Personal Info

Work experience:

I am the Deputy Head of the Local Economic Research and Analysis Division in the Abruzzo Regional Branch in L'Aquila, Italy.

Since 2023 I am member of the Data Mining Panel supporting the Financial Education Committee, Ministry of Economics and Finance, Italy.

Here below my previous experiences:

From 2009/10 to 2012/11: Trieste branch of the Bank of Italy, focusing on the economy of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region.

From 2012/11 to 2022/01: Financial Accounts and Statistical Methods Division, focusing on General Government Statistics.

From 2022/01 to 2026/03: Economist and Data analyst in the Young People, Analysis And Surveys Division - Financial Education Directorate.

Education:

I graduated in Political Economy at the Università degli Studi G. d’Annunzio in 2002. Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Carmen Pagliari

Afterwards I studied at the Università Politecnica delle Marche, where I obtained a PhD in Economics in 2007 (Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Alessandro Sterlacchini)

I also studied at the Université Catholique de Louvain, where I received a Master of Arts in Economics and a PhD in Economics, respectively in 2005 and 2012.  (Thesis Supervisors: Prof. Paul Belleflamme and Prof. Vincent Vannetelbosch)