Role
Full Professor of Applied Economics and Coordinator of the PhD program in Regional Science and Economic Geography at the Gran Sasso Science Institute, where she is also the Rector's Delegate for Disability and Inclusion.
Bio
After graduating in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan in 1997, Alessandra Faggian continued her education with a Master's degree in Regional Sciences and a PhD in Economics from the University of Reading (UK). Her international career has seen her active as a tenured researcher at Reading (2002-2007) and as an associate professor at the University of Southampton (2007-2011). In 2012, she moved to Ohio State University in the United States, where she became a full professor in 2014.
Having returned to Italy in 2017 to the Gran Sasso Science Institute in L'Aquila, she conducts her research in regional economics and applied economics, focusing in particular on the role of human capital and migration dynamics in local economic development and territorial resilience.