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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. 

Mattia Fochesato (Ph.D., Economics) is Assistant Professor of Economic History, Bocconi University. His research focuses on the long run determinants of income and wealth distribution across different world regions. In particular, he is currently working on the impact of climatic and agricultural changes on global wealth inequality in prehistory and the effects of plague epidemics on the late medieval and early modern European labor markets.

Alexandros Kentikelenis is associate professor at Bocconi’s Department of Social and Political Sciences. He has written extensively on global financing for the green transition and on how global economic governance institutions can support decarbonisation objectives. 

Myriam Mariani is a Full Professor of Applied Economics at the Department of Management and Technology at Bocconi University. She earned a Ph.D. from Marche Polytechnic University and completed a two-year postdoc Marie Curie fellowship at MERIT (Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology). Her research explores the micro-foundations of research productivity, with a focus on the mechanisms that drive knowledge spillovers across and within geographical areas.

Sara Bricchi holds a double degree in the management of cultural industries and creative business processes. Since 2009, she has been working with Bocconi University, where she is an Academic Fellow and teaches within the university's tourism courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. She gives speeches and conducts research and consultancy primarily on destination marketing and management, hospitality analytics, trends in travel demand and supply, policy, and digital strategies for the industry. She is a Certified Advanced Hospitality and Tourism Analyst and authorized trainer (CAHTA) for CoStar SHARE Center certifications. She is also the author of publications on luxury tourism and wine and food tourism. For 15 years, she has been the Academic Tutor at the Master in Tourism Economics and Management (MET), where she was responsible for program tutoring and coordination, as well as maintaining relationships with employers.

Cristina Mottironi is a Tenured Lecturer of Tourism Development and Destination Management at Bocconi University and SDA Bocconi. She leads the Tourism Major within the MSc in Economics and Management of Arts, Culture, Media, and Entertainment (ACME) at Bocconi. She has served as a visiting professor at Temple University (USA) and various Italian universities. Her academic focus includes tourism destination development, sustainable tourism, and the visitor economy. A member of IFITT - International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism, she consults on tourism development projects for public entities and organizations. She was also delegate of the Italian Ministry of the Environment at the Alps Convention and served on the boards of Centro Internazionale di Arte e Cultura Palazzo Te in Mantova and Fabilia Group SpA. She holds a PhD in Tourism Management from the University of Surrey (UK).