He was born on October 12, 1965 in Bologna where he is
currently residing.
Academic positions
From October 1, 2024 is full Professor of
Economic Statistics (SECS-S03), at the Department of Statistical
Sciences, University of Bologna.
Further Qualifications
1994 Doctor of Philosophy in Scientific Research Methodology
Statistics for submitting the final dissertation: "The functional
dependence between levels in the artificial neural network models:
learning and specification"
General News
In 2000, he founded the National Observatory on Business Tourism (currently co-directed in collaboration with PoliMi).
From 2007-2008, member of the Board and Executive Committee of
the School of Tourism Sciences, University of Bologna.
Ffrom 2004 to 2010 was a member of the Board of the University of
Bologna, Rimini Campus
Since 2008, he has been the director of the permanent training course "Data Analysis and Reporting for Business Travel Intelligence," promoted by the Department of Statistical Sciences at UniBo.
In 2010, he was asked to draft the technical report “Investigation on the Statistical Information Produced by Istat Regarding Tourism Statistics,” for the Commission for the Guarantee of Statistical Information of the Prime Minister's Office.
He has served as a reviewer for the following journals: Annals of Tourism Research, Current Issues in Tourism, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, International Journal of Forecasting, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, Rivista di Economia e Statistica del Territorio, Statistica, Statistica Applicata, Statistical Methods and Applications, and Tourism Management.
Since 2002, he has been invited to present reports at major national tourism events/fairs (i.e., BIT, TTG, and BTO) and collaborates with national newspapers on topics related to business tourism.
Teaching Activities
From 2010 Statistics of financial markets, at the Inter-Faculty
course "Quantitative Finance" at the University of Bologna
From 2007 Economic Statistics at the Faculty of Statistical
Sciences, University of Bologna (all degree courses).
From 2002 Business Forecast at the Faculty of Statistical
Sciences, University of Bologna.
From 2001 Technical Analysis of Financial Markets at Faculty of
Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna.
From 2006 to 2009 "Financial investments, application form" (20
hours), Master in Financial Risk Management, University "Our Lady
of Good Counsel", Tirana.
In 2007 held the course "Previsiones Empresariales" (30 hours)
in the master's degree in Mining from the University of Bologna -
Buenos Aires office.
In 2006 takes the course of "Forecasting" in the PhD in
Statistics, Université Catholique de Louvain (B), Louvain-la-Neuve,
Belgium;
In 2000 "Forecasting tourism demand" at the CHN University
Leeuwarden - Holland.
From 1997 to 2003 Economic Forecasting Faculty of Statistical
Sciences, University of Bologna
From 1996 has also lectured courses within the Master in Management
and Development of the Tourist Services, and Master in Congress
Management of the Faculty of Statistical Sciences, University of
Bologna.