Academic and Professional Experience:
Since 1991 involved in research and consultancy professional activity, mainly in the fields of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Health Impact Assessment and Economic Impact Studies of plans and projects, on behalf of private companies, universities, public bodies and international organisations.
Since 2018 collaborating with the research group at the University of Bologna on European research projects focused on the development of a longitudinal survey on the well-being of children and young adults.
Adjunct Professor in Economics at the School of Economics and Management and at the School of Political Sciences of the University of Bologna since a.y. 2002-2003.
Adjunct Professor in Economics at the Advanced School of Modern
Languages for Interpreters and Translators of the University of Bologna since a.y.
2009-2010.
For the a.y. 2025–2026, he is lecturer of Foundations of Economics and Marketing and Business Communication in the Bachelor’s degree program in Languages and Technologies for Intercultural Communication; of Economics of Ratings and Rankings in the Master’s degree programs in Economics and Law and Law, Economics and Governance; and of Principles of Economics in the Master’s degree program in International Relations and Diplomatic Affairs.
Part of the technical-scientific experts register of the
Ministry of Education, University and Research for the
appraisal of the scientific-technical aspects of the projects and
programs submitted in the framework of evaluative and
contractual procedures since 2002.
Evaluator of FP6 and H2020 projects on behalf of the European Commission. External evaluator for several European projects on behalf of Informest.
Education
1998, Ph.D., Economics, Northeastern University, Boston,
MA
1993, Master of Science in Economic Policy and Planning,
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
1988, Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering, University of
Calabria
Awards:
1995, PHI BETA DELTA
1993, Morris A. Horowitz Award for Excellence in Economics,
Northeastern University, Boston, MA