Anna Rita Germani holds a Ph.D in Economics (2011) from the Center for Financial and Management Studies (CeFiMS) of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London and a Master of Science (MSc) in Agricultural and Resource Economics (2000) from the University of Arizona, Tucson - USA. She also holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics and Policy from the University of Naples "Federico II" (2001) and a Master in Agricultural Economics and Policy (1998) from the "Centro di Specializzazione e Ricerche Economico-Agrarie per il Mezzogiorno" (CSREAM) - Portici, Italy. Before embracing the advanced studies in Economics, she has achieved a Degree in Law at "Sapienza" University of Rome.

She is associate professor in Economic Policy at the Department of Legal and Economic Studies, Faculty of Law of  "Sapienza" University of Rome, where she actually teaches "Economics", "Environmental Law and Economics", and "Economics of Public Procurement". She has been member of the PhD Board in "Economics and Finance" of "Sapienza" University of Rome. She is member of the PhD Board in "Public Law" (curriculum in Law and Economics") of "Sapienza" University of Rome. She teaches economic courses (environmental economics, economics, international economics, economic policy, economics of public procurement) in master and doctoral programs.

From June 2024, she is Consultant  for the Council of Europe in the field of anti-corruption, anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CFT) response to environmental crime in the framework of the Action against Economic Crime in the Western Balkans.

From 2019 she is member of the Academic Committee of INECE (International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement - INECE). She has been Research Assistant (2000) at the University of Arizona and Visiting Research Scholar (2019) at METRO Institute for Transnational Legal Research - Maastricht University.

She has been member of the Group of Experts for the Evaluation of Research in the Economic Sciences and Statistics Area set up by ANVUR for the Evaluation of the Italian Research Quality (VQR 2015-2019).

Participation to Conferences (selection from 2020)

• 21th Annual Conference of the Italian Society of Law and Economics (ISLE) – University of Catania, 11-13 December 2025, Catania

• 66th Annual Conference of the Italian Economic Association (SIE) – University of Naples Parthenope, 23-25 October 2025, Naples

•  VIII ASTRIL International Conference (Associazione Studi e Ricerche Interdisciplinari sul Lavoro) The Future of Work: Technical Progress, Artificial Intelligence and Working Times – Roma Tre University of Rome, 23-24 January 2025

• 20th Annual Conference of the Italian Society of Law and Economics (ISLE) – Sapienza University of Rome, 18-20 December2024

• 65th Annual Conference of the Italian Economic Association (SIE) – University of Urbino Carlo Bo, 24-26 October 2024, Urbino

• IX Conference of the Spanish-Portuguese Association of Natural and Environmental Resource Economics (AERNA) – Nova School of Business and Economics, Carcavelos, Portugal, 4th-6th September 2024

• XXXVI Annual Conference of the Italian Society of Public Economics (SIEP) – Reimagining Welfare: Sustainable Paths in Public Finance, 12th-13th September 2024, University of Cagliari, Italy

• 19th Annual Conference of the Italian Society of Law and Economics (ISLE) – University of Brescia, 13-15 December 2023, Brescia

• 64th Annual Conference of the Italian Economic Association (SIE) – Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), 19-21 October 2023, L’Aquila

• Workshop “Science-based policy making in occupational safety and health” – INAIL, 12 October 2023, Rome

• 14th Annual Conference of the Society for Environmental Law and Economics (SELE), 15-16 June 2023, University of Cambridge (UK)

• 18th Annual Conference of the Italian Society of Law and Economics (ISLE) - LUMSA University of Palermo, December 14-16 2022, Palermo

• (invited speaker) Conference on "Ecomafie: crimine organizzato, business e ambiente", organized by the Criminal Chamber of Bergamo section "Roberto Bruni", 18-19 November 2022, University of Bergamo

• 63rd Annual Conference of the Italian Economic Association (SIE) - University of Turin, 20-22 October 2022, Turin

• (Invited speaker) Workshop on “La strategia europea di decarbonizzazione, aldilà dell’emergenza energetica: problemi e alternative” – Sapienza University of Rome, 20 June 2022, Rome, Italy

• XXXIV Annual Conference of the Italian Society of Public Economics (SIEP) –Inequalities and Public Intervention in the Future Europe – University of L’Aquila, 15-16 September 2022, L’Aquila, Italy

• XLIII Conference of the Italian Association of Regional Science (AISRE) – Cities and Regions in Transitions – Politecnico di Milano, 5-7 September 2022, Milano, Italy

• 10th International Workshop on Computational Economics and Econometrics (IWcee22), Methods and techniques for environmental and societal sustainability, IRCrES-CNR, 30 June-1 July 2022, Rome, Italy

• 10th Annual Conference of the Italian Association of Environmental and Resources Economists (IAERE), University of Cagliari, 21-23 April 2022

• (invited speaker) Eurosystem Procurement Coordination Office (EPCO) - EPCO Public Procurement Conference, 3 December 2021 – “Sustainable Public Procurement and Green Economy: A Law and Economics Perspective” – Banque Centrale du Luxembourg

• (invited speaker) “Sapienza” University of Rome, Department of Juridical Sciences, online webinar “The European Green Deal” – 21 September 2021

• XLII Annual Conference of the Italian Association of Regional Science (AISRE), Web Conference – Territorial challenges in the post-covid-era, 8-10 September 2021 – Web Conference

• 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Environmental Law and Economics (SELE), May 21, May 28, June 11 & June 18, 2021, University of Notre Dame, The Law School, Indiana (U.S.) – Web Conference

• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) webinar on “Overview of Passive and Active Detection Technologies for Detection of CBRNE and Other Contraband”, 26-27 January 2021, Vienna - Web Conference

• 37th Annual Conference of the European Association of Law and Economics (EALE), 24-25 September 2020 - Web Conference

• XLI Annual Conference of the Italian Association of Regional Science (AISRE), Web Conference, 2-4 September 2020

Teaching (selection)

• from 2023/24 -present : Economics (LMG-01). Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Law.

• from 2025/26 - : Environmental Law and Economics (LMG-01). Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Law.

• from 2013 - present: Economics of Public Procurement. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Law.

• from 2023/24 to 2024/25 : Environmental Economics (LMG-01). Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Law.

• 2023/24 - 2024/25:  International Economics (LMG-01). Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Law.

• 2022/23 - 2023/24:  International Economics (LMG-01). Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Law.

• 2022/23 - 2023/24: Law and Economics. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Law.

• 2021/22: International Economics. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Law.

• 2021/22:  Monetary Economics and Financial markets. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Law.

• 2021/22: Economics of Public Procurement. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Law.

• 2020/21: International Economics. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Law.

• 2019/20: International Economics. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Law.

• 2018/19: Economics (L-14). Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Law.

• 2017/18:  Economics (L-14). Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Law.

• 2015/16: Economics. Sapienza University of Rome. Faculty of Political Science, Sociology, Communication.

• 2014/15: Economics. Sapienza University of Rome. Faculty of Political Science, Sociology, Communication.

• 2013/14: Economic Policy and Finance. Unitelma Sapienza. Law Programme.

• 2012/13: Economics. Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Law.

Teaching/research activities abroad

• 2025/26 - : Environmental Law and Economics, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan (Cina).

• 09/2019- 12/2019: Visiting research – Maastricht University, METRO Institute for Transnational Legal Research.

• Scientific Coordinator of the local unit "Sapienza" in the European research project "EFFACE" (European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime) - VII Framework Program

• 08/2008: Finance in the Global Market, Master in Financial Management, College of Business and Finance, Hong Kong University and University of London (CeFiMS)

• research assistant in Environmental Economics, University of Arizona, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Tucson - USA, prof. Dennis Cory