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Growth, demand, and natural resources (CREDENAT)
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Growth, Demand, and Natural Resources (CREDENAT) is a research group of the Department of Economic Analysis of the Zaragoza University Faculty of Economy and Business, recognized by the Aragon Government as a Consolidated Research Group. Our group looks back on a 20-year research trajectory in different areas: growth and globalization, the environment and natural resources, social impact, innovation, structural/technological change, the energy sector, and the agrarian economy.
What do we do?
- Multisectoral and multiregional input-output models (MRIOs), social accounting matrices (MCSs), applied general equilibrium models (MEGAs), evolutionary models, and econometric techniques.
- Studying economic, social, and environmental sustainability along with the necessary elements to achieve a fair ecological transition, in theory and in practice.
- Studying the development of agricultural and agrifood activities; the water-energy nexus.
- Integration into global value chains: local, regional, and international implications for resources and society.
- Estimations of water use, virtual water contained in products, irrigation efficiency, energetic transition, and the commercial flux of resources among sectors, regions, and countries.
Main projects, patents, etc.
- PANTHEON. Pathways towards Carbon Neutrality for Climate, Environment, Health and Socio-Economic Co-Benefits. European Commission. (01/03/2024-2028)
- PID2022-140010OB-I00. Multi-sector and multi-regional models; structural and technological change in favor of achieving fairer ecological transition (M3TRANSIT). Agencia Estatal de Investigación. (2023-2026)
- PID2019-106822RB-I00: Multi-sector and multi-regional models, innovation, and dynamics in favor of achieving economic, social, and environmental sustainability. Agencia Estatal de Investigación. (01/06/2020- 31/05/2023)
- AEI-010500-2023-92 ARAGON INNOVALIMEN AGRIFOOD-ENV-DSS PHASE II: Research and development of a digital support system for decision-making in the agrifood industry: optimizing production processes and reducing our environmental footprint.
- ZERO WASTE: Awareness for reduction of food waste. European Commission (01/12/2020-30/11/2022).
- Proyecto OTRI 2021/0327. REURIEGO: A practical demonstration of water reuse technologies. (1/9/2021-30/9/2024)
- Proyecto OTRI 2022/0489. Technical assistance to study the economic and social impact of youth leisure activities on the Aragonese natural environment. DGA. (26/8/2022-15/12/2022)
- Technical Energy Modelling Network for a Sustainable Energetic Transition (MENTES), Ref. No. RED-2018-102794-T. Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades. (2019-2022)
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