Guglielmo Zappala

Guglielmo Zappala is a Research Fellow at UC Berkeley's Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and the Center for Effective Global Action, with additional affiliation at IC Migrations. His research examines socioeconomic adaptation to climate change, particularly how individual beliefs and policy interventions shape adaptive behaviors.

Key research areas include climate belief formation in vulnerable communities, economic impacts of extreme heat on global agriculture, and public support for environmental policies. His work employs econometric analysis of household surveys and production network modeling.

Recent publications demonstrate methodological innovation in measuring how subjective beliefs influence real-world adaptation decisions, with field research conducted in climate-vulnerable regions including Bangladesh. Award-winning dissertation established new frameworks for understanding behavioral barriers to climate adaptation.