Caucci, Serena
Associate Programme Officer
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- INSTITUTE:
- UNU-FLORES
- OFFICE:
- UNU-FLORES, Ammonstrasse 74, Dresden, 01067, Germany
- E-MAIL:
- caucci@unu.edu
- PHONE:
- +49 351 8921 3429
- NATIONALITY:
- Italian
Research Interests
- Agriculture and rural development
- Environmental Change & Sustainable Development
- Sustainability Science
- Water resource management
Education
- Phd at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany
- MSc. at the University of Florence on Environmental Science - Faculty of Agriculture , Florence Italy
Appointments
- Since 2019 Appointed as Gender focal point at UNU-FLORES
- Since 2018: Steering Committee member of the ‘Nexus Cluster’ led by Sim4Nexus, DAFNE and UNU-FLORES
- 2017-2018 Guest editor to the Special issue on ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ in Sustainability Management Forum (SMF) edited by Uwe Schneidewind and Edel Günther
- Since 2017 Member of the German water and wastewater association DWA -working group on water reuse in agriculture
- Since 2017 Coordinator of the Nexus Seminar Lecture Series Program for UNU-FLORES
- Since 2015 Member of the ESSEM COST Action ES1403 New & emerging challenges and opportunities in water reuse
- Since 2016 Member of the Blue Circle Society and in charge secretary
- Reviewer for UN-Water on the report “Water and Sanitation Interlinkages across the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. Geneva.2016.
- Since 2010 Member of detecting evolutionary hot spots of antibiotic resistances in Europe (DARE). COST ACTION. (2009-2013).
- Session Convener Open space workshop convener on Water reuse. 9th Water Research Horizon Conference Towards Blue Cities and their Environs”. 03 – 04 July 2018, Dresden, Germany.
- Session convener “How can we enhance the communication between scientists and policy makers?” at International Conference on Challenges and Solutions related to Xenobiotics and Antimicrobial Resistance in the Framework of Urban WasteWater Reuse: Towards a Blue Circle Society. 11 October 2018. Limassol, Cyprus.
- Session convener "Towards a blue circle society: Considerations related to the contaminants of emerging concern" 10th Micropol & Ecohazard Conference 2017. 17 – 20 September 2017. Vienna, Austria.
- Session convener “Contaminants of emerging concern - can we reach the targets?" at the Young Water Professional Day 2017. 17 September 2017. Vienna, Austria.
- Member of the Organizing committee - Blue Circle Society for the International Conference on Challenges and Solutions related to Xenobiotics and Antimicrobial Resistance in the Framework of Urban WasteWater Reuse: Towards a Blue Circle Society (10-12 October 2018). Limassol, Cyprus.
Biographical Statement
Serena Caucci is an Associate Programme Officer at UNU-FLORES. Prior to joining UNU-FLORES, Serena served as a researcher and scientific project manager at the Technische Universität Dresden, Germany and at the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ in Leipzig, Germany where she elaborated and coordinated efforts on water sanitation and the impact of contaminants of emerging concern in anthropogenic-driven environments. Serena has also worked as consultant for the EIT Climate KIC where she developed curricula for innovation trainings and knowledge transition in bioeconomy. She began her career as Environmental Science Fellow at the University of Florence, Italy where her work on carbon storage mechanism by microbial community in soils was part of a LIFE project Natura 2000.
Serena’s current research is geared towards sustainable development with a special interest in the impact that anthropogenic activities have on natural resources. Focusing on the sustainable management of wastewater and organic waste, Serena is working towards the development of a transdisciplinary framework that could make use of socioeconomic and environmental interlinkages to enhance sustainable natural resource management. The final goal of her activities leads to knowledge translation for evidence-based decision-making processes and its implementation at various scales.
Further Information
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Articles
- Kokkinos Petros, Comia Jose R. Jr, Serena Caucci, Hiroshan Hettiarachchi, Florencio C. Jr Ballesteros, Gideon Oron, Miquel Salgot, Ioannis K. Kalavrouziotis. 2022. “Wastewater and sludge reuse: selected case studies across the globe”. Desalination and Water Treatment. 250(2022), 65-79.
- Kirschke, Sabrina, Avellán, Tamara, Benavides, Lucía, Caucci, Serena, Hahn, Angela, Müller, Andrea and Giraldo, Claudia Beatriz Rubio (2022). Results-based management of wicked problems? Indicators and comparative evidence from Latin America. Environmental Policy and Governance, 1-14
- Georgiou, Isabella, Caucci, Serena, Morris, Jonathan, Guenther, Edeltraud and Krebs, Peter (2022). Assessing the Potential of Water Reuse Uptake Through a Private–Public Partnership: a Practitioner’s Perspective. Circular Economy and Sustainability, n/a-n/a
- Morris, Jonathan, Georgiou, Isabella, Guenther, Edeltraud and Caucci, Serena (2021). Barriers in Implementation of Wastewater Reuse: Identifying the Way Forward in Closing the Loop. Circular Economy and Sustainability, n/a-n/a
- Kumar, Sunil, Singh, Ekta, Mishra, Rahul, Kumar, Aman and Caucci, Serena (2021). Utilization of Plastic Wastes for Sustainable Environmental Management: A Review. ChemSusChem, 14(19), 3985-4006
- Balachandran, Sanjana, Charamba, Livia V.C., Manoli, Kyriakos, Karaolia, Popi, Caucci, Serena and Fatta-Kassinos, Despo (2021). Simultaneous inactivation of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli and enterococci by peracetic acid in urban wastewater: Exposure-based kinetics and comparison with chlorine. Water Research, 202, 1-9
- Nguyen, Thuy, Helm, Björn, Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan, Caucci, Serena and Krebs, Peter (2020). Quantifying the Information Content of a Water Quality Monitoring Network Using Principal Component Analysis: A Case Study of the Freiberger Mulde River Basin, Germany. Water, 12(2), 1-20
- Ferráns, Laura, Avellán, Tamara, Müller, Andrea, Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan, Dornack, Christina and Caucci, Serena (2019). Selecting Sustainable Sewage Sludge Reuse Options through a Systematic Assessment Framework: Methodology and Case Study in Latin America. Journal of Cleaner Production, 242, 1-12
- Benavides, Lucía, Avellán, Tamara, Caucci, Serena, Hahn, Angela, Kirschke, Sabrina and Müller, Andrea (2019). Assessing Sustainability of Wastewater Management Systems in a Multi-Scalar, Transdisciplinary Manner in Latin America. Water, 11(2), 1-51
- Nguyen, Thuy, Helm, Björn, Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan, Caucci, Serena and Krebs, Peter (2019). The Selection of Design Methods for River Water Quality Monitoring Networks: A Review. Environmental Earth Sciences, 78(96), 1-17
- Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan, Ryu, Sohyeon, Caucci, Serena and Silva, Rodolfo (2018). Municipal Solid Waste Management in Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues and Potential Solutions from the Governance Perspective. Recycling, 3(2), 1-15
- Mahfouz, Norhan, Caucci, Serena, Achatz, Eric, Semmler, Torsten, Guenther, Sebastian, Berendonk, Thomas U. and Schroeder, Michael (2018). High Genomic Diversity of Multi-Drug Resistant Wastewater. Scientific Reports, 8, 1-12
- Adelowo, Olawale O., Caucci, Serena, Banjo, Omowunmi A., Nnanna, Ozioma C., Awotipe, Eunice O., Peters, Florence B., Fagade, Obasola E. and Berendonk, Thomas U. (2017). Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing Bacteria Isolated from Hospital Wastewaters, Rivers and Aquaculture Sources in Nigeria. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-12
- Caucci, Serena and Meyer, Kristin (2017). Your Future will be Grown with Waste Water. theconversation.com, n/a-n/a
- Caucci, Serena (2016). Superbugs Evolve in Waste Water, and Could End Up in Our Food. theconversation.com, n/a-n/a
Books
- Organic Waste Composting through Nexus Thinking: Practices, Policies, and Trends, ed. Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan, Caucci, Serena and Schwärzel, Kai (Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020).
- Cornel, Peter and DWA-Arbeitsgruppe BIZ-11.4 Wasserwiederverwendung. 2019. “Non-Potable Water Reuse: Development, Technologies and International Framework for Agricultural, Urban and Industrial Uses”. German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA). eISBN: 978-3-88721-835-5
Book Chapters
- Fekete, Balázs M., Andreu, Ana, Argent, Robert, Avellán, Tamara, Birkett, Charon, Caucci, Serena, Cohen, Sagy, Dube, Timothy, Kirschke, Sabrina and Looser, Ulrich, “Observations, Monitoring and Data Management” in Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples, ed. Bogardi, Janos J., Gupta, Joyeeta, Nandalal, K.D.W., Salamé, Léna, van Nooijen, Ronald R. P., Kumar, Navneet, Tingsanchali, Tawatchai, Bhaduri, Anik and Kolechkina, Alla G. (Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2021), 385-442.
- Machado, Cristian Rivera and Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan, “Composting as a Municipal Solid Waste Management Strategy: Lessons Learned from Cajicá, Colombia” in Organic Waste Composting through Nexus Thinking: Practices, Policies, and Trends, ed. Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan, Caucci, Serena and Schwärzel, Kai (Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020), 17-38.
- Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan, Bouma, Johan, Caucci, Serena and Zhang, Lulu, “Organic Waste Composting Through Nexus Thinking: Linking Soil and Waste as a Substantial Contribution to Sustainable Development” in Organic Waste Composting through Nexus Thinking: Practices, Policies, and Trends, ed. Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan, Caucci, Serena and Schwärzel, Kai (Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020), 1-15.
- Dandeniya, Warshi S. and Caucci, Serena, “Composting in Sri Lanka: Policies, Practices, Challenges, and Emerging Concerns” in Organic Waste Composting through Nexus Thinking: Practices, Policies, and Trends, ed. Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan, Caucci, Serena and Schwärzel, Kai (Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020), 61-89.
- Reetsch, Anika, Kimaro, Didas, Feger, Karl-Heinz and Schwärzel, Kai, “Traditional and Adapted Composting Practices Applied in Smallholder Banana-Coffee-Based Farming Systems: Case Studies from Kagera and Morogoro Regions, Tanzania” in Organic Waste Composting through Nexus Thinking: Practices, Policies, and Trends, ed. Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan, Caucci, Serena and Schwärzel, Kai (Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020), 165-184.
- De Souza, Marlos, Yo, Nishimura, Burke, Jacob, Cudennec, Christophe, Schmitter, Petra, Haileslassie, Amare, Smith, Mark, Hülsmann, Stephan, Caucci, Serena, Zhang, Lulu and Stewart, Bruce, “Agriculture and food security” in The United Nations World Water Development Report 2020: WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE, ed. Connor, Richard (Paris: UNESCO, 2020), 78-95.
- Caucci, Serena, Zhang, Lulu, Locher-Krause, Karla and Hülsmann, Stephan, “Sustainable development as the ultimate target of adopting a nexus approach to resources management” in Sustainable Development and Resource Productivity. The Nexus Approaches, ed. Lehmann, Harry (London: Routledge, 2020), 67-79.
- Benavides, Lucía, Avellán, Tamara, Caucci, Serena, Hahn, Angela, Kirschke, Sabrina and Müller, Andrea, “Assessing Sustainability of Wastewater Management Systems in a Multi-Scalar, Transdisciplinary Manner in Latin America” in The Challenges of Water Management and Governance in Cities (Basel, Switzerland: MDPI, 2019), 79-129.
- Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan, Caucci, Serena and Ardakanian, Reza, “Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture: The Golden Example of Nexus Approach” in Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture: From Concept to Implementation, ed. Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan and Ardakanian, Reza (Cham: Springer Nature, 2018), 1-11.
Conference Publications
- Caucci, Serena, Hiroshan Hettiarachchi, and Natalia Jimenez. 16 – 20 June 2019. “Making it Happen: Water Reuse Regulatory frame in Colombia: Bottleneck and Wicked problems to Overcome”. 12th IWA International Conference on Water Reclamation and Reuse. Berlin, Germany.
- Caucci, Serena. 10-12 October 2018. Water reuse in the context of a “One Health Approach”: Antimicrobial Resistance and International Policy Needs”. International Conference on Challenges and Solutions related to Xenobiotics and Antimicrobial Resistance in the Framework of Urban Wastewater Reuse: Towards a Blue Circle Society. Limassol, Cyprus.
Conference Proceedings
- Jiménez Contento, Natalia, Caucci, Serena and Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan ed. Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture: Exchanging Knowledge in Colombia 2018/11/27–28 Bogotá, Colombia. Dresden: United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES), 2019.
- Caucci, Serena and Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan ed. The Nexus Approach and Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture: A Workshop on Policy and Implementation for Tunisia 2017/12/12–14 Tunis. Dresden: United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES), 2018.
- Caucci, Serena and Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan ed. Wastewater Irrigation in the Mezquital Valley, Mexico: Solving a Century-Old Problem with the Nexus Approach 2017/03/15−17 Mezquital Valley. Dresden: United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES), 2017.
Reports
- United Nations, Economic Commission for Europe, and United Nations. 2021. “Solutions and Investments in the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus: A Synthesis of Experiences in Transboundary Basins”. eISBN: 978-92-1-005839-1
- Georgiou, Isabella, Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan and Caucci, Serena (2020). Towards a Unified Index for Assessing the Sustainability of Wastewater Irrigation. Working Paper. United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES).
- Avellán, Tamara, Benavides, Lucía, Caucci, Serena, Hahn, Angela, Kirschke, Sabrina and Müller, Andrea (2019). Hacia sistemas sostenibles de tratamiento de aguas residuals: Implementando el enfoque nexo en dos casos en América Latina. United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES).
- Stefan, Catalin, Suarez, Andrea, Solis, Pavel Bautista, Chinchilla, Carolina Alfaro, Caucci, Serena, Junghanns, Ralf and Walther, Marc (2019). Green Adaptation Strategies for Water Security in the Central American Dry Corridor. Technische Universität Dresden.
- Avellán, Tamara, Benavides, Lucía, Caucci, Serena, Hahn, Angela, Kirschke, Sabrina and Müller, Andrea (2019). Towards Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Systems: Implementing a Nexus Approach in Two Cases in Latin America. United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES).
- Carmona-Moreno, Cesar, Celine Dondeynaz, Murray Biedler, European Commission, and Joint Research Centre. 2019. “Position Paper on Water, Energy, Food and Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”. EUR 29509 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. https://doi.org/10.2760/5295
- Ferráns, Laura, Caucci, Serena, Cifuentes, Jorge, Avellán, Tamara, Dornack, Christina and Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan (2018). Wastewater Management in the Basin of Lake Atitlan: A Background Study. Working Paper. United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES).
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- SUWA in Iran, Mexico, Tunisia, and Colombia
- DNC2015 Publication Series
- Water Quality Monitoring in Small Rivers
- Resource recovery from wastewater in the Americas – Assessing the Water-Soil-Waste Nexus (SludgeTec)
- Assessing material flow with an ecosystem services approach: The case of Mezquital Valley, Mexico
- Organic Waste Composting through Nexus Thinking
- Organisational Decision-Making in Water Reuse for Smart Cities (SMART-WaterDomain)
- Digitally-enabled Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Water Resources Management (DIGIRES)
- Sustainability of Wastewater Management: A Socio-Ecological System (SES) Approach for Textile Industry in Bangladesh
- Water Reuse through Nexus Perspective: Assessing the Sustainability and Opportunities of Urban Systems under Public-Private Partnership
- Global Water and Climate Adaptation Center – Aachen, Bangkok, Chennai, Dresden
- Plastic Pollution and Nexus Governance Solutions for Regulating the Use of Plastic
- Post-COVID-19 Plastic Management and Stakeholder Satisfaction in South Korea
- A socio-ecological and economic multiscale sustainability analysis of Urban and Periurban Agriculture and application of Nexus management options to reduce vulnerabilities
- Bringing Plastics ‘Full-Circle’: sustainable plastic management, governance and chemical recycling
- Future Food Production Under Climate Change Scenarios: Reuse of Water and Protection of Biodiversity as Fields of Action