Lucia Corno is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and Finance at Cattolica University, Milan and Executive Director and co-Founder of the Laboratory for Effective Anti-poverty Policies - LEAP, at Bocconi University. She is also a J-PAL Affiliate, a Fellow of CEPR, Executive committee member of EUDN (European Development Research Network) and council member of the European Economic Association.

Her research focuses on understanding constraints for economic development in low income countries, combining empirical/theoretical analysis and randomized field experiments.

She received an ERC Starting Grant (2019-2025) to study the reasons behind the persistence of harmful traditions and a FIS Consolidator Grant (2025-2028) to study homelessness and housing fragility.

NEWS #1: Lucia is visiting Harvard University (HKS) for the 2024-2025 academic year!

NEWS #2: New book! Homelessness: Data, Prevalence and Features (with M.Braga and P. Monti)