Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date and place of birth: 3 August, 1967 - Milan (Italy)
Nationality: Italian
Civil status: Married, one child.
EDUCATIONAL RECORD
1999, December 17th, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Ph.D. in
Economics. Supervisors: Prof. Brian Nolan (ESRI); Dr. Francis
O'Toole (Trinity Coll.). Examiners: Prof. Stephen Jenkins (Univ. Of
Essex); Prof. Philip Lane (Trinity Coll.). Title of the Thesis:
Essays on Income Inequality.
1994, April 12th, University of Pavia, Italy, Laurea in
Economics and Business.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Present Position:
Since 2004, January: Department of Economics and School of
Economics (Rimini campus), University of Bologna, Italy. Associate
Professor of Economic Policy.
Main research interests: 1. Income distribution (measurement,
relationship with economic growth and development); 2.
Globalisation and its social effects; 3. Tourism Economics; 4.
Social economics
Econometric packages used: STATA.
Main teaching duties: 1. Economic Policy; 2. Development
Economics; 3. Tourism Economics.
Previous Positions:
2000 (October) - 2004 (January): Department of Economics and
School of Economics (Rimini campus), University of Bologna, Italy.
Lecturer in Economics.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Italian native language;
English fluent;
French intermediate;
Spanish intermediate.
ACTIVITIES, AFFILIATIONS AND AWARDS
Referee for: American Political Science Review, Annals of
Tourism Research, Asia Pacific Management Review, Economic Inquiry,
Economics (e-journal), International Review of Applied
Economics, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of
Economics, Journal of Income Distribution, Journal of
International Development, Journal of Population Economics,
Revue Finance, Review of World Economy, Rivista di Politica
Economica, Rivista Italiana degli Economisti, Small Business
Economic Journal, Tourism Economics, Tourism Management,
World Development, World Economics.
Since 2012 (September): Coordinator of the Rimini Unit of the
Department of Economics, University of Bologna
Since 2012 (July): Columnist in the Radio Programme "Piano
Marshall", Città del Capo Radio
Metropolitana, Bologna.
2012 (March): Visiting professor at the ETOUR, Mid-Sweden
University, Ostersund, Sweden.
2011 (April - May): Visiting researcher at the Department of
Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
2010 (June): Visiting researcher at the Kiel Institute for the
World Economy, Kiel, Germany.
Since 2010 (February): Member of SISTUR, Società Italiana di
Studi Turistici.
2009-10: Professor of Tourism Economics, Free University of
Bozen.
Since 2008 (November): Coordinator of the postgraduate degree
(European Master) in “Tourism Economics and Management”, School of
Economics (Rimini campus), University of Bologna).
Since 2008: Member of the research project TAP: Tribal Art
Prices.
2008-09: Professor of Tourism Economics, Free University of
Bozen.
2008-09: Professor of Economics of Development at the School of
Political Sciences, University of Bologna.
2008 (February): Visiting professor at the Department of
Economics, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth,
South Africa.
2007 - 2009: Member of the IATE, International Association for
Tourism Economics.
2007 (June): Professor at the Master of International
Development and International Cooperation, University of Bologna.
Course of Development Economics II.
2007 (April): Conference on "Theoretical Advances in Tourism
Economics", Member of the Scientific Committee.
2006 (Oct.) - 2008 (Sep.): Tutor of the research project The
Knowledge Economy from Proprietary Structures to Open Source,
Department of Economics, University of Bologna.
2006 (Sep.): Professor at the Master of Euro-Mediterranean
Affairs, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. Course of
International Economics.
2006 (May) - 2011 (July): Research Fellow and member of the
Scientific Committee of RCEA, Rimini Centre for Economic
Analysis
2006 (Feb.) – 2006 (Sep.): Professor of Tourism Economics,
Free University of Bozen.
2005 (Nov.) - 2008 (Oct.): Member of the Board, Department of
Economics, University of Bologna.
2005 (Nov.): Professor at the Master in Tutela e Diritti del
Consumatore, University of Bologna. Course of Political
Economy.
2005 (March): Conference on "Theoretical Advances in Tourism
Economics", Member of the Scientific Committee.
2005 and 2006: Professor at the Master of Development and
International Cooperation, University of Bologna. Course of
Economics of Inequality.
2005 - 2010: Professor at the Master of Tourism Management, CTS
Training Centre Albalonga, Rome. Course of Tourism Economics.
2005 and 2006: Professor at the Summer School in Art Economics,
University of Bologna.
2005 (Feb.) – 2007 (Sep.): Member of CHILD, Centre for
Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics.
2004 - 2006: Member of the PRIN project “Sustainable and
Cultural Tourism”, Project co-ordinator: L. Punzo (University of
Siena), Local Co-ordinator: G. Candela (University of Bologna).
2004 and 2005: Professor at the Master of Tourism Economics and
Ethics, University of Bologna. Course of Tourism Economics.
2004 (August): Visiting researcher at the Institute for
International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin.
2003 - 2008: MAEM Project: Member of the Scientific Committee
and Co-ordinator of the project for University of Bologna.
2002/03: Member of the Scientific Committee of the association
ATTAC Italia.
2000 (June) - 2003 (Dec.): Consultant for Gabrius S.p.a, Milan,
Italy. Economic and Statistical consultancy in the art market
analysis.
1999: Selected by the United Nations for the position of Junior
Economist (P2 Level).
1999 (Oct.) – 2000 (Sep.): Department of Economics, University
of Bologna, Italy: Research Assistant: “Measuring Inequality in the
Accessibility to Hospital Networks: a Methodological Proposal”
1997 (Oct.) – 1998 (Sep): Royal Irish Academy Postgraduate
Award, Dublin, Ireland.
1997 (Oct.) – 1998 (Sep.): Combat Poverty Agency Postgraduate
Fellowship, Dublin, Ireland.
1995 (Oct.) – 1998 (Sep.): Department of Economics, Trinity
College Dublin, Ireland. Teaching Assistant for the course of
Intermediate Economics.
1995 (Oct.) - 1997 (Sep.): Borsa di specializzazione post-laurea
per il proseguimento degli studi all'estero, University of Pavia,
Italy (Postgraduate Fellowship).
1995 (Oct.) – 1999 (June): Department of Economics, Trinity
College Dublin, Ireland, Ph.D. thesis: “Essays on Income
Inequality”. Supervisors: Prof. Brian Nolan and Dr. Francis
O'Toole.
1994 (July) - 1994 (Dec.): Visiting scholar: Department of
Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA. Research
assistant: "Measuring Income Inequality"