions on tourism spending, the economy and emissions: the AMOSTRAVEL model
- Contributor
- 10/7/2024
- 29th International Input Output Association Conference
- Organiser
- 25/9/2023
- Economic consequences of climatic changes in crop yields in water-abundant regions
- Contributor
- 27/7/2023
- Scottish Trade Policy Forum
- Participant
- 10/5/2023
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
- Evaluating the Impacts of Imports on the UK Economy
- Black, James (Principal Investigator) Duparc-Portier, Geoffroy (Co-investigator) Figus, Gioele (Co-investigator) Spowage, Mairi (Co-investigator)
- 03-Jan-2025 - 02-Jan-2027
- Carbon leakage and trade policy
- Figus, Gioele (Principal Investigator) Comerford, David (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2027
- How does an ageing population impact the Energy transition?
- Figus, Gioele (Principal Investigator) Telemo, Paul (Co-investigator) Lecca, Patrizio (Co-investigator)
- International Strategic Partnership
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2027
- ESRC IAA 2023 / R220785-146
- Figus, Gioele (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2028
- Trade in Northern Ireland: Characteristics of businesses and workers
- Spowage, Mairi (Principal Investigator) Black, James (Co-investigator) Figus, Gioele (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2023