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I am an Assistant Professor (RTD-B) and Adjunct Professor of  Political Economy in the Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition (DiSSTE) at the University of Piemonte Orientale (UPO), Vercelli, Italy. 

I am a member of the UPO Commission on "Inclusion, Disability and DSA," , as well as a member of the "Research" Commission of my university department. I participate in the Academic Board of the International Ph.D. Program in Global Health, Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Medicine (UPO and Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 

In addition, I work as a research associate with both the Economic and Social Research Institute of Piedmont (IRES Piemonte)  and the Fondazione per la Scuola, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo. Co-founder of  Studi  Randomizzati, the first italian blog on RCTs. I also teach at the Italian National School of Administration (SNA), Rome.

My research primarily focuses on counterfactual impact evaluation, public policy analysis, labor and social policies, and innovation policies.  

I serve as the Principal Investigator for the project "New perspectives on the nuclear issue in Italy" (NECESSITY) (2023-2025), funded by the UPO's "Bando Ricerca" (2022). I am a member of the research team for the "Preparedness for society in health crises and disasters" (PREPSHIELD) (2024-2027) project, funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe program.