CURRENT POSITION

Full Professor of Economic Policy, Department of Economics, University of Perugia (Italy). President of the Teaching Council (elected in February 2018). Past-Member of the Academic Senate of the University of Perugia. Executive Committee member of the “Italian Association for the Study of Comparative Economic Systems”. Advisory Board Member (past-President) of the “European Association for Comparative Economic Studies”. Member of the “Commission for International Relations” of the Italian Economic Society.

EDUCATION

1997-98: Graduate studies at University of Warwick and University of Florence: European Master in Labour Sciences.

1991-1994: Graduate studies at the Department of Economics of the University of Siena: Ph.D. in Economics and Agricultural Policy.

1992: Graduate studies at the Residential Econometric School for Ph.D. students, University of Bologna, CIDE.

1989-91: Graduate studies at University of Siena School of Specialisation: Bi-annual Diploma in Economic and Banking Sciences.

1989: First Degree in Economics, University of Siena. Laurea summa cum laude.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND THEACHING ACTIVITIES

2014-18: Executive Committee member of the “Italian Association for the Study of Comparative Economic Systems”.

2010-2012: President of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies.

2008-2010: Vice-President of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies.

2006-08: Executive Committee member of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies.

2001-07: Assistant Professor (with tenure) of Economic Policy, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Perugia.

2004-06: Secretary of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies.

2012: Teaching Activity (Erasmus mobility), University College London.

2011: Visiting Researcher (Hitotsubashi International Fellow), Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo.

1999-2001: Research Fellow in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Perugia.

1997: Visiting Researcher, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.

1995-99: Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Siena.

1990-91: Research Fellow in Economics, Columbia University, New York.