JONATHAN CHAPMAN
Associate Professor, University of Bologna
Department of Economics
Piazza Scaravilli 2, Bologna, Italy
e-mail: jonathan.chapman@unibo.it
https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/jonathan.chapman/en
EDUCATION
2015, California Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Social Science
2013, City University, London
PG Diploma, Economics of Competition and Regulation
2005, University of Cambridge
MA (Cantab), Economics
ACADEMIC POSITION
2023–present, University of Bologna
Associate Professor of Economics
2021–2023, University of Bologna
Assistant Professor of Economics
2016–2021, New York University Abu Dhabi
Assistant Professor of Economic History
2015–2016, European University Institute
Max Weber Fellow
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006–2010, London Economics, United Kingdom
Senior Economic Consultant
2005–2006, Merrill Lynch, United Kingdom
Analyst, Mergers & Acquisitions
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Bologna
2022 – present
Introduction to Economics
Social Norms, Culture, and Economic Decision-Making
Industrial Organization
Workshop: Building Empirical Case Studies in Health Economics
New York University Abu Dhabi
2016 – 2021
Global Economic, Political and Social Development since 1500
Introduction to Game Theory
Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2025, Abilitazione for rank of Full Professor, Awarded qualification for Full Professor, Sector 13/A1
2020, T.S. Ashton Prize, Winner Prize for best article by a junior scholar in the Economic History Review
2014, MPSA Annual Conference
Fee Waiver Scholarship
2013, California Institute of Technology
John Ledyard Prize for Best Third Year Paper
PARTICIPATION AS INVITED SPEAKER
2025, ROBO Political Economy Workshop
2025, CEPR Economic History Symposium
2025, CEPR Applied Micro-Economic History Workshop
2024, University of Rome, Tor Vergata
2024, University of Warwick
2024, University of Bath
2024, University of Cambridge
2024, Virtual Historical Political Economy Seminar Series
2024, Economic History Society Annual Conference
2023, California Institute of Technology
2023, University of Southern Denmark – Historical Economics and Development Group
2023, Economic History Society Annual Conference
2023, American Economic Association Annual Meeting
2022, University of Manchester
2022, University of Basel
2022, Bocconi Economic History Workshop
2022, SDU Historical Political Economy Workshop
2022, Economic History Society Annual Conference
2022, American Economic Association Annual Meeting
2022, European Political Science Association Annual Conference
2022, EUI Max Weber Fellows Social Sciences Conference
2022, EUI Alumni Conference
2021, University of Southern Denmark
2021, NYU Abu Dhabi
2021, Korea University
2021, University of California, Davis
2021, University of Essex
2021, New Economic School
2021, Economic History Society Annual Conference
INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITIES
2024 – present, University of Bologna
Convener of Internal Seminar, Department of Economics
2023 – 2024, University of Bologna
Master Thesis Coordinator, HEMAP Program
2022 – 2023, University of Bologna
Member, Department of Economics Search Committee
Member, Commission for DSE Call “Advances in Economics” (Rep. n. 167/2022 Prot. n. 1677 of 21/12/2022)
Organizer, Economic History Reading Group
2023 – 2028, Economic History Society
Elected Member of Council
2024 – 2025, Economic History Society
Judge, New Researcher Poster Prize Committee
2016 – 2019, New York University Abu Dhabi
Member, Economic History Search Committee
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Organization of international scientific conferences:
2020, Organizer of the “Economic History Workshop”, New York University Abu Dhabi
2019, Organizer of the “Historical Political Economy” Workshop, New York University Abu Dhabi
2016, Organizer of the “The Political Economy of Regulation” Workshop, European University Institute
2016, Organizer of the Quantitative Methods Working Group, European University Institute, including seminars on:
– “Introduction to Text Analysis” by Pablo Barberá
– “Online Surveys” by Thomas Leeper
– “Data Visualization” by Richard Traunmüller
