Role
Honorary Professor of Political Economy and Coordinator of the CeRP-Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies at the Collegio Carlo Alberto in Turin; former Minister of Labor and Social Policies (2011-2013).
Bio
Elsa Fornero is Honorary Professor of Economics at the University of Turin and a member of the Academia Europaea ; she is an Honorary Senior Fellow of the Collegio Carlo Alberto, Scientific Coordinator of CeRP, and a research fellow at several European research institutions. She served as Minister of Labor and Social Policies with responsibility for Equal Opportunities in the government led by Mario Monti (2011-13) and as a member of the Steering Committee for the coordination of economic policy in the Draghi government.
She is a keynote speaker , columnist (La Stampa), and television commentator. Her research has focused on families' savings behavior (particularly pension savings) throughout the life cycle and on welfare policies. In recent years, she has dedicated herself, both through research and outreach, to basic financial education, understood as a tool to assist individuals in making choices throughout the life cycle and as a prerequisite for a better functioning democracy.
He has received several awards, including the Ezio Tarantelli Prize for the best economic idea of the year (2013) and the INA-Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei Prize (ex-aequo with Olivia Mitchell) for studies in insurance (2003).
His most recent books are: Who's Afraid of Reforms: Illusions, Clichés, and Truths About Pensions , Bocconi Editore, 2018, and (with Anna Lo Prete), Understanding Economics to Choose Better , Laterza, 2025.
She adopted the motto: “It is easy, impossible, difficult, worth it” (Wislawa Szymborska).