Giangiacomo Bravo

I'm mainly interested in computational social sciences with applications on environmental issues. Besides data (and big data) analysis, I'm especially fascinated in two research approaches: (1) the use of experimental methods in the study of social mechanisms, with a specific reference to social dilemma situations; (2) the application of agent-based modelling to analyse social and social-ecological system. These different approaches can be used in isolation or, better, combined to reach a better understanding of the problem under consideration.

Research

A short list of my research interests covers:
• environmental sustainability
• common-pool resource management
• social-ecological systems
• collective action problems
• computational social sciences

Film: Giangiacomo Bravo about how migration and conflict are linked to the lack of natural resources. The research shows that conflicts were common when we lived as hunter gatherers in South America.

My research groups

My completed research projects

Publications

Article in journal (Refereed)

Tamburino, L., Bravo, G. (2024). Ecological efficiency : The ability to achieve human well-being while limiting environmental impact. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 21.
Status: Published
Garcia-Costa, D., Grimaldo, F., Bravo, G., Mehmani, B., Squazzoni, F. (2024). The silver lining of COVID-19 restrictions : research output of academics under lockdown. Scientometrics. 129. 1771-1786.
Status: Published
Ghorbani, A., Siddiki, S., Bravo, G. (2023). Editorial: Institutional adaptation and transformation for climate resilience. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 11.
Status: Published
Tamburino, L., Cafaro, P., Bravo, G. (2023). An Analysis of Three Decades of Increasing Carbon Emissions : The Weight of the P Factor. Sustainability. 15.
Status: Published
Bravo, G., Farjam, M. (2022). Actions speak louder than words : Attitudes, behaviour, and partisan identity in a polarised environmental domain. Energy Research & Social Science. 90.
Status: Published
Ale Ebrahim Dehkordi, M., Ghorbani, A., Bravo, G., Farjam, M., Van Weeren, R., et al. (2021). Long-term dynamics of institutions : Using ABM as a complementary tool to support theory development in historical studies. JASSS : Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. 24 (4).
Status: Published
De Moor, T., Farjam, M., Van Weeren, R., Bravo, G., Forsman, A., et al. (2021). Taking sanctioning seriously : The impact of sanctions on the resilience of historical commons in Europe. Journal of Rural Studies. 87. 181-188.
Status: Published
Aliakbar, A., Bravo, G., Squazzon, F. (2021). The impact of a national research assessment on the publications of sociologists in Italy. Science and Public Policy. 48 (5). 662-678.
Status: Published
Forsman, A., De Moor, T., Van Weeren, R., Farjam, M., Molood, A.E.D., et al. (2021). Comparisons of historical Dutch commons inform about the long-term dynamics of social-ecological systems. PLOS ONE. 16 (8).
Status: Published
Ghorbani, A., Ho, P., Bravo, G. (2021). Institutional form versus function in a common property context : Thecredibility thesis tested through an agent-based model. Land use policy. 102.
Status: Published
Tamburino, L., Bravo, G. (2021). Reconciling a positive ecological balance with human development : A quantitative assessment. Ecological Indicators. 129.
Status: Published
Squazzoni, F., Bravo, G., Farjam, M., Marusic, A., Mehmani, B., et al. (2021). Peer review and gender bias : A study on 145 scholarly journals. Science Advances. 7 (2). 1-12.
Status: Published
Farjam, M., Bianchi, F., Squazzoni, F., Bravo, G. (2021). Dangerous liaisons : an online experiment on the role of scientific experts and politicians in ensuring public support for anti-COVID measures. Royal Society Open Science. 8 (3). 1-20.
Status: Published
Squazzoni, F., Bravo, G., Grimaldo, F., García-Costa, D., Farjam, M., et al. (2021). Gender gap in journal submissions and peer review during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A study on 2329 Elsevier journals. PLOS ONE. 16 (10).
Status: Published
Bravo, G., Yantseva, V. (2020). Cooperation and conflict in segregated populations. Social science computer review. 38 (4). 405-421.
Status: Published
Natalini, D., Bravo, G., Newman, E. (2020). Fuel riots: definition, evidence and policy implications for a new type of energy-related conflict. Energy Policy. 147.
Status: Published
Farjam, M., De Moor, T., Van Weeren, R., Forsman, A., Dehkordi, M.A.E., et al. (2020). Shared Patterns in Long-Term Dynamics of Commons as Institutions for Collective Action. International Journal of the Commons. 14 (1). 78-90.
Status: Published
Squazzoni, F., Ahrweiler, P., Barros, T., Bianchi, F., Birukou, A., et al. (2020). Unlock ways to share data on peer review. Nature. 578 (7796). 512-514.
Status: Published
Forsman, A., De Moor, T., Van Weeren, R., Bravo, G., Ghorbani, A., et al. (2020). Eco-evolutionary perspectives on emergence, dispersion and dissolution of historical Dutch commons. PLOS ONE. 15 (7). 1-21.
Status: Published
Tamburino, L., Bravo, G., Clough, Y., Nicholas, K.A. (2020). From population to production : 50 years of scientific literature on how to feed the world. Global Food Security. 24. 1-8.
Status: Published
Farjam, M., Nikolaychuk, O., Bravo, G. (2019). Investing into climate change mitigation despite the risk of failure. Climatic Change. 154 (3-4). 453-460.
Status: Published
Drvenica, I., Bravo, G., Vejmelka, L., Dekanski, A., Nedić, O. (2019). Peer review of reviewers : the author’s perspective. Publications. 7 (1). 1-10.
Status: Published
Pardalis, G., Mahapatra, K., Bravo, G., Mainali, B. (2019). Swedish House Owners’ Intentions Towards Renovations : Is there a Market for One-Stop-Shop?. Buildings. 9 (7). 1-16.
Status: Published
Bravo, G., Pardalis, G., Mahapatra, K., Mainali, B. (2019). Physical vs. Aesthetic Renovations : Learning from Swedish House Owners. Buildings. 9 (1).
Status: Published
Bravo, G., Grimaldo, F., Lopez-Inesta, E., Mehmani, B., Squazzoni, F. (2019). The effect of publishing peer review reports on referee behavior in five scholarly journals. Nature Communications. 10.
Status: Published
Farjam, M., Nikolaychuk, O., Bravo, G. (2019). Experimental evidence of an environmental attitude-behavior gap in high-cost situations. Ecological Economics. 166. 1-12.
Status: Published
Natalini, D., Bravo, G., Jones, A.W. (2019). Global food security and food riots : an agent-based modelling approach. Food Security. 11 (5). 1153-1173.
Status: Published
Takács, K., Bravo, G., Squazzoni, F. (2018). Referrals and information flow in networks increase discrimination : A laboratory experiment. Social Networks. 54. 254-265.
Status: Published
Farjam, M., Nikolaychuk, O., Bravo, G. (2018). Does risk communication really decrease cooperation in climate change mitigation?. Climatic Change. 149 (2). 147-158.
Status: Published
Bianchi, F., Francisco, G., Bravo, G., Flaminio, S. (2018). The peer review game : an agent-based model of scientists facing resource constraints and institutional pressures. Scientometrics. 116 (3). 1401-1420.
Status: Published
Bravo, G., Farjam, M., Moreno, F.G., Birukou, A., Squazzoni, F. (2018). Hidden connections : Network effects on editorial decisions in four computer science journals. Journal of Informetrics. 12 (1). 101-112.
Status: Published
Rosenlund, J., Notini, P., Bravo, G. (2017). Exploring attitudes to societal relevance : the effects of reflection on research practices among Swedish environmental scientists. Journal of Responsible Innovation. 4 (3). 337-353.
Status: Published
Bravo, G., Farjam, M. (2017). Prospects and Challenges for the Computational Social Sciences. Journal of universal computer science (Online). 23 (11). 1057-1069.
Status: Published
Gargano, F., Tamburino, L., Bagarello, F., Bravo, G. (2017). Large-scale effects of migration and conflict in pre-agricultural groups: Insights from a dynamic model. PLOS ONE. 12 (3).
Status: Published
Ghorbani, A., Bravo, G., Frey, U., Theesfeld, I. (2017). Self-organization in the commons : An empirically-tested model. Environmental Modelling & Software. 96. 30-45.
Status: Published
Ghorbani, A., Bravo, G. (2016). Managing the Commons : A Simple Model of the Emergence of Institutions Through Collective Action. International Journal of the Commons. 10 (1). 200-219.
Status: Published
Bravo, G. (2015). The human sustainable development index: The 2014 update. Ecological Indicators. 50. 258-259.
Status: Published
Natalini, D., Jones, A.W., Bravo, G. (2015). Quantitative Assessment of Political Fragility Indices and Food Prices as Indicators of Food Riots in Countries. Sustainability. 7 (4). 4360-4385.
Status: Published
Bravo, G., Squazzoni, F., Takács, K. (2015). Intermediaries in Trust : Indirect Reciprocity, Incentives, and Norms. Journal of Applied Mathematics. 2015. 1-12.
Status: Published
Garbarini, F., Riccardo, B., Francesco, D., Bravo, G., Cristina, M., et al. (2014). Neural Correlates of Gender Differences in Reputation Building. PLOS ONE. 9 (9). e106285.
Status: Published
Natalini, D., Bravo, G. (2014). Encouraging Sustainable Transport Choices in American Households: Results from an Empirically Grounded Agent-Based Model. Sustainability. 6 (1). 50-69.
Status: Published
Bravo, G. (2014). The Human Sustainable Development Index: New calculations and a first critical analysis. Ecological Indicators. 37. 145-150.
Status: Published
Squazzoni, F., Bravo, G., Takács, K. (2013). Does incentive provision increase the quality of peer review? An experimental study. Research Policy. 42 (1). 287-294.
Status: Published
Bravo, G., Squazzoni, F. (2013). Exit, punishment and rewards in commons dilemmas : An experimental study. PLOS ONE. 8 (8).
Status: Published
Tamburino, L., Bravo, G. (2013). Mice in Wonderforest: Understanding mast seeding through individual-based modelling. Ecological Modelling. 250. 34-44.
Status: Published
Bravo, G., Vallino, E., Cerutti, A.K., Pairotti, M.B. (2013). Alternative scenarios of green consumption in Italy : An empirically grounded model. Environmental Modelling & Software. 47. 225-234.
Status: Published
Bravo, G., Squazzoni, F., Boero, R. (2012). Trust and Partner Selection in Social Networks: An Experimentally Grounded Model. Social Networks. 34 (4). 481-492.
Status: Published
Casnici, N., Bravo, G., Castellani, M., Squazzoni, F. (2012). Cooperazione, ﬁducia e differenze digenere: un’indagine cross-metodologica. Rassegna italiana di sociologia. 53 (4). 573-600.
Status: Published
Bravo, G. (2012). Working together : II framework dei commons e le basi del suo successo. Culture della sostenibilità. 5 (9). 139-148.
Status: Published
Bravo, G., Tamburino, L. (2011). Are two resources really better than one? : Some unexpected results of the availability of substitutes. Journal of Environmental Management. 92 (11). 2865-2874.
Status: Published
Bravo, G. (2011). Agents’ beliefs and the evolution of institutions for common-pool resource management. Rationality and Society. 23 (1). 117-152.
Status: Published
Boero, R., Bravo, G., Castellani, M., Squazzoni, F. (2010). Why Bother with What Others Tell You? : An Experimental Data-Driven Agent-Based Model. JASSS : Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. 13 (3). Article ID: 6.
Status: Published
Bravo, G. (2010). Voluntary contribution to public goods in mutual-help forums : reciprocity or group attachment?. Socio-Economic Review. 8 (4). 709-733.
Status: Published
Boero, R., Bravo, G., Castellani, M., Squazzoni, F. (2009). Reputational cues in repeated trust games. The Journal of Socio-Economics. 38 (6). 871-877.
Status: Published
Boero, R., Bravo, G., Castellani, M., Lagana, F., Squazzoni, F. (2009). Pillars of Trust : An Experimental Study on Reputation and Its Effects. Sociological Research Online. 14 (5). Article ID: 5.
Status: Published
Bravo, G. (2008). Imitation and Cooperation in Different Helping Games. JASSS : Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. 11 (1). Article ID: 8.
Status: Published
Bravo, G., Marelli, B. (2008). Irrigation systems as common-pool resources : Examples from Northern Italy. La Revue de Geographie Alpine. 96 (3). 15-26.
Status: Published
Bravo, G., Tamburino, L. (2008). The evolution of trust in non-simultaneous exchange situations. Rationality and Society. 20 (1). 85-113.
Status: Published
Bagliani, M., Bravo, G., Dalmazzone, S. (2008). A consumption-based approach to environmental Kuznets curves using the ecological footprint indicator. Ecological Economics. 65 (3). 650-661.
Status: Published

Conference paper (Refereed)

Dehkordi, M.A.E., Ghorbani, A., Herder, P., Farjam, M., Forsman, A., et al. (2021). The role of wealth inequality on collective action for management of common pool resource. Advances in social simulation. 375-379.
Farjam, M., Bravo, G. (2020). Fixing sample biases in experimental data using agent-based modelling. Advances in social simulation : Looking in the Mirror. 155-159.
Ghorbani, A., Dehkordi, M., Bravo, G., Farjam, M., De Moor, T., et al. (2019). Long-term Dynamics of Institutions: An empirically tested model. .
Farjam, M., Nikolaychuk, O., Bravo, G. (2019). Nonetheless or all the more? Investing into climate change mitigation policies despitea risk of failure. .
De Moor, T., Farjam, M., Bravo, G., Dehkordi, M., Forsman, A., et al. (2019). Common paths in long-term institutional dynamics : An analysis of rule changes in British and Dutch commons over seven centuries. Presented at: XVII Biennial IASC Conference, Lima, Peru, July 1-5, 2019.
Farjam, M., Bravo, G., Forsman, A., De Moor, T., Ghorbani, A., et al. (2019). Eco-evolutionary perspectives on institutional dynamics of historical commons advice about sustainable utilization of shared resources. Presented at: XVII Biennial IASC Conference, Lima, Peru, July 1-5, 2019.
Farjam, M., Nikolaychuk, O., Bravo, G. (2019). Experimental evidence of an attitude-behaviour gap for climate change mitigation in high cost conditions. Presented at 6th International Meeting on Experimental and Behavioral Social Sciences (IMEBESS), Utrecht, May 2-4, 2019..
Dehkordi, M., Ghorbani, A., Bravo, G. (2019). The role of wealth inequality on collective action for management of common pool resource. Presented at: Social Simulation Conference 2019, Mainz, Germany, 23-27 September, 2019.
Farjam, M., Nikolaychuk, O., Bravo, G. (2018). Does risk communication really decrease cooperation in climate change mitigation?. .
Bravo, G., Farjam, M., Nikolaychuk, O. (2018). Solving climate dilemmas is a trivial task (on MTurk). .
Bravo, G. (2014). The Dangers Of Ethnocentrism. Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation. 39-62.

Book (Refereed)

Bravo, G. (2009). Alle radici dello sviluppo insostenibile : Un’analisi degli effetti ambientali di società,istituzioni ed economia. Roma, Aracne editrice.

Chapter in book (Refereed)

Pardalis, G., Mahapatra, K., Mainali, B., Bravo, G. (2021). Future Energy-Related House Renovations in Sweden : One-Stop-Shop as a Shortcut to the Decision-Making Journey. Emerging Research in Sustainable Energy and Buildings for a Low-Carbon Future. Singapore, Springer. 37-52.
Bravo, G. (2018). The Human Sustainable Development Index. Routledge Handbook of Sustainability Indicators. Abingdon, Oxon, Routledge. 284-293.
Takács, K., Squazzoni, F., Bravo, G., Castellani, M. (2014). Employer Networks, Priming, and Discrimination in Hiring : An Experiment. Analytical Sociology : Actions and Networks. John Wiley & Sons. 373-396.
Bravo, G. (2010). Azione umana e limiti dello sviluppo. Le sfide della sostenibilità : risorse ambientali, qualità sociale e partecipazione pubblica. Roma, Aracne editrice. 13-34.

Collection (editor) (Refereed)

Ghorbani, A., Bravo, G., Saba, S. (2023). Institutional Adaptation and Transformation in Climate Change. Frontiers Media S.A..
Bertacchini, E., Bravo, G., Marrelli, M., Santagata, W. (2012). Cultural Commons : A New Perspective on the Production and Evolution of Cultures. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing. 259.
Bravo, G., De Moor, T. (2008). International Journal of the Commons, vol 2(2, Special issue) : The Commons in Europe: from past to future. Utrecht, Igitur, Utrecht Publishing & Archiving Services.

Dataset (Refereed)

Farjam, M., Bravo, G., Nikolaychuk, O. (2018). Dataset to "Investing into climate change mitigation initiatives despite the risk of failure" : Version 2.0. Harvard College.

Conference proceedings (editor) (Refereed)

Verhagen, H., Borit, M., Bravo, G., Wijermans, N. (2020). Advances in Social Simulation : Looking in the Mirror. Cham, Springer Nature. 520.

Article in journal (Other academic)

Bravo, G., Laitinen, M., Levin, M., Löwe, W., Petersson, G. (2017). Big Data in Cross-Disciplinary Research : J.UCS Focused Topic. Journal of universal computer science (Online). 23 (11). 1035-1037.
Status: Published

Chapter in book (Other academic)

Bravo, G. (2012). Cultural commons and cultural evolution. Cultural Commons : A New Perspective on the Production and Evolution of Cultures. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing. 36-57.
Bertacchini, E., Bravo, G., Marrelli, M., Santagata, W. (2012). Defining cultural commons. Cultural Commons : A NewPerspective on the Production and Evolution of Cultures. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing. 3-18.

Article, book review (Other academic)

Bravo, G. (2014). [ Review of ] Anderies, John M. and Marco A. Janssen (2013). Sustaining the Commons. Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity, Arizona State University. International Journal of the Commons. 8 (1). 259-260.
Status: Published
Bravo, G. (2014). Empirical Agent-Based Modelling - Challenges and Solutions : Volume 1, the Characterisation and Parameterisation of Empirical Agent-Based Models. Smajgl, Alexander and Barreteau, Olivier (eds.). JASSS : Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. 17 (2).
Status: Published
Bravo, G. (2013). Book review: Cronk, Lee and Beth L. Leech (2012). Meeting at Grand Central: Understanding the Social and Evolutionary Roots of Cooperation.. International Journal of the Commons. 7 (1). 232-233.
Status: Published
Bravo, G. (2012). Book review: Phillip Bonacich and Philip Lu. 2012. Introduction to Mathematical Sociology. JASSS : Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. 15 (3).
Status: Published

Manuscript (preprint) (Other academic)

Rosenlund, J., Notini, P., Bravo, G. Exploring the attitudes to societal relevance: The effects on reflection and choice of research among environmental scientists.