I am a Ph.D. candidate at University College Dublin, under the superivision of Ron Davies and Dieter Kogler. My research is funded by the Irish Research Council.

My research fields are the economics and the geography of innovation. In particular, I use applied microeconomics tools to address research questions in these fields. 

I was Honor Student at Sant'Anna School in Pisa from 2015 to 2021. I hold a BSc in Economics & Business at University of Pisa, and a MSc in Economics at Sant'Anna and University of Pisa. Before joining to UCD I have worked as External Expert at the Joint Research Centre of Seville. 

I am a co-organizer of YIESS in Dublin!

You can reach me at giacomo.loconte@ucdconnect.ie.