Curriculum Vitae
Education and Employment
07/2025 -- present: Lille Economics and Management, Economics & Financial Flows axis coordinator
09/2022 -- present: IFLAME Research Center, director
09/2021 -- present: IÉSEG School of Management (EQM Dept.), full prof. of economics
09/2017 -- 08/2021: IÉSEG School of Management (EQM Dept.), associate prof. of economics
10/2017 -- present: Lille Economics and Management (LEM)-CNRS 9221, permanent member
06/2011 -- 08/2017: Università Cattolica di Milano, (DEF), assistant professor
09/2010 -- 01/2011: Université du Luxembourg (CREA), post-doc
04/2008 -- 05/2011: Universita’ del Piemonte Orientale, post-doc
12/2006 -- 03/2008: London School of Economics and Political Science (CEP), r.a.
09/2003 -- 10/2007: Università Cattolica di Milano (DEFAP), PhD in Economics
Other Affiliations and Visiting Positions
03/2023 -- present: Institut Convergences Migrations, research affiliate
03/2016 -- present: CESifo Group Munich, visiting scholar, research affiliate
07/2014 -- present: Institutions, Trade and Economic Development (InsTED), network member
02/2012 -- 02/2024: Université du Luxembourg (CREA), visiting scholar, research fellow
03/2015 -- 04/2015: Copenhagen Business School, Economics, visiting scholar
06/2014 -- 11/2014: University of California Davis, Economics, visiting scholar
02/2005 -- 03/2006: Université Catholique de Louvain (CORE), visiting student
Grants
2024-2029: Research grant by the French National Research Agency (ANR), EURO 570000
co-PI of the project:
“Families, Migration and Long-run economic growth in Europe (FaMiGrowth)”,
with Thomas Baudin (PI), Cecilia Garcia-Penalosa (co-PI), Elena Cottini, Yannick Dupraz, Paula Gobbi, Jakob Madsen, Adrien Montalbo, Mariya Sakharova, Robert Stelter, Marco Tabellini, Riccardo Turati
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2022-2025: Regional allocations Hauts de Seine, EURO 64000
co-PI of the project:
"From School-to-Work: the intergenerational transmission of human capital among immigrants",
with Nadiya Ukrayinchuk (principal investigator, PI), and Mikael Pasternak (PhD student)
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2019-2023: Research grant by the French National Research Agency (ANR, JCJC), EURO 250000
Principal Investigator of the project:
“Migration And Labor supplY wheN culturE matterS (MALYNES)”,
with Thomas Baudin, Ylenia Brilli, Giovanni Peri, Claudia Senik, Robert Stelter and Riccardo Turati
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2018-2022: Research grant by the Fond National Suisse de la Recherche Scientifique (FNSNF), CHF 413170.
Team member of the project: "Education Expansion, Skills and Labour Market Success",
with Michele Pellizzari (Principal Investigator), Federica Braccioli, Paolo Ghinetti, and Costanza Naguib.
2015-2016: Research Grant by the Einaudi Institute (EIEF), EURO 10000
Principal Investigator of the project:
"Country-Specific Preferences and Employment Rates in Europe",
with Giovanni Peri.