I am an avid learner, and I always try to enhance my knowledge as much as possible. As far as I am concerned, I think it is very valuable when the study of a research question goes together with practical policy directions. In fact, applied policy issues have been at the root of my professional and academic experiences.

Below you can download or simply consult my curriculum vitae. Aside you find its summary.

In short:

My research agenda mostly involves political economy, economic history and development economics. I am implementing it at the European University Institute and at the University of Bologna.

As a Research Fellow at the Free University of Bolzano, I have been working on the estimation of the effect of the emergence of political dynasties on local corruption using unique administrative data from Indonesia.

I have been Teaching Assistant of two different professors for a course in International Macroeconomics at SAIS – Johns Hopkins University in Bologna.

I worked as market analyst in the anti-trust sector at Charles River Associates in Brussels. I have mostly dealt with cases of mergers and abuse of dominance.

I contributed to an empirical analysis of the opening of new university campuses on firm creation at CREST, Paris.

In parallel to my research and work activity, I am an outdoors lover. Travelling and getting to know a diversity of people and points of view is an inestimable source of inspiration for policy-oriented research questions.