Alessandra Cantagalli

Associate professor since January 2020, studied contemporary history in Bologna where she accomplished her PhD. Her research area is economic history. Research topics include the history of professions and the history of technical education. The current focus of research are the economic and technical professions, with a special attention on their evolution, their area of action, the labour market, the gender balance; and the historical figure of lawyer-banker Camillo Giussani.

In February 2014 obtains the National Scientific Qualification for Assistant Professor for the 13/C1: Economic History area, and in January 2015 for the 11/A3: Contemporary History area.

She is the author of several publication, she took part national research programs and since 2006 she is part of the “Centro studi sulla storia delle professioni” (CEPROF) of University of Bologna