. Full Professor in Statistics and economics at the
Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna
from 2020.
. Associate Professor in Statistics and economics at the Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna from 2014.
. Assistant professor in Statistics and economics at the
Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna
from 1996.
TEACHING ACTIVITY:
Courses: Business Statistics, Sector and market
analysis, Spatial and panel data analysis, Statistics for Accounting.
SERVICES IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
. Member of SIS (Italian Statistical Society), AIRSe, ERSA
. Member of the Center for Advanced Studies in Tourism - CAST (University
of Bologna)
. Member of the Executive Board of the Italian Association of Regional Science - AISRe
SERVICES IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
. Since 2009 Assistant editor of Almatourism - Journal of
Tourism, Culture and Territorial Development;
. Since 2016 served the review Statistica & Società
. Referee for national and international journals
GRANTS AND COLLABORATIONS
Principal investigator of the projects:
2018-202 PI of the project: INNNOXENIA - Innovation in Tourism in the Adriatic-Ionian Macroregion. Interreg Adrion programme; ASSE PRIORITARIO 1. Ob. Specifico 1.1, bando 2016 (Lead Partner: Region of Western Greece, Partner: CAST – Unibo).
2020 Project manager within the INTERREG MED “Progetto Strategico della piattaforma di governance del programma (PANORAMED) sul Turismo Sostenibile BEST MED”– Regione Lazio
2002 – 2004 PRIN 2002: Tourism and production growth: local factors and territorial competitiveness (National Coordinator: Attilio Celant). Analysis of MICE firms and growth models of local tourism systems (Local Coordinator: Cristina Bernini)
Participation to the projects:
2021 FISR 2020 –COVID EVCORT Avoiding COVID-19 Risks in Tourism by Optimizing Visitor Flow
2019 - 2021 RECOLOR - Reviving and EnhanCing artwOrks and Landscapes Of the adRiatic- (Interreg ITA-HR; Priority Axis:Environment and cultural heritage). PI for Cast, Unibo: Patrizia Battilani. Lead partner: Regione Emilia Romagna.
2019-2021 MISTRAL - Mediterranean Innovation STRAtegy for transnational activity of clusters and networks of the bLue growth. PI for Unibo: Patrizia Battilani. Lead Partner: Regione Emilia-Romagna.
2018 ATRIUM PLUS 2014 - 2020 Interreg V-A Italy - Croatia CBC Programme: Architecture of Totalitarian Regimes of the XX Century in Urban Management. Lead Partner Comune di Forlì, in collaboration with CAST – UniBo.
2018 WWF Mediterranean (In collaboration with CAST – UniBo): Evaluation standards of the ecotourism packages in the context of Protected Areas of the Mediterranean Sea.
2017 WWF Mediterranean (In collaboration with CAST – UniBo): WWF Reviving Mediterranean Sea Economy.
2016 SUST TOUR - Innovative solution for sustainable tourism. PI: Alessia Mariotti. (Climate KIC Italy In collaboration with CAST – UniBo).
2013 ATRIUM – Architecture of Totalitarian Regimes in Urban Management (Lead Partner Comune di Forlì, in collaborazione con la Scuola Superiore di Studi Turistici – UniBo)
2012 ATRIUM – Architecture of Totalitarian Regimes in Urban Management (Lead Partner Comune di Forlì, in collaborazione con la Scuola Superiore di Studi Turistici – UniBo).
2011-2013 EU Project STAR – Statistical network in Tourism sector of Adriatic Region: (Coordinator Regione Emilia-Romagna, In collaboration with the High School of Tourism – UniBo).
2005 -2007 PRIN 2005 Statistical methods for the evaluation of educational, training, and development policies (Coordinatore Scientifico: Enrico Rettore).
.2004 Research project of national and international interest: Statistical analysis for the evaluation of economic and social policies for local development (coordinator: Dipartement of Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna).
1997 Training requirements in small and medium tourist enterprises (European Coordinator D. Witt – University of Munich)