Prof. Giuseppe Orlando

During his residency at the UM6P Institute for Advanced Studies, Giuseppe Orlando developed the research project “Tipping Points, Resilience, and Complex Systems – Interdisciplinary (TRACS-I)”, which explored systemic risks and resilience in interconnected economic and energy systems. The project focused in particular on electricity markets and power-grid stability in contexts of climate change, increasing demand variability, and the growing integration of renewable energy sources. By combining quantitative modelling, data-reduction techniques, and forecasting methods, the research aimed to build a comprehensive framework for analysing imbalances in electricity systems, price formation, and the resilience of energy infrastructures under stress.

The project also investigated demand-response strategies and adaptive load-balancing models capable of improving the flexibility and robustness of energy networks, especially in the face of extreme events and climate-related disruptions. More broadly, Orlando’s residency research contributed to interdisciplinary reflections on tipping points in complex systems—across energy, economics, and environmental contexts—while proposing tools to support policy design, risk management, and sustainable transitions in highly interconnected global systems.