Carmelina Cosmi (M.Sc. in Physics, Ph.D.) is a member of the Energy-Environmental Planning Research Unit at CNR-IMAA. Her skills and expertise concern energy systems analysis and modelling, energy- environmental policy assessment, sustainable development, rational use of resources, and smart governance. She has been a thematic expert and scientific coordinator in several international and national research projects among, including Interreg MED PrioritEE, Interreg IVC Project RENERGY, SEE ORIENTGATE, SEE RE-SEEties and SMART Basilicata. She participates in the JP Smart Cities and JPI Urban Europe. She is also author of several papers published in international journals and reviewer for many ISI journals.