Current positions:
Since 2025. Postdoctoral researcher in Economic Policy (SECS-P/02) at Department of Economics, University of Bergamo.
Since 2025. Lecturer (Professore a contratto) in "Economics of Knowledge" at the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society of the University of Turin in the "Joint Degree in Economic Analysis and Policy" (EPOG-JM).
Since 2026. Tutor (Cultore della materia) in "Digital Transformation and Policies", "Economia e Politiche dell'Innovazione", and "Geoeconomia e Trasformazione Digitale".
Other affiliations:
Since 2025. Associate Researcher (membre associé) at the Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA), University of Strasbourg, University of Lorraine, CNRS.
Since 2025. Member of the Center for Young and Family Enterprise (CYFE), University of Bergamo.
Qualifications:
Since 2026. Italian Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale alle funzioni di professore universitario di II Fascia nel Settore Concorsuale 13/A4 - Economia Applicata
Since 2026. Italian Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale alle funzioni di professore universitario di II Fascia nel Settore Concorsuale 13/A2 - Politica Economica
Since 2024. French Qualification aux fonctions de Maître de Conférences in Sciences économiques.
Previous positions:
12/2022-11/2024. ITI-MAKErS postdoctoral researcher at BETA, University of Strasbourg.
06/2021-11/2022. ANR postdoctoral researcher at BETA, University of Strasbourg.
Visiting Scholar:
05/2026 - Present. Manchester Institute of Innovation Research
Supervisor: Silvia Massini
11/2019 - 05/2020. Leeds University Business School
Supervisor: Marco Veronese Passarella
04-10/2019. Greenwich Business School, University of Greenwich
Supervisor: Alberto Botta
Education:
2017 - 2021. Doctor Europaeus in Economics - Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Siena.
Thesis: Essays on Secular Stagnation in the USA
Supervisors: Mauro Caminati, Riccardo Pariboni
2015-2017. MSc. in Economics, Faculty of Economics, Law and Political Sciences, University of Cagliari.
Thesis: Kaldor’s models on economic growth: An application to the Italian case
Supervisor: Emanuela Marrocu
Grade: 110/110 cum laude
2012-2015. BSc. in Economics and Finance, Faculty of Economics, Law and Political Sciences, University of Cagliari.
Thesis: The theory of hysteresis: postulates and empirical evidence
Supervisor: Giovanni Bella
Grade: 110/110 cum laude
Awards:
2017-2021. PhD scholarship - Joint Doctoral Programme of Tuscan Universities.
2016-2017. "Best MSc student in Economics” - University of Cagliari.
2016-2017. Scholarship for ”Best student in Economics” - University of Cagliari.
Participation in research projects:
Since 2025. ”INTEGRATE - Innovation, Green and Digital Transitions and the Effects on Territorial Inequality and Democratic Resilience in Europe” Horizon Europe Call HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-DEMOCRACY-08: Economic inequalities and their impact on democracy. Project evaluated above the excellence threshold; not funded. Role: scientific and organisational support in the writing and submission of proposal and Work Packages. PI: Elena Cefis.
Since 2025. "Innovation, financial structure and resilience: the effects of the COVID crisis on business survival and performance". Project at the Department of Economics, University of Bergamo; PI: Elena Cefis.
12/2022-11/2024. "ITI MAKErS - Making European Society"; as part of the ITI 2021-2028 program of the University of Strasbourg, CNRS and INSERM, the project was supported by IdEx Unistra (ANR-10-IDEX-0002), and by SFRI-STRAT’US project (ANR-20-SFRI-0012); coordinated by Hélène Michel, Amélie Barbier-Gauchard, Mélanie Schmitt; PI: Andrea Borsato.
03/2021-11/2022. "Artificial Intelligence in the scientific system: Diffusion and impacts"; the project funded by Agence Nationale de la Recherche (reference: DInnAMICS-ANR-18-CE26-0017-01), University of Strasbourg, University of Lorraine, AgroParisTech, CNRS; PI: Stefano Bianchini, André Lorentz, Lorenzo Cassi.
Participation in the scientific committees of international conferences:
2026. International Schumpeter Society Conference 2026, University of Strasbourg.
2023. 5th ERMEES Macroeconomics Workshop 2023, University of Strasbourg.
Some memberships:
International Schumpeter Society (ISS), Royal Economic Society (RES), Società Italiana di Economia (SIE), European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE).
Referee activity:
Annals of Regional Science, Applied Economics, Computational Economics, Ecological Economics, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, European Journal of Political Economy, Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Nature - Scientific Reports, Nonlinear Dynamics, Plos One, Research Policy, Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, SN Business & Economics, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Technological Forecasting and Social Change.
Book series: Cambridge University Press - Elements.
Reviewing Editor: Springer Nature
Some recent conferences/workshops:
2026. XXIV Workshop Annuale della Società Italiana di Economia e Politica Industriale (SIEPI), 29-30 January 2026, Bari.
2025. 10th European Conference on Corporate R&D and Innovation CONCORDi 2025, 24-26 September, Seville.
2025. 1st Workshop on the Economics of New Technologies and Global Change (ENTeG), 17-18 September, Cattolica University.
2025. Royal Economic Society 2025 Conference, University of Birmingham, 30 June - 02 July, Birmingham.
2025. First Workshop on AI, Labour and Society, hosted by the Fourth International Conference on Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence (HHAI 2025), Istituto di Studi Avanzati "Carlo Azeglio Ciampi", Scuola Normale Superiore, 10 June, Pisa.
2024. 65a Riunione Scientifica Annuale, Società Italiana di Economia, 24-26 October, Urbino.
2024. International Joseph A. Schumpeter Conference, 9-11 June, Gothenburg.
2023. International Conference Computing in Economics and Finance, 3-6 June, Nice.
2023. 8th Regulating for Decent Work Conference, International Labour Organization, 10-12 July, Geneve.