Publications

Publications

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Under review or in press

  1. Melios, G., Pietrostefani, E., & Sleiman, Y. Who Needs Job Security in a Crisis? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Lebanon. Journal of Development Studies — R&R.

  2. Pietrostefani, E., Makki, D., & Sleiman, Y. (In)formal Employment — Default or Choice: A Mixed-Methods Investigation. World Development — R&R.

  3. Kenyon, G., Pietrostefani, E., Robinson, C., & Gkountouna, O. The Price of Cool: Using Hedonic Modelling to Assess Spatial Inequalities of Air Conditioning in Madrid. The Geographical Journal — R&R.

  4. Pietrostefani, E. Conservation Planning and Informal Institutions: Heterogeneous Patterns in Italian Cities. Regional Studies — under review.

  5. Pietrostefani, E., & Sleiman, Y. Assessing Vulnerabilities in Post-Blast Beirut. Annals of the American Association of Geographers — under review.

  6. Pietrostefani, E., Mason, M., & Rowe, F. Policy-Oriented Data Pipelines for Dynamic Estimation of Disaster-Induced Displacement. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research — submitted.

  7. Garofani, G., & Pietrostefani, E. The Urban Promise? Diverging Economic Perceptions of Opportunity Around the World. Urban Studies — submitted.

2026

  1. Ahlfeldt, G. M., Pietrostefani, E., & Zhang, A. (2026). The Economics of Architecture. CEPR Discussion Paper.

2025

  1. Iradukunda, R., Rowe, F., & Pietrostefani, E. (2025). Estimating internal displacement in Ukraine from high-frequency GPS mobile phone data. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12(1), 1863.

  2. Pietrostefani, E., Mason, M., Iradukunda, R., Tran-Jones, H., Loktieva, I., & Rowe, F. (2025). Dynamic Estimates of Displacement in Disaster Regions: A Policy-Driven Framework Triangulating Data. Report. IOM, Geneva.

2024

  1. Mintchev, N., Daher, M., Jallad, M., Zaher, R., Pietrostefani, E., Ghamrawi, G., Al Harrache, A., Majed, A., & Moore, H. L. (2024). Citizen Social Science for Improved Quality of Life: Research, Interventions, Evaluations. International Review of Qualitative Research. SAGE.

  2. Boeri, F., Di Cataldo, M., & Pietrostefani, E. (2024). Localized effects of confiscated and re-allocated real estate mafia assets. Journal of Economic Geography, 24(2), 219–240.

  3. Pietrostefani, E., Garofani, G., & Melios, G. (2024). Spatial Polarisation of Labour Markets: A Comparative Approach. In Handbook on Labour Markets in Transition. Edward Elgar.

  4. Woodcraft, S., Izcue-Gana, J., Melios, G., Tzivanakis, N., Pietrostefani, E., Chan, G., Hasan, Z., & Perez, J. (2024). Prosperity in and around London’s Olympic Park: Findings from the Prosperity in East London 2021–2031 Longitudinal Study. Report. UCL Institute for Global Prosperity.

  5. Woodcraft, S., Izcue-Gana, J., Melios, G., Tzivanakis, N., Pietrostefani, E., Chan, G., Hasan, Z., & Perez, J. (2024). Prosperity in the Teviot Estate and Coventry Cross Estate, Tower Hamlets. Report. UCL Institute for Global Prosperity.

2023

  1. Pietrostefani, E., Dabaj, J., & Boano, C. (2023). Rethinking ‘Spaces of Exchange’ for Future Cities. In Future Cities — City Futures: Emerging Urban Perspectives (pp. 208–215). TU Delft.

  2. Ahlfeldt, G. M., & Pietrostefani, E. (2023). “Quality Sells”: High-Quality Baukultur as a Success Factor for the Construction and Real Estate Industry. Report. Swiss Federal Office of Culture.

2022

  1. Pietrostefani, E. (2022). Urban Transformations and Complex Values: Insights from Beirut. Urban Planning, 7(1), 1–13.

  2. Mintchev, N., Daher, M., Jallad, M., Pietrostefani, E., Moore, H. L., Ghamrawi, G., Al Harrache, A., Majed, A., & Younes, Y. (2022). Sustained Citizen Science From Research to Solutions: A New Impact Model for the Social Sciences. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21, 1–16.

  3. Jallad, M., Mintchev, N., Pietrostefani, E., Daher, M., & Moore, H. L. (2022). Citizen Social Science and Pathways to Prosperity: Co-Designing Research and Impact in Beirut, Lebanon. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 25(6), 769–782.

  4. Ahlfeldt, G. M., & Pietrostefani, E. (2022). Revisiting the Economic Effects of Density in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic. In European Cities After COVID-19: Strategies for Resilient Cities and Real Estate (pp. 95–106). Springer.

  5. Pietrostefani, E., Dabaj, J., Jallad, M., Maassarani, S., Makki, D., Mersalli, T., Mintchev, N., Sleiman, Y., Sleiman, M., & Moore, H. L. (2022). Prosperity Report — El Mina, Tripoli. Report. UCL and CatalyticAction.

  6. Pietrostefani, E., Dabaj, J., Sleiman, Y., Jallad, M., Maassarani, S., & Charalambous, E. (2022). Assessing Vulnerabilities for Urban Recovery Solutions. Report. UCL and CatalyticAction.

2021

  1. Ahlfeldt, G. M., & Pietrostefani, E. (2021). Die ökonomischen Effekte urbaner Dichte: Eine Bestandsaufnahme im Lichte der Corona-Pandemie. In Die Europäische Stadt nach Corona: Strategien für resiliente Städte und Immobilien (pp. 111–124). Springer.

  2. Charalambous, E., Pietrostefani, E., & Woodcraft, S. (2021). Ethnicity and Prosperity in East London: How Racial Inequalities Impact Experiences of the Good Life. Report. UCL Institute for Global Prosperity.

2020

  1. Pietrostefani, E., & Holman, N. (2020). The politics of conservation planning: a comparative study of urban heritage making in the Global North and the Global South. Progress in Planning, 145, 100505.

  2. RELIEF Centre & UN-Habitat Lebanon (2020). Hamra Neighbourhood Profile 2020. Report. UN-Habitat Lebanon.

2019

  1. Ahlfeldt, G., & Pietrostefani, E. (2019). The economic effects of density: a synthesis. Journal of Urban Economics, 111, 93–107.

2018

  1. Ahlfeldt, G., Pietrostefani, E., Schumann, A., & Matsumoto, T. (2018). Demystifying compact urban growth: Evidence from 300 studies from across the world. OECD Regional Development Working Papers, 2018/03. OECD Publishing.

2017

  1. Fawaz, M., Salamé, I., Serhan, D., Pietrostefani, E., Abdo, N., & Feghali, D. (2017). You Can Stay in Beirut: Towards Inclusive Urban Housing Policy. Policy brief. American University of Beirut, Social Justice and the City (AUB Policy Institute Brief #8/2017).

  2. Ahlfeldt, G., & Pietrostefani, E. (2017). The Compact City in Empirical Research: A Quantitative Literature Review. SERC Discussion Paper.

2015

  1. Pietrostefani, E. (2015). Valuating Urban Heritage in the Perspective of Holistic Development: Illustrating the Lebanese Case. La valeur économique du patrimoine — Techniques Financières et Développement, Epargne Sans Frontière, no. 118.