LAVINIA PIEMONTESE
Assistant Professor, University of Bologna
Department of Economics
Piazza Scaravilli 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy Tel.+39 351 6960638
e-mail: lavinia.piemontese@unibo.it
https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/lavinia.piemontese/en
EDUCATION
2015 – 2019Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and BSE Barcelona, Spain
Ph.D. in Economics (IDEA program)
2013 – 2015Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain
M.Res. in Economics (IDEA program)
2012 – 2013Barcelona School of Economics(BSE)Barcelona, Spain
M.Sc. in Economics of Public Policy
2010 – 2012Università di BolognaBologna, Italy
M.Sc. in Economics
2007 – 2010Università di BolognaBologna, Italy
B.Sc. in Economics and Law
ACADEMIC POSITION
2025- present, University of Bologna
Assistant Professor of Economics
2022 – 2025Università Bocconi Milan, Italy
Marie Skłodowska–Curie Fellow Università Bocconi
2019 - 2022ENS de Lyon, GATE Lyon, France
Post-doctoral researcher
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015 – 2016,The World Bank DC, USA
External Consultant
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Bologna
2025 - present
International Economics
ENS-Lyon (Instructor)
2019 - 2021
Topics in Econometrics (Graduate)
Introduction to Econometric Research (Undergraduate)
Topics in Applied Econometrics (Graduate)
Political Economy (Graduate)
Barcelona GSE (Teaching Assistant)
2017 - 2019
Topics in Applied Econometrics and Public Policy (Graduate)
Quantitative and Statistical Methods II (Graduate)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Teaching Assistant)
2015 - 2016
Econometrics II (Graduate)
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2025,EIEF Research Grant (2025 edition)(5k euro)
2022,MSCA Fellowship for Project FIBRE (Firm Behavior in Rough Environments) – European Commission (189k euro
2021,Research Grant Program for the Promotion of Junior Researchers – Tubingen University (35k euro)
2021,Fabio Gobbo Doctoral Prize (XVI edition)(1.5k euro)
2015 – 2019,FPI Scholarship, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain
2014 – 2015,Fondazione Einaudi Scholarship, Turin Italy
2013,Angelo Costa Prize (XV edition)
2012 – 2013,Fee Waiver, Barcelona GSE Spain
2011 – 2012,Fee Waiver, Università di Bologna Italy
PARTICIPATION AS INVITED SPEAKER
2025-2026:University of Southern Florida, University of Miami, (scheduled) University of Lucerne, (scheduled) UC3M, (scheduled) Universidad de Alcalà.
2023-2024:University of Padova, Petralia Workshop 2023 (organized by NYU), USI Lugano, CEPR Conference on Political Economy of Populism, University of Bergamo, Catholic University Milan, University of Bristol, Collegio Carlo Alberto (Turin), CERDI Clermont Auvergne, CERGE-EI Prague, University of Bologna, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Monash University, Bicocca University Milan.
2019-2022:7thWorkshop of Economics of Organized Crime (Partenope University Naples), Political Economy of Power Relations – IGIER Bocconi Conference, 25thAnnual Congress of the Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE), Workshop on Firms’ Behavior in Hostile Environments (EcoNomicS Days), 69thAnnual Congress of the French Economic Association (AFSE), Universitat de Barcelona, IIE-Seminar University of Geneva, Conflits et économie de défense (IRSEM), Workshop on Health Economics (EcoNomicS Days), 60thAnnual Conference (RSA) of the Italian Economic Association, 5thWorkshop of Economics of Organized Crime (Bocconi University), University of Milan Bicocca, ENS-Lyon
2018-2016:Econometric Society Winter Meeting 2018 (Naples), Spanish Economic Association- SAEe 2018 (Madrid), ENTER Network Exchange Seminar at Stockholm School of Economics, Jamboree of ENTER Network at UCL, LACEA 5thAnnual Meeting of Labor Network, Barcelona GSE PhD Jamboree, Jamboree of ENTER Network at University Carlos III
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Organization of international scientific conferences:
March 2025: organizer of the MSCA workshop Firms’ Behaviour in Rough Environments
June 2021: co-organizer of the ENS-CEPR Workshop on Firms’ Behavior in Hostile Environments
2020-2021: organizer of the ENS-Lyon Applied Seminars series
2016-2017: UAB student coordinator of ENTER network student seminars
2016-2017: organizer of the UAB Student Seminar series
2015-2017: organizer of the UAB-Applied reading group
