BIO&CV
Short Bio
I am associate professor in the Department of Economics and Finance at Cattolica University and Executive Director of the Laboratory for Effective Antipoverty Policies (LEAP) at Bocconi University. I received a PhD in Economics from Bocconi in 2009 and I was graduate visiting scholar at the University of Berkeley and at the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) in Stockholm. Before joining Cattolica, I held academic positions at University College London and Queen Mary University. I am affiliated with J-PAL, a fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and a full member of the EUDN (European Development Research Network). In 2019 I received an ERC Starting Grant to study the reasons behind the persistence of harmful traditions (i.e. female genital cutting). I constantly collaborate with International Organizations and governments in developing countries and in Italy to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of anti-poverty policies.