Camillo Stubenberg

Camillo is a PhD candidate in Development Studies in the Department of Global Development at Cornell. He is curious about the role of energy-infrastructures co-producing society and environment. For his dissertation research Camillo is conducting ethnographic research about the rushed adoption of solar energy in Lebanon. Hailing from Austria, Camillo earned a B.Sc. in environmental resource management from the University of Applied Life Sciences in Vienna, as well as a B.A. and M.A. degree in International Development from the University of Vienna. His master’s thesis entitled “Hard Standards Shaping Soft Concrete” investigated the role of technical standards in an aid funded infrastructure project in northern Albania. After completing his studies in 2012 he worked on energy, conservation and agriculture-related development projects in Sierra Leone. Before coming to Cornell, Camillo also worked for Kairos impact research, a non-profit consultancy specialized on rural development and socio-technical innovation in the tri-border region of Austria, Switzerland and Germany. Camillo works with Lori Leonard (chair), Jenny Goldstein, and Sara Pritchard. Camillo has received research grants from the Cornell’s Atkinson Center for Sustainability and the Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell as well as the National Science Foundation. For his field research in Lebanon Camillo is affiliated with the German Orient Institute/Max Weber Stiftung in Beirut.