MsAgnese Palvarini

Agnese’s research interests span the fields of health policy, public management, and the social sciences of health and welfare. Her early work focused on patient-centred care and patient empowerment, exploring how care models and professional practices can enhance individuals’ ability to participate actively in decisions affecting their health and wellbeing. During this period, she also contributed to quantitative research on the determinants of COVID-19 mortality, developing an early interest in epidemiological analysis and the use of statistical methods to investigate health outcomes.
Building on this foundation, she has progressively expanded her research towards the study of public administration, social and political sciences, and welfare systems, with particular attention to the digital transformation of public services and the organisational and behavioural implications of innovation in health and social care.
Her work further explores the intersections between nutrition, dietetics, sustainability, and behavioural sciences applied to public health and policy. She is particularly interested in how behavioural dynamics and institutional contexts interact to influence choices, shape markets, and inform evidence-based strategies for social and environmental resilience.
More recently, her research has concentrated on adolescent mental health and the wellbeing of vulnerable population groups, adopting a public health and ethical perspective centred on inclusion, participation, and the reduction of health inequalities.
Methodologically, Agnese adopts an integrated mixed-methods approach that combines quantitative and qualitative techniques. She has experience in survey design, statistical and regression analysis, and inferential modelling, as well as in-depth interviews, focus groups, and thematic analysis. Her research often combines empirical fieldwork with conceptual frameworks drawn from behavioural economics, policy analysis, and organisational studies, aiming to bridge evidence generation with applied policymaking and management practice.