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Jan David Bakker is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Bocconi University and a Research Associate at the Centre for Economic Performance. Prior to joining Bocconi, he was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at University College London and obtained his DPhil/PhD from the University of Oxford. His main research interests and publications are in the fields of international, urban and environmental economics. His work on international trade and regional inequality has received several awards including the WTO Essay Award for Young Economists.

Alessandro Romano is Assistant Professor at Bocconi University. He holds degrees from the University of Napoli, Erasmus University, and Yale Law School. His research uses webcam-based eye tracking to study the role played by visual attention in policy-relevant domains such as investment choices and carbon labels. His most recent article won the prize for Best Academic Article on ESG topics at the Berkeley-ECGI Forum on Corporate Governance.

Gian Maria Mallarino is a PhD candidate in Public Policy and Administration at the Department of Social and Political Sciences at Bocconi University. His research focuses on organizational responses to global challenges, with particular emphasis on carbon markets and global health. He currently lectures at Bocconi, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in international public management and geopolitics. Gian Maria has also served as a consultant for both private and international organizations. He holds a dual bachelor’s degree in International Business from Università Cattolica and Northeastern University, as well as a dual master’s degree in International Relations from LUISS and China Foreign Affairs University.

I am Assistant Professor at Bocconi University, Department of Management and Technology. I am also Research Affiliate at ICRIOS and GREEN Bocconi, and Visiting Staff at the LSE's Department of Geography and Environment.
My research investigates the dynamic relationship between location characteristics and individual decision-making processes. Specifically, I am interested in understanding how individual decisions relate to the geography of production, innovation, and entrepreneurship, and how these connections impact individuals, organizations, and society. A second strand of my research focuses on diversity within organizations and across different spatial contexts.
My work has been featured in the Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, the Journal of Economic Geography and Research Policy, among others. I serve on the Editorial Review Board of Organization Science. I am also Reps-at-Large for the Knowledge & Innovation Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society (SMS).

Rosalba Famà is a lawyer and holds a PhD in legal studies from Bocconi University summa cum laude (2025). She is a postdoctoral researcher IEP@Bocconi and the principal investigator of a project funded by the European Investment Bank. Her research interests attain the constitutional profiles of the European Union budget, the European Investment Bank, EU sustainable finance, and the Economic and Monetary Union. She is currently also a contracted lecturer at Bocconi, where she teaches EU law. In 2023, her research on European finances earned the recognition of a grant offered by the European Court of Auditors. Rosalba is also a selected member of the Spinelli Forum German-Italian Young Leader Forum and a recognized expert in geopolitics by ISPI (Institute of International Political Studies).