POLICY EVENTS 
  • “I comuni e l’analisi quantitativa” One day seminar organized by Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia & L’Istituto per la Finanza e l’Economia Locale (IFEL-ANCI) (IT, 2021)
  • Scuola Superiore della Magistratura (Italian School for the Judiciary), invited speaker in the course "Il fenomeno della criminalità organizzata tra storia, economia e sociologia" (IT, 2020)
  • Bank of Italy UIF – Bocconi Workshop “Quantitative methods and the fight against economic crime 2019” (Milan, IT, 2019)
  • 1st Harvard workshop on Political Violence (Cambridge, US, 2018)
  • "Corruption, Tax Evasion and Institutions" (Riga, LV, 2017): Video Coverage
  • Bank of Italy UIF - Bocconi Workshop “Quantitative methods and the fight against economic crime 2017” (Rome, IT, 2017)
  • Presentation at the Italian Senate of the paper “Mafia, Elections and Political Violence”, related to the activities of the Parliamentary Commission, “Commissione sulle intimidazioni agli amministratori locali” (2017)

TEACHING
  • 2020: Economics of Crime (IT), Undergraduate/Graduate (University of Milan)
  • 2020: Mini course on Political Accountability (ENG), Graduate (University of Barcelona)
  • 2018: Topics in Politics / Political Economics (ENG) Undergraduate (Bocconi University) 
  • 2017: Topics in Politics / Political Economics (ENG) Undergraduate (Bocconi University) 
  • 2016: Principles of Taxation (ENG) Undergraduate (University of Barcelona)
  • 2016: Spanish Economy (ENG) Undergraduate (University of Barcelona)
  • 2015: Principles of Taxation (ENG) Undergraduate (University of Barcelona)
  • 2015: Spanish Economy (ENG) Undergraduate (University of Barcelona)

 MEDIA 
  2020
  • Vox EU "Covid-19 and socio-political attitudes in Europe: In competence we trust"
  • The Conversation, Yahoo!News "How COVID-19 is shaping the way Europeans think about politicians"
  • VoxEU "The rise of extreme politics in a federation"
  • Bocconi Knowledge "Tagliando la spesa si riduce la corruzione, non i servizi"
  • Bocconi Knowledge "Corruption, Not Services, Are Reduced by Cutting Spending"
2019​ 
  • Corriere della Sera "La prima volta non si scorda mai: come Tangentopoli influenza ancora oggi i giovani di allora"
  • The New York Magazine "America’s Most Socialist Generation Is Also Its Most Misanthropic"
  • National Post "Mob muscle: 'Wiseguys use violence as a means to an end ... and that goal is always to make money'"
  •  EurekAlert, Phys.org "Political corruption scars young voters forever, new research finds"
  • ​Forskning "Korrupsjonsskandale kan ha merket unge italienske velgere for livet"
  • Bocconi Knowledge "Political Corruption Scars Young Voters Forever, New Research Finds"
2018 2016 2015
  • The Guardian "Mafia neighbours are bad for business, new report finds"
  •  Kurier "Mafia macht die Wirtschaft tot"
2010
  •  LaRepubblica "Ecco parentopoli dei prof le grandi dinastie degli atenei"
  • Il Giornale  "Assunzioni in famiglia A Bari un docente su 4 ha lo stesso cognome"
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GRANTS
  • 2020: Modigliani Research Grant by Unicredit Foundation (20,000 euros)
  • 2020: Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation grant for research on violence (40,000 euros)
  • 2016-2017: Juan de la Cierva-formación 2016 – first-ranked candidate in Economics (50,000 euros)

INFOGRAPHICS
  • ​Mafia and Political Violence in Italy ENG, ITA

​TV  
​CONFERENCES
  • 2020: 2020 Virtual Meeting Urban Economic Association; 2020 Workshop on Empirical and Political Economics in Leuven
  • 2019: IEB Workshop on Political Economy (Barcelona, ES); 5th Workshop on the Economics of Organized Crime (Organizer, Milan IT); ZEW Public Finance Conference (Mannheim, DE); Royal Economy Society Annual Conference (Warwick, UK); The Causes and Consequences of Populim (Milan, IT) 
  • 2018: NBER Workshop Political Economy (Cambridge, US); Harvard workshop on Political Violence (Cambridge, US); 10th Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime (Paris, FR); European Association of Law and Economics (Milan, IT); European Political Science Association (Wien, AU)
  • 2017: 16th “Brucchi Luchino” Labor Economics Workshop (Milan, IT); Petralia Workshop 2017 (Siracusa, IT); 2nd Workshop on Culture and Institutions (Galatina, IT); Workshop on Political Economy, IEB (Barcelona, ES / Organizer); Conference "Corruption, Tax Evasion and Institutions" (Riga, LV); American Economic Association annual meeting (Chicago, US); 1st Catalan Economic Society Conference (Barcelona, ES)
  • 2016: 10th Workshop on Political Economy, CES-IFO (Dresden, DE); 2nd Workshop on the Economics of Organized Crime (Bergamo, IT); 1st Workshop on Culture and Institutions (Galatina, IT)
  • 2015: Workshop on Political Economy, IEB (Barcelona, ES); Workshop on Political Economy and Local Public Finance (Lille, FR); SIRE Workshop on the Economics of Organized Crime (Glasgow, UK);
  • 2013-2014: Royal Economic Society Conference (Manchester, UK); Conference Crisis, Institutions and Banking Union (Berlin, DE)

INVITED SEMINARS 
  • 2020: Oz Virtual Econ Research Seminar
  • 2019: Bocconi University (IT); Collegio Carlo Alberto (IT); Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ES); ETH Zurich (CH)
  • 2018: University of Lausanne (CH); University of Mannheim (DE); Bocconi University (IT)
  • 2017: European Commission's DG Joint Research Centre, Ispra (IT); University of Warwick (UK); London School of Economics (UK); Universitat Pompeu Fabra (ES); Institut d'Economia de Barcelona IEB (ES)
  • 2016: BI Norwegian Business School (NO); University of Cagliari (IT); University of Ferrara (IT); Institut d'Economia Barcelona IEB (ES)
  • 2015: Université libre de Bruxelles – ECARES (BE); University of Bari (IT); Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE); Université Lille I (FR); Queen’s University Belfast (UK); Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance (DE)
  • 2013-2014: University of Namur (BE); Paris School of Economics (FR); Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE); Université libre de Bruxelles – ECARES (BE); University of Bari (IT); Stanford University (US)