Education and Professional Experieces

EDUCATION

Undergraduate studies

- 15 April 1971, University of Pavia, Laurea in Economics magna cum laude, member of Collegio Ghislieri.

Graduate studies

- University of Cambridge, Member of Darwin College.

- 1971-72, Research Student at the Faculty of Economics and Politics, British Council

scholarship. Ph.D. supervisors: Maurice Dobb and John Eatwell.

- 1972-73, Giorgio Mortara scholarship of the Bank of Italy.

- 1981, Ph.D. in economics of the University of Cambridge, examiners: Peter Groenewegen and Phyllis Deane.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND POSITIONS

- University of Pavia 1973-76Faculty of Economics. Teaching Assistant of Economic Policy, and of Economics Part II.

- University of Padua November 1976-February 1984, Faculty of Statistics. Lecturer in Economic Analysis.

-University of Pavia February 1984 to 2000, Faculty of Economics. Associate Professor of History of Political Economy.

-University of Insubria Varese 1991-1997, Faculty of Economics, Economics Part II (macro).

-University of Genua 1994-95, Faculty of Political Science. Economics Part I (micro).

-Vanderbilt University, Nashville July-August 1998, Graduate Program in Economic Development, Visiting Professor, teaches a course on ‘Policy Issues in Development Economics’.

- Since 2003/05 he teaches in the master programs in Cooperation and Development at Universidad San Buenaventura- Cartagena, Bethlehem University Palestine, and since 2013 Mid-western University Nepal and Kenyatta University Kenya.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

- Societies memberships. European Society for the History of Economic Thought(member of the Executive Committee), History of Economics Society of the United States, History of Economic Thought Society of Australia, International Society for the Intercommunication of New Ideas, Italian Economics Association, Royal Economic Society, Global Development Network-GDN organised by the World Bank, EADI - European Association of Development Institutions.

- Seminars held at more than 50 Universities and research centres through the world, in particular in Europe, Africa, North and South America and South Asia.

- April-August 1997. Overseas Visiting Scholar at St. John’s College and Official Visitor at the Faculty of Economics and Politics, Cambridge.

ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES

- 1987-1997 Member of a Scientific Commission of the Italian Ministry of Higher Education for the funding of economic research projects of national relevance.

- Since 1997 Director of the Cooperation and Development Network, http://www-3.unipv.it/cdn/, and founder and Director of the master program in Co-operation and Development of the University of Pavia.

- 1996-2011 Director of the CICOPS, Centre for the Co-operation with Developing Countries of the University of Pavia. In this capacity and for the goal of university co-operation has held missions in Sarajevo(June 1996), Palestine(November 1996), Argentine and Chile(November 1996, October 1997), Iraq (April 1999) plus repeated missions at major international organisations: OECD, IMF, World Bank, UNDP, UNESCO, United Nation University-WIDER(Helsinki) FAO.

- 2002-2008, Head of the Department of Political Economy and Quantitative Methods, University of Pavia.

- 2010-2013 Deputy Rector for International relations, University of Pavia.

- 2002-2010 Member of Scientific Committee of the Escuela Latino Americana en Cooperacion International para el Desarrollo, ELACID, University of San Buenaventura Cartagena des Indias Colombia.

- Since 2005 Member of the Scientific Committee of the MICAD, Master in International Cooperation and Development of Bethlehem University, from 2005 till now.

- 2001-2008 Vice-chairperson of the PEACE Programme – Palestinian European American Cooperation in Education.

- 2002-2008, Member of the Executive Committee of EADI – European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes.

- 2014-2018 Representative of the Italian universities in the committee for Monitoring and Evaluation at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

- Since 2013 Member of the Executive Committee of the NGO VIS.

Monitoring and evaluation of several educational and human development related programs in particular in Sub-Saharan Africa and in the Middle East.

Consulting with international organization, in particular on debt and poverty related issues, in preparation of international reports: UNCTAD-The Least Developed Countries Report 2009; European Report on Development 2009 and 2010.

RESEARCH COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT

- 2006-2009, General co-ordinator of the TEMPUS project CD_JEP-32070-2004, Development of a Master Programme in International Cooperation and Development at Bethlehem University.

- 2006-2010, General co-ordinator of the project FIRB RBIN0493LR Creation of a Centre for Advanced Studies and Research in Cooperation and Development at Bethlehem University, ItalianMinistry of Higher Education and Research.

- 2009-2011, General co-ordinator of the EDULINK grant 9-1CP-RPR-118 # 21

Trade and Development Training, Research and Policy Network, with five universities in Africa and two in Europe.

- 2011-2012FAPPAs - Food Aid, cash aid and perspectives for the Palestinian agricultural sector.Approved April 4^th2011.

- 2011-14 General Coordinator of the project E-Plus, Enhancement of the Palestinian University System, financed by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, General Directorate for Cooperation and Development, approved November 9^th2010, which involves 10 universities in the Palestinian Territories and nine in Italy.

- 2012-2017 Project coordinator of the ERASMUSM MUNDUS project DUNIA BEAM -Develop a University Network for Improving move-Ability between Europe and Middle-East, of the European Commission, nr. 2012-2620/001-001 EM Action 2. which involves 9 universities in Europe and 11 in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and the Palestinian Territories.

OTHER ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATIONS

Referee and book reviews: Cambridge Journal of Economics, Contributions to Political Economy, Economia Politica, The Economic Journal, The Manchester School, Note Economiche, Oxford Economic Papers. Member of the Advisory Board of The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought.

Examiner of Ph.D thesis for the University of Cambridge.

AWARDS

- 1988, winner of the Saint-Vincent prize for the best book by an Italian author with the work "The Economics of Francois Quesnay".

- 2011, Special mention for the PEACE Prize of the Lombardy Region.

- 2015, San Siro prize of the city of Pavia.