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Degree in Economics from Università Bocconi (1973). Master of Science in Financial Economics from University College of North Wales (UK) (1974-75). Graduate work at the London School of Economics and Political Science (1975).

I am associate Professor of Economic Policy and Director of the Master of Economics of Tourism. I teach macroeconomics, and economics of tourism and I am director of the Tourism Lab (CLEACC) at Università Bocconi. I have taught at the Universities of Brescia, Venezia, and Firenze. I was visiting professor at the University of Kyoto (Japan) (1995), the Chulalongkorn University of Bangkok (Thailand) (1999), the ESADE of Barcelona (Spain) (1998) and the University of Federio Santa Maria di Santiago (Chile) (2001-2002). I am director of the research teams for MIUR and CNR projects, for EU research projects and I am a member of the WTO Educational Council. I am director of the tourism area of CERTeT as well.

Research interests:  Economics and policy of tourism, Environmental issues in economic policy, Industrial economics. 

Gianmarco Ottaviano is Professor of Economics and Achille and Giulia Boroli Chair in European Studies at the Department of Economics of Bocconi University, where he is co-Director of the Research Unit on Globalization and Industry Dynamics of BAFFI, fellow of GREEN and IGIER, and sits in the Steering Committee of BLEST. He is also affiliated with CEP, CEPR and CREAM in London, IfW in Kiel, and GEP in Nottingham. He holds a PhD in Economics from the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain). During his career he has been Professor of Economics at the University of Bologna and at LSE. He is the co-author of many works in international trade, urban economics and economic geography. His publications focus on the competitiveness of firms in the global economy as well as the economic effects of immigration and offshoring on employment and wages. 

Mary is a postdoctoral researcher at the RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment (EIEE) in Milan, Italy. She holds an MSc and DPhil in Social Data Science from the University of Oxford. Her research interests lie at the intersection of social science, data science, and environmental politics. She combines qualitative and quantitative methods to analyse complex issues related to the advancement of climate activism and policy. At EIEE, she works on the EU Horizon project CAPABLE, investigating public acceptability of environmental policy, the role of political actors, and assessments of approaches to citizen engagement.

Silvia is a Junior Scientist at the RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment. She holds a PhD in Public Policy from Bocconi University and was a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute. She was a visiting researcher at Princeton University and at the Hertie School in Berlin. Her research focuses on environmental policy and politics. In her work, she investigates the determinants of environmental attitudes and policy preferences, the impact of environmental change on political behavior, and the political economy of the environment more broadly. She is currently the deputy coordinator of the Horizon Europe Project CAPABLE. 

Stefano Riela is an Academic Fellow at Università Bocconi and a Senior Associate Research Fellow at the Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). His research interests include the political economy of the European Union, international trade, industrial policy, and competition policy. Previously, he lectured on the Economics of the European Union at the University of Auckland and the University of Canterbury. Beyond his academic roles, Stefano served as President of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand and worked as an Economic Advisor on communications regulation at the Italian Communications Regulatory Authority (AGCOM). He also acted as a consultant for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during Italy’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union.