Role
Full Professor of Public Finance, Vice Rector for Diversity, Inclusion and Sustainability, and Director of the AXA Research Lab on Gender Equality at Bocconi University.
Bio
After graduating in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi University in 1995, she earned a Ph.D. in Economics from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona in 2000. She furthered her studies as a visiting scholar at Columbia University and a postdoctoral fellow at CORE in Belgium. From 2001 to 2005, she was a researcher in Public Science at the University of Pavia, before returning to Bocconi University, where she is currently a full professor and vice-rector for Diversity, Inclusion, and Sustainability. She is also the director of the AXA Research Lab on Gender Equality at Bocconi University.
Throughout her academic career, she has held prestigious international positions, including the presidency of the European Public Choice Society and a member of the Management Board of the International Institute of Public Finance. She has been a visiting professor at leading institutions such as Nuffield College, Oxford, and Trinity College, Dublin, and is an editor or member of the editorial boards of international scientific journals in the field.
Her research focuses on public economics and gender economics, analyzing the impact of policies on taxation and social security systems, and measures to promote female employment. The author of numerous publications in scientific journals and academic textbooks, she is active in the public and institutional debate on equal opportunities, collaborating with newspapers and European and national organizations.