Current Academic Positions

Bocconi University, Milan, Full professor of Economics, Sept 2013-

Age-It, Principal Investigator, Spoke 7, Cultural and political dimensions of ageing societies, 2022-

European Journal of Political Economy, Co-Editor, 2015 –

Journal of Pension Economic and Finance, Co-Editor, 2019 –

APE-Analysis in Pension Economics, research unit in the Baffi-CAREFIN research, Director, 2019-

Cintia (Centro Interuniversitario Netspar Italia) research center on pensions, Vice-Director, 2013-

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, Research Fellow, November 2009 –

IGIER – Università Bocconi, Milan, Research Fellow, September 2002-  

CESifo, Munich, Research Fellow, February 2009 –

Centre for Economic and Political Research on Aging (Università della Svizzera Italiana), Lugano, Research Fellow, 2015-

Previous Academic Positions

Bachelor in International Politics & Government (Bocconi University, Milan), Director, 2015-2019

Centre for Economic and Political Research on Aging (Università della Svizzera Italiana), Lugano, Director, 2012-2014

Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Full Professor of Economics, 2011 – 2013

Dondena Center for Research on Social Dynamics (Bocconi University), Milano, Director, 2010-2012

IGIER –Bocconi University, Milan, Post-Doctoral Fellow, September 2000 – 2002

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Assistant Professor of Economics, 1996 – 2000       

Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Lecturer, May – July 1997-98          

University of California- Los Angeles, Lecturer, 1995 



Other Professional Experiences

 Il Sole 24 Ore, Editorialist, 2018 –

Lavoce.info, Member of the Editorial Board, 2016- 

RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Plusvalore, Editorialist, 2014 – 2021

Italian Prime Minister Office, Economic Consultant, Pension unit, 2016-2018

The World Bank, Consultant on Pension Reform in Uganda, March 2014

EU-China, Social Security Co-operation Project, International Senior Expert, 2008-2010

OECD – Economic Department, Paris, Consultant on Structural Reforms, June 2009, October 2005 – March 2006

European Commission, Research Project Evaluator, June 2005

European Commission, DG ECFIN, Visiting Fellow, September 2002