PAOLO VANIN
Full Professor, University of Bologna
Department of Economics
Piazza Scaravilli, 2 - 40126 - Bologna, Italy, Tel. +39 - 051 20 92 758
e-mail: paolo.vanin@unibo.it
https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/paolo.vanin/en
EDUCATION
2007, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Ph.D. in Economics
2003, University of Pavia, Ph.D. in Economics
1998, Università Bocconi, Laurea in Discipline Economiche e Sociali
ACADEMIC POSITION
2021-present, University of Bologna
Full Professor of Economics
2014-2021, University of Bologna
Associate Professor of Economics
2008-2014, University of Bologna
Assistant Professor of Economics
2005-2008, University of Padua
Assistant Professor of Economics
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Bologna
2008–present
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Environmental and Resource Economics
International Economics
Labour Economics
Principles of Public Economics
Behavioral Law & Economics (Enforcement Mechanisms)
University of Padova
2005–2009
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Game Theory
Labour Economics
Personnel Economics
Mathematical Methods
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2003–2005
Macroeconomics
Game Theory (tutorials)
Buenos Aires: University of Bologna and UCA
2013–2024
International Economics
Macroeconomics in Europe and Latin America
Social Capital, Values, Politics and Crime
PARTICIPATION AS INVITED SPEAKER
2024, University of San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina
"Organized Crime, Violence, and Targeted Repression"
2023, Catalan Economic Society Conference, Barcelona, Spain
"Historical Evolution of the State System"
2021, Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, Pakistan
"Sovereign Polities and Pre-Industrial Development"
2020, Econometric Society European Winter Meeting, Nottingham
"Sovereign Polities and Pre-Industrial Development"
2020, Hamburg Lecture on Law & Economics
"Sovereign Polities and Pre-Industrial Development"
2020, University of San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina
"Political Geography and Historical Conflicts in Europe"
INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITIES
2024-present, University of Bologna, Department of Economics
Deputy Director and Head of Research
2021-2024, University of Bologna, Department of Economics
Member of the Executive Board and Head of Communication
2015-present, University of Bologna, Department of Economics
Member or Chair of several hiring committees, including the international job market
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Organization of international scientific conferences:
2019, University of Bologna
Co-organizer, “1st Ec/Hist Workshop”, Bologna, 2–3 September (with Matteo Cervellati, Sara Lazzaroni, Massimiliano Onorato, Luigi Pascali, Mara Squicciarini; supported by MIUR-PRIN2015T9FYZZ and DSE)
2009–2018, University of Bologna, Forlì Campus
Member of the scientific committee, Young Economists’ Workshop on Social Economics
2009–2011, University of Bologna
Co-organizer, Seminars of the Department of Economics
2010, University of Milan
Co-organizer, Conference on Economics of Culture, Institutions and Crime, 20–22 January (with Alberto Bisin, Giovanni Prarolo, Thierry Verdier; supported by SUS.DIV, University of Padua, FEEM)
2007–2008, University of Padova
Co-organizer, Seminars of the Department of Economics
2007, University of Padova
Member of the scientific committee, ASSET – Annual Meeting of the Association of Southern European Economic Theorists, 1–3 November
2006–2008, University of Padova
Organizer, Internal Seminars of the Department of Economics
