Pierluigi Montalbano is Full Professor of International Economic Policy at Sapienza University of Rome (IT) and Associate Faculty at Department of Economics, University of Sussex (UK). Former Chair Holder of the Jean Monnet Chair on "Rethinking EU Trade Policy for Development", He is CRUI Representative in the National Development Cooperation Council - Group 1 "Agenda 2030 for sustainable development, policy consistency, impact and evaluation" and Member of the Consultative Committee for Impact Evaluation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Director of MSc on "International Development and Cooperation Studies" and Director of MSc on "Migration and Development", Sapienza University of Rome (IT); Coordinator of the PhD programme in Economics and Development, Doctoral School in Social Sciences and Economics, Sapienza-University of Rome; Member of the Italian Center for International Development (ICID), University of Tor Vergata (IT) and Member of the Centro Ricerche Economiche e Sociali Rossi-Doria, University of Roma Tre (IT).  

He is author and co-author of several, national and international articles and scientific publications and invited speakers at several national and international conferences and seminars. He has consultant experience, both as project leader and senior expert, with several national and international institutions, including the Italian Government; the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation; the Italian Ministry of Economic Development; the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (MiBACT); the European Commission; the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC); The World Bank; The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB); The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); FAO; the Global Development Network; the OECD-DAC, etc

Reviewer for the following international Journals: Agricultural Economics; American Journal of Agricultural Economics; Applied Economics; Applied Economics Letters; Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics; Economia della Cultura; Economic Modelling; Economic Systems; Economics Bulletin; Energy Economics; Eastern European Economics; Food Policy; International Trade Journal; Information Sciences; Journal of Common Market Studies;  Journal of International Business Policy; Journal of Industrial and Business Economics; Journal of International Trade and Development; Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice;  South African Journal of Economics;  Structural Change and Economic Dynamics; World Economy; World Development. 

His research interests lie at the crossover between International Economics and Development. The most recent research activities include: i) the empirical and theoretical analysis of the main determinants of macroeconomic and microeconomic instability with particular attention to developing economies; ii) the empirical analysis of the effects of global value chains and multilateral and regional trade integration, with particular attention to emerging economies;  iii) the theoretical and applied nexus between culture/creativity and local development; iv) impact evaluation for development programs.