UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

1990 - Degree in Economics and Business from the University of Cagliari, with a grade of 110/110 cum laude. Thesis supervisor: Prof. Domenico Siniscalco. Thesis title: Stability of Money Demand and Financial Innovation: A Comparison between Italy and the United States.

1991/94 - Ph.D. in Political Economy, 7th cycle, at Federico II University of Naples.

1992 - Master's in Economics at CORIPE Piemonte, Turin.

1993 - Researcher in Economics at the University of Cagliari.

1994 - Master's in Economics from the University of Essex (United Kingdom).

1995 - Summer School in Econometrics, Bertinoro (Forlì).

1995 - Winner of the CEIS-Q8 Award for Doctoral Research in Economics.

1995 - Recipient of a British Council Scholarship to attend a one-year postgraduate specialization course in the United Kingdom.

1995/96 - MPhil in Economics from the University of Essex (United Kingdom).

2001 - Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Cagliari.

2004 - Full Professor in Economics at the University of Cagliari.

 

 

REFEREEING ACTIVITIES

Annals of Regional Science (2); Applied Economics; Bulletin of Economic Research; Genus: Journal of Population Sciences; Economic Change and Restructuring; European Economic Review; European Journal of Population; Economic Systems; International Journal of Economic Theory; Italian Economic Journal; Journal of Economics; Journal of Geographical Systems; Journal of Public Economics; Journal of Regional Science (2); Labour; Metroeconomica (2); Migration Letters; Networks and Spatial Economics; Papers in Regional Science (2); QA Rivista dell'Associazione Manlio Rossi Doria; Rivista di Politica Economica; Rivista Italiana degli Economisti; Scienze Regionali; Spatial Demography.

 

EVALUATOR ACTIVITIES

Valutatore di Progetti POR Calabria FSE 2007/2013.

Valutatore di Progetti PRIN 2020.

Valutatore esterno VQR 2015-2019.

Commissario esterno Commissione PhD (PhD Thesis Committee External Examiner), University of Queensland, Australia, marzo 2024.

 

COORDINATION AND PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH GROUPS

1998 – Scientific Coordinator of the local research project (formerly 60%) on "Environmental Quality and Economic Growth."

1999 – Scientific Coordinator of the local research project (formerly 60%) on "Migration Flows and Factor Mobility in Dualistic Models of Economic Development."

1999 – Member of the national research program (formerly 40%) on "Regional Econometrics: Databases and Models Compared."

2000 – Scientific Coordinator of the local research project (formerly 60%) on "Economics of Growth and Development."

2001 – Scientific Coordinator of the local research project (formerly 60%) on "Fiscal Policy and Endogenous Growth."

2002 – Scientific Coordinator of the local research project (formerly 60%) on "Growth, Public Goods Congestion, and Second-Best Economic Policy."

2003 – Member of the national research program (formerly 40%) on "Southern Italy, Development, and 'New' Growth Theories: Formation and Use of Human Capital in Southern Italy, Migrations, Brain-Drain, and Analysis of Economic Policy in a Dual Economy."

2004 – Scientific Coordinator of the local research project (formerly 60%) on "Measurement of Human Capital at the Regional Level."

2005 – Scientific Coordinator of the research grant "Migration Flows, Human Capital, and Regional Growth," funded by the University of Cagliari.

2006 – Member of the national research program (formerly 40%) on "Poverty Traps and Multiple Equilibria: An Interpretative Framework for the Development of Southern Italy."

2006 – Scientific Coordinator of the local research project (formerly 60%) on "Regional Disparities and Internal Migrations."

2007 – Scientific Coordinator of the local research project (formerly 60%) on "Interregional Migration Flows by Educational Attainment of Migrants."

2010 – Member of the research program (Regional Law of August 7, 2007, no. 7) on "A 'Reinterpretation' of the Dualistic Nature of the Italian Economy in Light of New Interpretative Frameworks Emerging from Theoretical and Empirical Debate."

2017 – Principal Investigator of the research project "Destinations’ Performance Measurement and the Role of Public Policies," funded by the Fondazione di Sardegna.

2024 – Member of the research program: National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), Mission 4 "Education and Research" - Component 2 "From Research to Business" - Investment 1.3 - Creation of "Extended Partnerships among Universities, Research Centers, and Companies for the Funding of Basic Research Projects" – NextGenerationEU - Project GRINS - Growing Resilient Inclusive and Sustainable (GRINS).

 

 

INCARICHI ISTITUZIONALI

2006 to 2012 – President of the Degree Program in Economics and Finance, University of Cagliari.

2010 to 2016 – Coordinator of the Ph.D. Program in Economics, University of Cagliari.

2012 to 2015 – Faculty Representative in the Academic Senate.

2022 – present – Member of the University Commission for Libraries.

2019 – present – Member of the PQA Assembly representing the Faculty of Economic, Legal, and Political Sciences.