Current academic Affiliations: 

• Assistant Professor (Tenure Track, RTdB), University of Catania

• IZA  Affiliate, Bonn 

• GLO  Affiliate

• New: Winner of UniCredit Foundation Modigliani Research Grant 15^ed    

• Holder of Abilitazione scientifica nazionale for associate professor in 13/A1 - Economia Politica (2025-2037) and Politica Economica (2025-2037).

Previous Position: 

• Assistant Professor (Tenure Track, RTT), Sapienza University 

• Junior Assistant Professor (Rtd-A), Sapienza University

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Sapienza University.   

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of  Catania.

•  Visiting Scholar at BAFFI CAREFIN −CLEAN Unit -  Bocconi University; Milan, Italy.

I received Ph.D. in Economics, Management and Statistics from the University of Messina under the supervision of  Francesco Drago  in November 2019. 

I am interested in  Economics of Crime, Policy Evaluation  and Applied Microeconometrics