
Francesco Venuti
Doctoral Researcher
Early Stage Researcher
Law School, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
Francesco is a member of the Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law, where he is currently pursuing his PhD on the legal feasibility of implementing urban Nature-based Solutions across European cities. The main research areas addressed by his project are conservation of urban biodiversity and improvement of climate change adaptation. The latter is examined through the lens of heat and flood management in urban areas. Francesco is interested in analysing the main legal challenges that hinder Nature-based Solutions implementation and scaling-up within the European Union.
Research groups
Publications
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Bridging NbS and legal literature: Institutional, procedural and substantive barriers to nature-based solutions implementation
Venuti, Francesco. 2025. Land use policy. 151: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Regulations ‘Under the Weather’: Legal Factors of Stability and Change for the Implementation of Natural Stormwater Management in Finland
Venuti, Francesco; Heinilä, Aleksi; Davids, Peter R. 2025. Environmental policy and governance. [Epub ahead of print 29 Jan 2025]: 1-19 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research