Project List

IAM-CC assesses the societal readiness and equitable integration of Innovative Air Mobility into urban systems driven by the core question: “How can IAM improve social welfare?” We focus on the problems it can solve, society’s readiness to adopt it, and on how to deploy it fairly. Our participatory, evidence-based methodology moves beyond passive public acceptance toward active co-creation, guided by the Responsible Research and Innovation framework. Citizens, city authorities, and logistics operators are empowered to shape IAM deployment decisions from vertiport location to noise thresholds and Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans. Three Living Labs (Madrid, Milan, Coimbra), totally enabling 830 participants, will provide the real-world testbeds where innovative societal readiness pilots will be conducted, combining immersive VR/AR, stakeholder dialogues, and real-world demonstrations to validate tools and governance models. We build tools that quantify IAM’s potential to transform cities through faster emergency logistics, reduced congestion, and green job creation, and measure risks such as social exclusion, job displacement, and environmental injustice. To ensure long-term impact, we will establish the IAM Competence Centre, a hub for open-access tools, training, and a community of practice. Key outputs of IAM-CC include the IAM Societal Readiness Assessment and Analysis, the IAM Impact Quantification platform, immersive VR/AR tools for public engagement, and a Recommendation System that supports replicable, context-sensitive IAM deployment. These innovations will deliver a step-change in how societal readiness is assessed—moving from abstract acceptance surveys to dynamic, city-validated tools and living datasets, enabling a new generation of evidence-based, inclusive IAM planning. By integrating social sciences and humanities expertise, IAM-CC will support smarter urban planning, inclusive policy-making , and stronger community engagement.

  The project focuses on estimating impulse response functions (IRFs) through local projections with instrumental variables (LP-IV).   IRFs are fundamental to understanding the effects of monetary and fiscal policy on the economy. Local projections (LP) have become an essential tool for estimating IRFs, offering a flexible alternative to vector autoregressions. The LP-IV method improves causal inference by correcting for endogeneity problems, making it crucial in macroeconomic research on the effects pf exogenous shocks.   Despite their advantages, conventional LP-IV methods exhibit autocorrelation and bias problems in finite samples. The project will develop a novel Modified Indirect Least Squares (MILS) estimator that corrects these problems with both stationary and persistent series. The developed methods will subsequently be applied to assess the impact of monetary policy shocks in the US and Eurozone. The project will contribute to a better understanding of the transmission of monetary policy between economies and sectors, providing valuable lessons for researchers and economic policymakers.  

 This project aims to measure price and wage inflation expectations by modelling agents as being able to choose between different expectation rules based on their past performance. The study will be conducted by a group of two nuclear researchers (who specialize in macroeconomics and econometrics) and several consultants with positions in leading monetary policy institutions (who will aid with feedback and in the dissemination of the results).

To enhance SME competitiveness in the drone sector by developing a tailored business development curriculum, promoting youth entrepreneurship through innovative training and resources, and creating upskilling pathways via a comprehensive online platform, ultimately aligning with EU digital and green transitions.

The NATURE FUTURES project aims to integrate Nature-Based Solutions and Citizen Science into higher education, enhancing sustainability education, interdisciplinary collaboration, and learning. It seeks to equip students and educators with practical tools, develop systemic thinking through digital models, and create strategic roadmaps for institutional adoption. The project fosters engagement with stakeholders, aligning universities with climate action and EU sustainability goals.