Alberto Marzucchi
Alberto Marzucchi is Associate Professor of Applied Economics at the Gran Sasso Science Institute – Social Sciences Area. Previously, he was Senior Lecturer (2018-2020) and Lecturer (2016-2018) in Economics of Innovation at SPRU, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School(UK). From 2012 to 2016 he was Postdoctoral research fellow at the Dept of International Economics, Institutions and Development, Catholic University of Milan (IT). He holds a PhD from the University of Trento (IT). His research investigates the intersections between innovation and societal challenges, addressing issues associated to environmental sustainability, skills, industrial dynamics and policy. He has convened and taught modules in the fields of innovation economics, management and policy, as well as on quantitative research methods. He is currently the unit lead of three research projects (one Horizon Europe and two national Italian projects) dealing with how the green and digital transformations impact the work-content, skills and labour. He coordinates the RESKILL unit at the GSSI.
Stefano Basilico
Stefano Basilico is a Research Fellow in Applied Economics at the Gran Sasso Science Institute – Social Sciences Area. He holds a PhD in Economics from Friedrich Schiller University Jena (DE). His thesis was about assessing how knowledge spaces change over time and which are the factors driving their development. This was investigated through social network analysis and quantitative methods.
His current research interests include: geography of innovation; sustainable and twin innovation; innovation policy assessment. He has served as referee for many journals and he has participated in a wide range of conferences in his fields of expertise.
Davide Lunardon
Davide Lunardon is a PhD candidate in Regional Science and Economic Geography at the Gran Sasso Science Institute. He works at the intersection between labour economics, economic geography, and innovation with a particular focus on job quality and future of work. His recent work studies the urban-rural differentials in job quality.