Donato Morea is an Associate Professor of Business and Management Engineering (disciplinary scientific group: 09/IEGE-01; disciplinary scientific sector: IEGE-01/A) at the University of Cagliari (Italy), where he teaches:

• Sustainability of industrial investment projects;
• Business and Management Engineering;
• Economic and management sustainability;
• Management of Investment Projects in the Health Sector.

He is the Referent for the Promoting Committee of the Master's Degree in Management Engineering (LM-31).

He is the Referent for the "RUS - Network of Universities for Sustainable Development" of the University of Cagliari in the working group called "Universities for Industry", appointed by the Rector.

He was:

• an Assistant Professor (art. 24, paragraph 3-b, Law n. 240/2010 - RTDB) of Business and Management Engineering at University of Cagliari;
• an Assistant Professor (art. 24, paragraph 3-a, Law n. 240/2010- RTDA) of Business and Management Engineering at Universitas Mercatorum in Rome (Italy), where he teached 'Economics and Business Organization' and 'Analysis and Design of Business Processes';
• a Research Fellow in Business and Management Engineering at University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy).

He holds:

• a Ph.D. in Business Engineering from the University of Rome Tor Vergata;
• a five-year degree in Civil Engineering at Sapienza University of Rome (Italy).

He was Adjunct Professor of:

• 'Business and Management Engineering' (at University of Rome Tor Vergata);
• 'Project Financing', 'Economics and Business Organization' and 'Economics' (at Sapienza University of Rome);
• 'Economics of Production Systems', 'Economics Production Systems Complements' and 'Industrial Economics and of Marine Resources' (at Rome Three University, in Italy);
• 'Digital and Sustainable Industrial Logistics' (at Tuscia University of Viterbo, in Italy);
• 'Public Economics' (at Tuscia University of Viterbo and Luiss University of Rome, in Italy):
• 'Advanced Corporate Finance' and 'Economics and Public Finance' (at Luiss University of Rome);
• 'Project Financing and Innovation' (at International Studies University of Rome, in Italy);
• 'Business Management' (at Niccolò Cusano University of Rome, in Italy).

He was a Lecturer in the:

• Master of "Organization and Development of Human Capital in the International Field" and in the Master of "Organization, Management, Development of Human Resources" (at University of Rome Tor Vergata);
• Master of "Economics, Organization and Purchasing Management in Health” (at University of Pavia, in Italy);
• Master of “Management and Regulation for Sustainable Energy” (at Luiss University of Rome);
• post-graduate course of "Forensic Engineering" at Sapienza University of Rome.

His main research interests are in the areas of sustainability and innovation.

He is an Associate Editor of the following international scientific journals:

• Business Strategy and the Environment;
• Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management;
• SN Business & Economics;
• Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems;
• Frontiers in Sustainability;
• Frontiers in Environmental Economics;
• Revista de Administração de Empresas (RAE);
• Current Agriculture Research Journal.

He was an Associate Editor of the Journal of Cleaner Production.

He is an Editorial Board Member of the following international scientific journals:

• Humanities & Social Sciences Communications;
• Plos One;
• Kybernetes;
• Agricultural Economics (Czech Republic);
• International Journal of Electronic Marketing and Retailing;
• Sustainability;
• Energies;
• Open Agriculture;
• AIMS Environmental Science;
• Commodities. 

He was an Editorial Board Member of Heliyon journal.

Guest Editor of special issues in the following international scientific journals:

• Journal of Intellectual Capital;
• Computers & Industrial Engineering;
• Sustainability;
• Energies;
• Commodities.

He is a Reviewer of many international scientific journals, such as:

• Applied Energy;
• Business Strategy and The Environment;
• Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management;
• Energy Economics;
• Journal of Business Research;
• Journal of Cleaner Production;
• Journal of Innovation & Knowledge;
• Journal of Knowledge Management;
• Journal of Product Innovation Management;
• Research Policy;
• Risk Analysis;
• Technological Forecasting and Social Change;
• Technovation;
• The Energy Journal;
• Social Science & Medicine.

He has received the following awards for his work as a Reviewer:

• Top Peer Reviewer Award 2019 - For placing in the top 1% of reviewers in Cross-Field on Publons global reviewer database;
• Top Peer Reviewer Award 2019 - For placing in the top 1% of reviewers in Environment and Ecology on Publons global reviewer database.

[Award 2025]: TOP VIEWED ARTICLE 2023 in Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management (Wiley) - Article title: "The impact of ESG factors on financial efficiency: An empirical analysis for the selection of sustainable firm portfolios".

SPRINGER NATURE EDITOR OF DISTINCTION AWARD 2025, received by the SN Business & Economics journal (Springer Nature).

Director and member of research groups as well as research projects.

His papers have appeared in prestigious international refereed journal such as:

• Business Horizons;
• Business Strategy and the Environment;
• Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management;
• Employee Relations;
• Journal of Cleaner Production;
• Journal of Innovation & Knowledge;
• Journal of Intellectual Capital;
• Journal of Knowledge Management;
• Management Decision;
• Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

Overall, he is the author of 110 publications.

He is a Member of the Italian Management Engineering Association.

He was a Lecturer in Training Courses and Seminars at:

• Sardinia Research;
• IS.NA.R.T. S.c.p.a. - National Institute for Tourist Research;
• SI.CAMERA (Chamber Services System);
• Ministry of the Interior,
• "Ezio Vanoni" School of Economics and Finance;
• ENPAM Foundation;
• Engineer’s Orders of Rome, Verona and Foggia, in Italy.

He is the President of "Project Financing" Commission at the Engineer’s Order of Rome.

He has been an Effective Member of the State Exam Commissions for the profession of engineer, at Sapienza University of Rome and University of Rome Tor Vergata. He has been an Effective Aggregate Member of the State Exam Commissions for the engineering profession at University of Cagliari.

He is Technical Consultant of the Court of Rome, in Italy.

(Last update: March 1, 2026)