Professor Stefano Zamagni was born on January 4, 1943 in Rimini,
Italy.
He graduated from Catholic University in Milan in 1966 and from
1969 to 1973 he spent a research period in Oxford at Linacre
College. On October 13, 1968 he married Vera Negri, and the couple
has two daughters, Giulia and Elena and four grandchildren. In 1966
Professor Zamagni became an Assistant Lecturer at the Catholic
University, a post he held until 1969. Later, from 1973 to 1979 he
was a Professor at the University of Parma. Since 1979, Professor
Zamagni has been a Professor at the University of Bologna.
Additional career-related activities in which Professor Zamagni has
been involved include serving as a Visiting Professor at the
University of Bocconi (Milan) from 1985 to 2007, and as an
Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University (Bologna Center)
since 1983. He has been Director of the Department of Economics at
the University of Bologna from 1985 to 1993. Moreover, he was Dean
of the Faculty of Economics from 1993 to 1996, and a Visiting
Professor at the State Victoria Bank of Deakin University in
Australia.
Professor Zamagni is the author of several books, including
Microeconomic Theory and Civil Economy and
Paradoxes of Growth, both published in 1997. The Economics
of Common Good, 2008, Avarice, 2009. In addition, he
co-authored History of Economic Thought,OUP, 1995 and
2005; Living in the Global Society, 1997; Non-Profit As
Civil Economy, 1998; and Economics; An European Text,
2002; Multiculturalism and identity, 2002; Relational
Complexity and economic behaviour, 2002; The Italian non
profit at the crossroad, 2002; Civil Economy, 2007; A
civil economic theory of cooperative firm, 2005; Economic
Theory and Interpersonal Relations, 2006; Cooperation,
2008; Markets, money and history. Essays in honour of Sir John
Hicks, CUP 2008; Cooperative Enterprise, 2010;
Dictionary of Civil Economy, 2009. Avarice, 2009.
For his fine accomplishments, Professor Zamagni has been honored
a number of times. He was named the McDonnel Distinguished Scholar
in Helsinki in 1992, and a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary
International in 1995. He was the recipient of the St. Vincent
Economics Prize from Aosta Valley Regional Goverment in 1989, the
Capri Economics Prize from the Association of the Development of
Social Sciences in 1996, the Golden Sigismondo Prize from the
Municipality of Rimini in 1997, and the Gold Medal of the
International Center Pio Manzu in 1998. Honorary citizen of the
City of Rosario (Argentina) and Mar del Plata (Argentina); Gold
Medal of Italian Credit Unions, in 2005. In 2007 he was awarded the
title of knight of the order of St. Gregory the Great; Doctor
Honoris Causa in Economics, University F. de Vitoria, Madrid, 2010;
Giorgio La Pira Prize for Peace, 2010.
As befits a man of this standing, Professor Zamagni was a member
of the Executive Committee of International Economy Association
(1989-1999) and the Steering Committee of Pontifical Academy of
Social Sciences. Since 1991 he is a member of the Pontifical
Council on Justice and Peace. He is a Fellow of the Academy of
Sciences of Milan, the Academy of Sciences of Bologna and the
Academy of Sciences of Modena. Fellow of the New York Academy of
Sciences, New York. He was President of ICMC from 1999 to 2007 (an
NGO based in Geneva dealing with migrant and refugee issues) and
fellow of “Human Development and Capability Association” (Harvard
University). He was appointed (2007) President of the Italian
Commission for Non Profit sector, Milan. Member of the Advisory
Board of EURICSE, Trento. He is a member of the scientific
committee of various economic journals and reviews.
