Short Bio: I am Professor of Economics at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca. I am also Honorary Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) at the University of Warwick and Senior Research Fellow at RAND Europe.
My research has been funded by the AXA Research Fund, the British Academy, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Folke Bernadotte Academy, the Swedish Research Council, UNU-WIDER and the World Bank.
I have held teaching and research appointments at the University of Essex, the University of Genoa, the University of Naples "Federico II", Ca' Foscari University of Venice, the University of Warwick and Sciences Po, Paris.
In my pre-academic life, I served as an officer in the Italian Navy, principally working in anti-submarine warfare.
Fields: Civil-Military Relations, Defence Economics, International Migration, Military Interventions, Terrorism.
Address: Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca. Piazza San Francesco, 19 – 55100 Lucca.