Irene holds a Ph.D. in Agri-food Economics and Statistics from the University of Bologna. Irene has extensive experience in developing policy-relevant academic research on how to finance the low-carbon transition and the Sustainable Development Goals via green fiscal, monetary policies and green bonds. Her research focuses on empirical analysis of financial exposure to climate risks as well as on Stock-Flows Consistent models of macro-financial and distributive effects of climate-aligned policies.