Curriculum: Animal and Human Biology, and Ecology

Supervisor: Antonio Pusceddu

Co-Supervisor: Erika Porporato

Curriculum Vitae

Elisa Serra graduated with honours with a master’s degree in Natural Sciences. Elisa is an environmental scientist with expertise in integrating socio-economic approaches into environmental research. Elisa worked as Research fellowship on stakeholder engagement and blue circular economy in fishing and aquaculture, as well as on participatory approaches. He is currently carrying out a PhD in the Life, Environmental and Drug Sciences – Ecology curriculum in the University of Cagliari, under the supervision of Prof. Antonio Pusceddu and in collaboration with IMC Foundation – International Marine Centre. Her work focuses on the evaluation of ecosystem services and climate change impacts in Mediterranean marine-coastal areas.

The PhD project is funded by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4 Component 2Investment 1.4 – Call for tender No. 3138 of 16 December 2021, rectied by Decree n.3175 of 18December 2021  of Italian Ministry of University and Research funded by the European Union –NextGenerationEU; Project code CN_00000033, Concession Decree No. 1034  of 17 June 2022 adopted bythe Italian Ministry of University and Research, CUP B83C22002930006, Project title “NationalBiodiversity Future Center – NBFC”.

Research Topic

Climate change impacts on coastal wetlands ecosystem services

Abstract

Elisa Serra's PhD research project investigates the possible impacts of climate change on the ability of coastal wetlands to produce food provisioning ecosystem services. These ecosystems provide many benefits to humanity, but, due to climate change, their ability to produce ecosystem services is increasingly threatened. Despite this, assessments of these impacts based on a combination of ecological, socio-economic and management dimensions are still limited. This project aspires to fill at least part of these gaps by integrating and systematizing existing ecological and socio-economic data, and generating new empirical evidence through mixed methodologies, both quantitative and qualitative. The project combines different disciplinary approaches to assess the vulnerability of food supply ecosystem services in coastal wetlands of Sardinia, while contributing to the development of environmental accounting information sets as a monitoring tool. Through the integration of biophysical, social, and economic-environmental dimensions, the research aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of the impacts of climate change on coastal wetlands in socio-ecological terms, with the ultimate goal of supporting the development of adaptive management strategies for these environments and their capacity to produce ecological goods and services

The PhD project is funded by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.4 - Call for tender No. 3138 of 16 December 2021, rectified by Decree n.3175 of 18December 2021 of Italian Ministry of University and Research funded by the European Union –NextGenerationEU; Project code CN_00000033, Concession Decree No. 1034 of 17 June 2022 adopted by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, CUP B83C22002930006, Project title “NationalBiodiversity Future Center - NBFC”.

Publications

IRIS: https://iris.unica.it/cris/rp/rp60722

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-4008