Professor of economics and former dean of the economics faculty, University of Bologna
Vice Director , SAIS Europe; Senior Adjunct Professor of International Economics
Expertise
History of Economic Thought; Civil Economy; Third Sector Economics.
Geographic Areas
Western Europe | Italy | Latin America | Argentina
Issues
economics | European Union and transatlantic relations
Foreign Languages
Italian; French; Spanish
Background and Education
President of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (Vatican City); Honorary President of Fondazione Italia per il Dono (Milan); Professor of economics and former dean of the economics faculty at the University of Bologna; member of the board of LUMSA Università, Rome; member of scientific Committee of Social Impact Agenda, Rome; member of the National Council for Third Sector Organizations; member of the Advisory Board of “Virtues and Economics”, Springer, Berlin; former member of the scientific committee of Ente L. Einaudi of the Bank of Italy; co-editor of Economia Politica, a quarterly review published by Il Mulino; editor of Areté, a quarterly review published by Maggioli; member of the editorial boards of Sociologia, (Rome), Migration Studies (Rome) and Diritti umani e diritto internazionale (Napoli) Associate Editor, International Review of Economics; fellow of the Academy of Sciences of Bologna and Milan; member of the academic committee of the Human Development, Capability and Poverty International Research Center at Harvard University; past president of Agenzia per le ONLUS (Italian Charity Commission); Member of the Advisory Board of European Spes Institute, Leuven; Doctor honoris causa from Charles University, Prague; "Cardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez" Medal, Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez, Santiago Chile (2011); 3rd annual Premio Sentinella del Creato (2011); Honorary Degree in economics, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid (2010); Honorary Degree in Economics, University of Cordoba (Argentina); Honorary Degree in Economics, Catholic University Argentina, Buenos Aires; 18th annual Premio Internazionale per il Dialogo Fra I Popoli e Le Loro Culture; Member of the academic committee of the Human Development, Capability and Poverty International Research Center (HDCP-RC) at Harvard University; Laurea, economics, Catholic University of Milan (Italy). “Giuseppe Toniolo” prize for economic culture (2017).
Publications.
Economics is cooperation, 2017; Market, 2014; Handbook on the Economics of Reciprocity and Social Enterprise, 2013 (with L. Bruni): Responsible firm and Civil Market, 2013; Family Life and Work Life: Opposition or Harmony?, co-author with V. Zamagni (2012); Per un'economia a misura di persona (2012); Libro Bianco sul Terzo Settore (2011); Microeconomia: scelte, relazioni, economia civile, co-author with L. Becchetti aand L. Bruni (2010); Dizionario di Economia Civile, co-author with L. Bruni (2010); Cooperative Enterprise: Facing the Challenge of Globalization, co-author with Vera Zamagni (2010); Microeconomics, co-author (2010); Avarizia: La passione dell’avere (2009); La cooperazione, co.author (2008); Markets, Money and Capital: Hicksian Economics for the Twenty-First Century, co-editor (2008); The Cooperative Enterprise, co-author (2008); Civil Economy, co-author (2007) (translated into German, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungian, Coreon and Italian); L’economia del bene comune (2007); History of Economic Thought, co-author (2005, 2nd edition; translated into Greek and Spanish); Verso una nuova teoria economica della cooperazione, co-author (2005); Economics: A European Text, co-author (2002); The civil economy, co-author, 2015; Prudence, (2015); Impresa responsabile e mercato civile (2016); Responsabili (2019); Diseguali (2020); Inclusive Solidarity and Integration of Marginalized People, (2017); Nation, State, Nation-State, (2020); Prosperità inclusiva (2021); author of numerous books and journal articles on welfare economics, theory of consumer behavior, social choice theory, economic epistemology, ethics, history of economic thought and civil economy
