Academic and research career
- 04/2024 - at present: Full Professor of Applied Economics, University of Trento (Italy), Department of Economics and Management.
- 09/2019 – 03/2024: Full Professor of Applied Economics, Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) of L’Aquila (Italy), Social Sciences Institute.
- 10/2014 – 08/2019: Full Professor of Economic Policy, University Kore of Enna (Italy), Faculty of Economics and Law.
- 03/2005 – 09/2014: Associate Professor of Economics, University of Bologna (Italy), Faculty of Law (until 2012-2013) and Department of Economics;
- 10/2011 – 10/2013: Senior Research Grant Holder, JRC-IPTS, European Commission, Seville (Spain) (temporarily on-leave from the University of Bologna);
- 10/2000 – 02/2005: Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Bologna (Italy), Faculty of Law and Department of Economics;
- 07/1999 – 09/2000: Post-doctoral research scholar, University of Bologna (Italy), Department of Economics;
- 03/1993 – 05/1999: Junior research scholar (different contracts), Institute on the Dynamics of Economic Systems (IDSE), Italian National Research Council (CNR), Milan (at present, IRCrES-CNR, Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth, formely CERIS-CNR, Research Institute on the Firm and Development (until 2014).
Experience of Directorship and Coordination
- 11/2020 – 03/2024: Member of the Senate of the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) of L’Aquila (IT).
- 6/2019 – 09/2022: Member of the Directive Council of the Italian Economic Association (Societá Italiana degli Economisti) (SIE).
- 06/2019 – 03/2024: Coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Regional Science and Economic Geography, GSSI (Academic cycle: XXXVI).
- 10/2015 – 10/2022: Coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Economics, Business and Law, University Kore of Enna (IT) (Academic cycles: XXXIII, XXXIV, and XXXV).
- 4/2017 – 8/2019: Director of the School of Economics, University Kore of Enna (IT), and Coordinator of the Kore University seminar and WP series in Business and Economics (KoreBE), Kore University of Enna (IT).
- 10/2011 – 10/2013: Co-coordinator of the Monthly Internal Scientific Seminars (MISS) of the Industrial Research and Innovation Action, JRC-IPTS, European Commission of Seville (ES).
- 10/2008 – 10/2011: Director of the International Master in Development, Innovation and Change (MiDIC), University of Bologna (Italy), in partnership with GSP (University of Freiburg) and China University of Political Science and Law.
Editorial positions
- 2/2019 – at present: Co-Editor in Chief and Associate Editor of Economia Politica – Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics (http://www.springer.com/economics/policy/journal/40888).
- 2/2019 – at present: Member of the Editorial Board of Eurasian Business Review: A Journal in Industrial Organization, Innovation and Management Science (https://www.springer.com/business+%26+management/journal/40821).
- 09/2014 – at present: Associate Editor of Industry & Innovation (http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ciai20).
- 11/2014 – 2/2019: Associate Editors’ coordinator and Associate Editor of Economia Politica – Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics (http://www.springer.com/economics/policy/journal/40888).
Membership of scientific committees
- 10/2018 – 5/2021: Member of the Scientific Committee appointed by the Italian Ministry of University and Research for evaluating applicants’ demands for the qualification to act as Associate and Full Professor in Economic Policy (13/A2) in the Italian academic system, ASN2018-2020.
- 05/2015 – at present: Member of the Scientific Committee of the Research Centre of Economic Analyses and International Economic Development (CRANEC), Catholic University of Milan (IT).
- 1/2003 – at present: Member of the Scientific Committee of the School of Development, Innovation and Change (SDIC) (IT).
- 11/2008 – 11/201: Member of the Directive Committee of the Department of Economics, University of Bologna.
Professional affiliations (subscription linked to conferences participation):
- Danish Resource Unit for Industrial Dynamics (DRUID) Society;
- European Association of Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE);
- European Meetings on Applied Evolutionary Economics (EMAEE);
- European Network on the Economics of the Firm (ENEF);
- Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (IAERE);
- International Input-output Association (IIOA);
- International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society (ISI);
- Italian Economic Association (Societá Italiana degli Economisti) (SIE).
- Italian Association of Industrial Economics (Società Italiana di Economia e Politica Industriale) (SIEPI).
Awards
- Stough Johansson Springer Award of the Western Regional Science Association Conference 2021
- Best Paper Award of the Uddevalla Symposium 2019;
- Industry and Innovation Award for the Best Paper 2013-2014;
- Nomination for the DRUID Conference Award for Best Paper 2007.