RESEARCH LINKS
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PRESENT POSITION
Since 2004, January: Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy. Associate Professor of Economic Policy.
Since 2013, December: National qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) of Full Professor of Economic Policy.
Since 2014, February: Member of the Executive Board, CAST – Center for Advanced Studies in Tourism, Rimini Campus, University of Bologna.
Since 2017, December: Local Coordinator for the University of Bologna Unit of the H2020 project SOCLIMPACT – Downscaling Climate impacts and decarbonisation pathways in EU islands, and enhancing socioeconomic and non-market evaluation of Climate Change for Europe, for 2050 and beyond
EDUCATION
1999, December 17th, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Ph.D. in Economics. Supervisors: Prof. Brian Nolan (ESRI); Dr. Francis O’Toole (Trinity Coll.). Examiners: Prof. Stephen Jenkins (Univ. Of Essex); Prof. Philip Lane (Trinity Coll.). Title of the Thesis: Essays on Income Inequality.
1994, April 12th, University of Pavia, Italy, Laurea in Economics and Business.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Main research interests:
1. Tourism Economics;
2. Income distribution and Globalisation related issues (the economic policy of globalisation, its social effects on poverty and inequality);
3 Social economics.
Statistical packages used: STATA.
Main bibliographic indices:
Google Scholar h-index = 21 (total citations = 2264, i10-index = 24);
Scopus h-index = 10 (total citations = 398).
Main teaching duties: 1. Economic Policy; 2. Tourism Macroeconomics.
Previous Positions:
2000 (October) - 2004 (January): Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy. Assistant Professor in Economics.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Italian native language; English fluent;
French intermediate; Spanish intermediate.
ACTIVITIES, AFFILIATIONS AND AWARDS
Referee for American Political Science Review, Annals of Tourism Research, Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights, Asia Pacific Management Review, China Economic Review, Economics, International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, International Review of Applied Economics, Journal of Destination Marketing and Management, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of Economics, Journal of Income Distribution, Journal of International Development, Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Travel Research, Papers in Regional Science, Revue Finance, Review of World Economy, Rivista di Politica Economica, Rivista Italiana degli Economisti, Small Business Economic Journal, Tourism Economics, Tourism Management, World Development, World Economics.
Since 2017 (August): Member of the editorial Board of Tourism Economics.
Since 2019 (November): Member of the editorial Board of Journal of Travel Research.
Since 2020 (December): Member of the editorial Board of Annals of Tourism Empirical Insights
2020 (March): Professor of Tourism Economics, Advanced Training Course in Internationalization Processes, University of San Marino, San Marino.
2019 (May): Keynote speaker at the World Tourism Forum, Luanda (Angola): The impact of tourism on global economies: envisioning tourism into an affluent, sustainable and fair world.
2019 (March): Professor of Tourism Economics, Advanced Training Course in Internationalization Processes, University of San Marino, San Marino.
2019, March – 2020, February: Coordinator of the project “Per una rigenerazione dell’Appennino Tosco-Emiliano: turismo, sostenibilità e sviluppo territoriale nel Parco Regionale del Corno alle Scale”, co-financed by CAI – Club Alpino Italiano.
2018, June – 2019, February: Principal Investigator of the project “Analysis on the Economic Impact of the European Union Tourism Sector”, European Commission – Tourism Virtual Observatory and EASME, GRO-SME-17-C-091a/C.
2018, April - 2020 March: Member of the Scientific Committee of the project “Identità di Spiaggia – Processi di costruzione identitaria e consolidamento degli usi culturali e sociali dell’arenile a Riccione. Per una candidatura degli usi sociali della spiaggia a patrimonio immateriale UNESCO”.
2018 - 2019: Professor of Tourism Economics, NEST – Educational Network on Sustainable Tourism, CEUB and CAST, University of Bologna, Bertinoro, Italy.
2018 (August): Visiting professor at North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
2018 (February – April): Visiting professor of International Economics, University of Bologna, Buenos Aires Campus.
2017 - 2019: Extraordinary Professor, Faculty of Economic and Business Science – TREES, Tourism Research in Economics, Environs and Society, North West University, South Africa.
2017 Chief Organizer of the 6th International Conference of IATE – International Association for Tourism Economics, Rimini (Italy), 20-23 June 2017.
2015 (May – November): Professor of Tourism Economics, Advanced Training Course in Tourism Development in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, CEUB and CAST, University of Bologna, Bertinoro, Italy.
2015 (January) – 2017 (January): Director of the research project SIMCity – Big Data for Smart Destination Management, CAST – Center for Advanced Studies in Tourism, Rimini Campus, University of Bologna.
2014 (September): Member of the Panel for External Evaluation of Research Entities, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
2014 (April): Visiting professor at Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
2013, December – 2017, June: Member of the Executive Board, IATE - International Association for Tourism Economics.
2012, October – 2015, March: Deputy Director, Department of Economics, Rimini Unit, University of Bologna.
2012, July – 2014, June: Columnist in the radio programme “Piano Marshall”, Radio Città del Capo, Bologna.
2012 (March): Visiting professor at ETOUR, Mid-Sweden University, Ostersund, Sweden.
2011 (April-May): Visiting professor at the Department of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2010 (June): Visiting professor at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, Germany.
2010, February – 2012, December: Member of SISTUR, Società Italiana di Studi Turistici.
2009-10: External Professor of Tourism Economics, Free University of Bozen.
2008 - 2012: Member of the research project TAP: Tribal Art Prices.
2008-09: External Professor of Tourism Economics, Free University of Bozen.
2008-09: External Professor of Economics of Development at the School of Political Sciences, University of Bologna.
2008 (February): Visiting professor at the Department of Economics, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Since 2007: Member of IATE, International Association for Tourism Economics.
2007 (June): Professor at the Master of International Development and International Cooperation, University of Bologna. Course of Development Economics II.
2007 (April): Conference on "Theoretical Advances in Tourism Economics", Member of the Scientific Committee.
2006 (Oct.) - 2008 (Sep.): Tutor of the research project The Knowledge Economy from Proprietary Structures to Open Source, Department of Economics, University of Bologna.
2006 (Sep.): Professor at the Master of Euro-Mediterranean Affairs, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. Course of International Economics.
2006 - 2011: Research Fellow of RCEA, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis
2006-07: External Professor of Tourism Economics, Free University of Bozen.
2005 (Nov.) - 2008 (Oct.): Member of the Board, Department of Economics, University of Bologna.
2005 (Nov.): Professor at the Master in Tutela e Diritti del Consumatore, University of Bologna. Course of Political Economy.
2005 (March): Conference on "Theoretical Advances in Tourism Economics", Member of the Scientific Committee.
2005 and 2006: Professor at the Master of Development and International Cooperation, University of Bologna. Course of Economics of Inequality.
2005 - 2009: Professor at the Master of Tourism Management, CTS Training Centre Albalonga, Rome. Course of Tourism Economics.
2005 and 2006: Professor at the Summer School in Art Economics, University of Bologna.
2005 (Feb.) – 2007 (Sep.): Member of CHILD, Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics.
2004/06: Member of the PRIN project “Sustainable and Cultural Tourism”, Project co-ordinator: L. Punzo (University of Siena), Local Co-ordinator: G. Candela (University of Bologna).
2004 and 2005: Professor at the Master of Tourism Economics and Ethics, University of Bologna. Course of Tourism Economics.
2004 (August): Visiting researcher at the Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin.
2003 - 2008: MAEM Project: Member of the Scientific Committee and Co-ordinator of the project for University of Bologna.
2002/03: Member of the Scientific Committee of the association ATTAC Italia.
2000 (June) - 2003 (Dec.): Consultant for Gabrius S.p.a, Milan, Italy. Economic and Statistical consultancy in the art market analysis.
1999: Selected by the United Nations for the position of Junior Economist (P2 Level).
1999 (Oct.) – 2000 (Sep.): Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy: Research Assistant: “Measuring Inequality in the Accessibility to Hospital Networks: a Methodological Proposal”
1997 (Oct.) – 1998 (Sep): Royal Irish Academy Postgraduate Award, Dublin, Ireland.
1997 (Oct.) – 1998 (Sep.): Combat Poverty Agency Postgraduate Fellowship, Dublin, Ireland.
1995 (Oct.) – 1998 (Sep.): Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Teaching Assistant for the course of Intermediate Economics.
1995 (Oct.) - 1997 (Sep.): Borsa di specializzazione post-laurea per il proseguimento degli studi all'estero, University of Pavia, Italy (Postgraduate Fellowship).
1995 (Oct.) – 1999 (June): Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, Ph.D. thesis: “Essays on Income Inequality”. Supervisors: Prof. Brian Nolan and Dr. Francis O’Toole.
1994 (July) - 1994 (Dec.): Visiting scholar: Department of Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA. Research assistant: "Measuring Income Inequality"
ACTIVITY AS SUPERVISOR
Since 2002/03:
92 undergraduate theses, 67 Master theses and 3 Ph.D. theses. Participation as external supervisor in 4 Ph.D. committees.
Supervisor of 3 post-doc researchers:
2006 – 2008: Laura Vici (now Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Bologna). Research Project “Intrinsic and extrinsic motivations in open-source projects”.
2015-2016: Simona Cicognani (now Lecturer, School of Economics, Utrecht University). Research Project “Big Data for Smart Destination Management”.
2018-2020: Anastasia Arabdzhyan (now Research Fellow at Centre for Health Economics, University of York). Research Project “Modelling and measuring the socio-economic impact of climate change: the Blue Economy sectors in the European islands” within the H2020 project “SOCLIMPACT”.
Supervisor of 1 post-degree researcher:
2018-2020: Lucia Danzi. Research Project “Per una rigenerazione dell’Appennino Tosco-Emiliano: turismo, sostenibilità e sviluppo territoriale nel Parco Regionale del Corno alle Scale”.
