CV 

Personal Information

Affiliation: Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Pavia 

Address: Strada Nuova 65 – 27100 Pavia, Italy

Ph. +39 0382 984354

Skype account: chiappero-martinetti Email: enrica.chiappero@unipv.it

 orcid.org/0000-0002-5828-593X

Education, training and visiting

Degree in Political Science with Major in Economics (University of Pavia) PhD in Public Economics (University of Pavia)

Visiting researcher at the University of Harvard, US (Sept.-Oct. 1996, March 2006)

Visiting fellow at Von Hugel Institute, St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge University, UK, academic year 2002/2003, and at CEPS/INSTEAD, Luxembourg (July 2006).

Visiting professor at the University of Cambridge, UK, (June-July 1998, Apr.-July 1999, Feb.-July 2003), Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya (every year since 2014), University of Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa (June 2013, May 2015), Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo (March 2016).

Visiting professor at the Department of Economics, Harvard University, Faculty of Art and Science (Boston, U.S.) in the framework of the Boston Project (May 2017)

Professional and Institutional Status

Full Professor of Economic Policy, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Pavia

President of the Foundation of the S. Caterina da Siena University College, Pavia and Chair of the Council Board

President of the Human Development and Capabilities Association (2025-2027)

Editor of the Journal of Human Development and Capability (2017-2023)

Member of the Doctoral Board of the International PhD Program in Law, Ethics and Economics for Sustainability, Universities of Milan.

Member of the Academic Senate of IUSS, Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia

Member of the Scientific Committee of Feltrinelli Foundation, Milan.

Member of the Scientific Committee of Fondazione Ravasi Garzanti, Milan.

Member of the Scientific Committee of the Master Program on Cooperation and Development, University of Pavia, Pavia.

Member of  ISTAT Inter-Institutional Scientific Committee on absolute poverty

Member of the advisory board for the Report on Inequalities, Cariplo Foundation

Current teaching activities

Undergraduate level:

Economics (Microeconomics); Human Progress and Sustainable Development; Enterprise, development and community at the Department of Political and Social Sciences

Graduate level:

Development economics and international cooperation; Gender issues from a global perspective, master programs at the Department of Political and Social Sciences

Poverty, Inequality and Human Development at the Master Program in Cooperation and Development, University of Pavia and at the joint Master Program in Economics and Human Development, Kenyatta University, Nairobi.

Doctoral level:

Statistics and econometrics for the analysis of growth and development, International PhD Program in Law, Ethics and Economics for Sustainability, University of Milan.

Research interests

Poverty and income inequality analysis: theoretical and measurement issues

Multidimensional  approach  to  poverty,  inequality  and  development  with  special  reference  to  the Capability Approach and Human Development

Quality of life and poverty in urban settings

Fuzzy sets theory and fuzzy logic applied to multidimensional poverty and well-being measurement Micro-simulation models for income distribution and redistribution analysis

Gender issues, in particular poverty and inequality, unpaid work, and female empowerment Youth vulnerability and marginalization

Social innovation and human development

Economic Democracy

Assessing development projects from a human development perspective

Social economy organizations

Reviewing

International Reviews and Journals: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Review of Income and Wealth, Journal of Economic Inequality, Feminist Economics, Journal of Social-Economics, Regional Studies, Global Public Health, Bulletin of Economic Research, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, African Journal of Business Management, Philosophical Papers and Reviews, International Journal of Applied Statistics, Review of Political Economy, International Review of Economics, Empirical Economics, Globalization and Health, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Applied research in Quality of Life, World Development , Journal of Global Ethics, Oxford Development Studies

National Reviews and Journals: Economia Politica, Politica Economica, Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, QA, Rivista Italiana degli Economisti

Research projects recently funded and completed (as principal investigator)

Scientific coordinator of the project “Cooperare nello sviluppo umano: alta formazione e ricerca in Kenya/Cooperation in human development: higher education and research in Kenya”, funded by the Italian Agency for Development and Cooperation (AICS). 

Scientific coordinator of the International research project “Sustainable Food Systems for Sustainable Development (SASS)” (Sistemi Alimentari e Sviluppo Sostenibile): coordinated by Milano Bicocca University and ECDPM (European Centre for Development Policy Management, Maastricht) and funded by the Ministry of University and Research, FISR (Fondo Integrativo speciale per la ricerca).

Scientific coordinator of the FP7 European Collaborative Research Project SSH.2013.1.1-1: Economic underpinnings of social innovations – “Creating Economic Space for Social Innovation” (CRESSI); general coordinator University of Oxford; in partnership with eight European Universities

Scientific coordinator of the FP7 European Collaborative Research Project SSH.2012.2.1 on Social innovation against inequalities – “Social Innovation - Empowering the Young (SocIEtY) for the Common Good. General coordinator: University of Bielefeld; in partnership with 13 European Universities

Scientific co-coordinator of the National Research Project LABEXPO “For an equal and sustainable development”. Project coordinator: Fondazione Feltrinelli Milano

Scientific coordinator or the international research project on “Enhancing the capabilities of the most vulnerable: a pilot project on inequalities in human development in Bamako and Accra, supported by SNIS – Swiss Network for International Studies di Ginevra. General coordinator: Laboratoire de démographie ed d’études familiales (LaboDémo) University of Geneva; in partnership with Centre for Population and Development Studies (HCPDS), Harvard University, Universities of Bamako (Mali) and Accra (Ghana), UNFPA and UNICEF

Scientific coordinator of the FP7 European Collaborative Research Project SSH 2009-1.1.1. on Education in a European knowledge society – “Workable - Making capabilities work”. General  coordinator: University of Bielefeld; in partnership with 12 European Universities and 3 Associated Partners

Scientific coordinator of the European Project Marie Curie Initial Training Network “Eduwel”. General coordinator: University of Bielefeld; in partnership with 11 European Universities and 3 associated partners; HDCP-IRC

Scientific coordinator of the European project “Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in development – Public awareness and education for development in Europe”, coordinated by Provincia di Arezzo, HDCP-IRC

Scientific Coordinator of the international research project on “Toward an integrated view of human rights and human development: theoretical foundations, measurement issues and policy implications”, Italian Minister of Higher Education and Research – FIRB Project, University of Pavia

Scientific Coordinator of the national research project “Cities, well-being and poverty”, supported by the Fondazione Lombardia per l’Ambiente, HDCP-IRC

Other recent research activities

Member of the European Commission Expert Group on Multidimensional Inequality. 

Member of the Task Force "Toward multi-dimensional indicators of child health and development", PI Prof. Hinke Haisma, University of Groningen.