PERSONAL INFORMATION

Alireza Naghavi
Affiliation
Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna
Department of Economics
Piazza Scaravilli 2, 40126 Bologna+39 051 209 2633

+39 392 545 3414

alireza.naghavi@unibo.it
Personal: http://alirezanaghavi.altervista.org/
University: www.unibo.it/sitoweb/alireza.naghavi
Date of birth: 09/03/1973 | Country: Iran (US Citizen)
WORK EXPERIENCEMay 2016 - Present

Professor of Economics
Department of Economics, University of Bologna (Via Zamboni 33, 40126 Bologna. www.unibo.it)
Teaching:▪ Undergraduate courses:
International Economics (Economics, Markets, and Institutions: EMI).
International Trade (Economics and Finance: CLEF)
Tourism Policy and Planning (International Tourism and Leisure Industries: ITALI)International Trade in Services (ITALI)International Tourism Policy and Development (ITALI)International Economics (University of Bologna Buenos Aires Campus)▪ Graduate courses:
International Economics (International Management: CLAMDA)
Trade Theory and International Institutions (Economics, Industry and Financial Institutions: EIIF)
WTO’s New Roles in Globalization (International Relations, Forlì): designed the course.
International Trade (International Management: MIEX)
Seminars on Multinationals and FDI, Roles and Limits of the WTO, Intellectual Property Rights andTechnology Transfer, Labor Standards (MIEX): created also for E-learning.
▪ PhD course: International Trade and Institutions▪ Phd supervision: Andrea Greppi, Barbara Bratta, Rosa Montenegro (one year visiting, University of
Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Saeed Khodaverdian (dissertation committee, Frankfurt
School of Finance and Management, Germany)▪ PhD thesis committee (2019 – 2020)
Governance and Institutional Duties:▪ Director of the bachelor’s degree program in Economics of Tourism in CLET/ITALI (2019 – present)▪ Member of the School of the School of Economics, Management, and Statistics (2019 – present)▪ Spoke representative of the University of Bologna for the PNRR project (2022-present)▪ Committee for the evaluation of the progress of internal careers (2021 – 2022)▪ Committee for the introduction of fast-track route for RTD-B (2022-2023)▪ Department of Economics hiring committee (2020 – 2021)▪ PhD Board member (2013 – present)▪ PhD selection committee (2012 – 2013, 2015 – 2016, 2017 – 2018)▪ Full Professor selection committee (2023)▪ Senior Assistant Professor (RTD-B) selection committee (2016 and twice in 2018)▪ Junior Assistant Professor (RTD-A) selection committee (2020)▪ PNRR recruitment committee (2022-2023)▪ Post-doc PRIN 2017 selection committee (2022-2023)▪ Pre-doc Unirimini selection committee (2023)▪ Internship Academic Advisor for CLEF (2015 – 2018) and ITALI (2018 – present)▪ Student selection committee for CLEF (2017 – 2018) and ITALI (2018 – present)▪ Selection committee for various student grants, Rimini (2019 – Present)▪ Co-editor of the Economic department newsletters (2018 – present)▪ ACEEPT University of Bologna representative (2016 and 2021-present)▪ University of Bologna - University College Dublin Erasmus Exchange Responsible▪ Seminar Organizer (2011 – 2014)1

September 2014 – April 2016

Associate Professor of Economics
Department of Economics, University of Bologna (Via Zamboni 33, 40126 Bologna. www.unibo.it)

November 2008 – August 2014

Assistant Professor of Economics
Department of Economics, University of Bologna (Via Zamboni 33, 40126 Bologna. www.unibo.it)

July 2005 – October 2008

Assistant Professor of Economics
Department of Economics, University of Modena and R.E. (Via Università 4, 41121 Modena.
www.unimore.it)▪ Undergraduate Courses: International Economics and New Markets I & II

September 2005 – August 2022

Adjunct Professor
School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University (Via B. Andreatta 3, 40126
Bologna. www.sais.jhu.edu)▪ Graduate courses: International Trade, Microeconomics, Environmental Economics

September 2018 – August 2020

Adjunct Professor
Center of European Studies, Dickinson College (Via Marsala, 2, 40126 Bologna. www.dickinson.edu)▪ Undergraduate course: International Trade

January 2009 – February 2012

Global Scientific Coordinator
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (Corso Magenta, 63, 20123 Milan. www.feem.it)▪ Principal Investigator of large-scale EC FP7 project (€2.6 million) INGINEUS: Impact of Networks,
Globalisation, and their Interaction with EU Strategies.

September 2003 – August 2005

Post-Doc
Paris School of Economics (48 Bd Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France. www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu)▪ CEPR Research fellow in research training network: Trade, Industrialisation, and Development.

EDUCATION
2000 – 2004

Ph. D in Economics (2004)
University College Dublin (Ireland)
Supervisor: Peter Neary
Period abroad: Bocconi University (Italy): 2001 - 2002
▪ Intellectual Property Rights, Labor Standards, Environmental Protection, WTO, Innovation

1998 – 2000

Master of Science in Economics (2000)
University of Konstanz (Germany)▪ Intellectual Property Rights, International Trade, Political Economy

1990 – 1995

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (1995)
Louisiana State University (USA)
Period abroad: University of Ulster (Northern Ireland, UK): 2003 - 2005
▪ Major: International Trade and Finance

WORK ACTIVITIES
Editorial Activity:▪ Editorial Board of International Economics (Elsevier)▪ Guest Editor for International Economics special issue on “New Protectionist policies, Intellectual
Property Rights, and the Organization of Firms”
Conferences Organized:▪ Workshop on International Trade and Intellectual Property Rights, September 12-14, 2022, Universityof Bologna, Rimini campus.
▪ ACEEPT project week: November 20-26, 2022, University of Bologna, Rimini campus.
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Seminars: University College Dublin, Bocconi University (Milan), Paris School of Economics,
University of Konstanz, University of Bologna, University of Paris I, Johns Hopkins University
SAIS Bologna Center, University of Modena, University of Pisa, University of Bergen, Okayama
University, National University of Ireland (Maynooth), University of Padova, Fondazione Eni
Enrico Mattei (Milan), Toulouse School of Economics, University of Oxford, University of
Stockholm; University of Los Andes (Bogotà); University of Rosario (Bogotà), University of New
South Wales (Sydney), University of Lille I, Federal University of Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte),
University of Kaohsiung, University of Luxembourg, University of Reading, University of Virginia(Charlottesville), Academia Sinica (Taipei), Queen’s School of Business (Kingston), Universityof Hong Kong, Telecom ParisTech, University of Marburg Center for Near and Middle East
Studies, University of Groningen, Kyoto University, Kindai University (Osaka), University of
Tuebingen, Hiroshima University, Kansai University (online), Queen’s University of Belfast,
University of Bielefeld, Toulouse Business School, ISER Osaka University, Indiana University
Bloomington (online), ENS Lyon, University of Otago, Dunedin, University of Tokyo,
International University of Japan (Niigata), Keio University (Tokyo), Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool
University, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, University of Bayreuth.
Recent Conferences (2013-2023): Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, & Culture(ASREC), Washington DC, USA; WIPO Experts’ Meeting on Intellectual Property, theInternational Mobility of Knowledge Workers and the Brain Drain, Geneva, Switzerland; Annual
Conference of the Canadian Economic Association, Montreal, Canada; PRIN Workshop on
Institutions, Social Dynamics, and Economic Development, Bologna, Italy; The Asia-Pacific
Journal of Accounting and Economics Symposium on Industrial Organization and Global Value
Chains, Hong Kong, China; NBER Summer Institute: Political Economy, Boston, USA; Asian
Meeting of the Econometric Society, Singapore; International Symposium on Sanctions and the
Iranian Political Economy: Lessons and the Ways Forward, Marburg, Germany; International
Economic Association World Congress, Amman, Jordan; Workshop on Industrial Organization:
Theory, Empirics and Experiments, Alberobello, Italy; Society for the Advancement of Economic
Theory Conference, Tokyo, Japan; ERSA Workshop on Economics of Competition andIndustrial Organization, Cape Town, South Africa; Warsaw International Economic Meeting(WIEM), Warsaw, Poland; CESIFO Venice Summer Institute: New Developments in Global
Sourcing, Venice, Italy; International Workshop on Economics of Global Interactions (EGI), Bari,
Italy; Workshop on Multinationals, Local Firms and Innovation in Post-transition and Transition
Economies, Budapest, Hungary; ASREC, Orange, USA; EGI, Bari, Italy; European Trade Study
Group (ETSG), Helsinki, Finland; Round Table on the Iran Nuclear Deal (Science Diplomacy for
Development and Peace) at NOMISMA, Bologna, Italy; Australasian Trade Workshop, Brisbane,
Australia; Asia-Pacific Trade Seminar (APTS), Hanoi, Vietnam; International Association forApplied Econometrics Conference, Sapporo, Japan; Sardinian Empirical Trade Conference,
Cagliari, Italy; ETSG, Florence, Italy; International Workshop on Productivity, Innovation andIntangible Investments, Assisi, Italy; European Workshop in Political Macroeconomics (EWPM),
Reading, UK; Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference, Wellington, New Zealand; Conference on
Global Production, Singapore; EWPM, Tbilisi, Georgia; WIEM, Warsaw, Poland; World
Economic History Congress, Boston, USA; AALIMS-NUYAD Conference on the Political
Economy of the Muslim World, Abu Dhabi, UAE; APTS, Tokyo, Japan; Summer Workshop on
Economic Theory (Trade), Sapporo, Japan; Nanzan Economics Workshop, Nagoya, Japan;
Workshop on Trade and Spatial Economics, Osaka, Japan, FREIT Conference on EmpiricalInvestigations in International Trade, Boulder, USA; Geography of Innovation Conference,
Stavanger, Norway; ETSG, Gent, Belgium; EGI, Bari, Italy; ASSET, Marseilles, France; Italian
Association for the Study of Comparative Economic Systems (AISSEC), Pescara, Italy; ASREC
Europe, London, UK; ASSET, Rethymno, Greece; Workshop on Culture, Institutions, andDevelopment, Lund, Sweden; ASREC, Boston, USA.
Older Conferences (2001-2012): Irish Economic Association, Portumna, Ireland; International
Conference on Knowledge, Innovation and Growth, Athens, Greece; European Doctoral Groupin Economics (EDGE), Munich, Germany; Scottish Economic Society, Dundee, Scotland;
European Economic Association (EEA), Venice, Italy; ETSG, Kiel, Germany; EDGE,
Copenhagen, Denmark; Spring Meeting of Young Economists, Leuven, Belgium; Irish Economic
Association, Limerick, Ireland; ECOMOD, Istanbul, Turkey; EDGE, Aix En Province, France;
ZEW, Mannheim, Germany; EEA, Madrid, Spain; EARIE, Berlin, Germany; ETSG, Nottingham,
England; Spanish Economic Association, Pamplona, Spain; International Workshop on
Multinationals, Innovation & Local Development, Catania, Italy. International Trade and Finance
Association, Lodz, Poland; World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Kyoto,
Japan; EEA, Vienna, Austria; ETSG, Vienna, Austria; CEPR Workshop on Trade,Industrialization and Development, Paris, France. BOMOPA, Padova, Italy; INTERTIC
Conference on Innovation & Competition in the New Economy, Milan, Italy; CESifo Workshop
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on International Outsourcing, Helsinki, Finland; EEA, Budapest, Hungary; ETSG, Athens,
Greece. Workshop on Growth, Finance, and Public Policy, Kobe, Japan; Italian Trade Study
Group Conference (ITSG), Lecce, Italy; Knowledge for Growth: European Strategies in Global
Economy Conference, Toulouse, France; ETSG, Warsaw, Poland; International IO Conference,
Boston, USA; DEGIT Conference on Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade, Los
Angeles, USA; NBER Summer Institute: Income Distribution and Macroeconomics, Boston,
USA; Silvaplana Workshop in Political Economy, Pontresina, Switzerland; EEA, Barcelona,
Spain; The Global Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building
Systems (GLOBELICS), Dakar, Senegal; NBER Conference on Economic Religion, Boston,
USA; CEPR Conference on Economics of Culture, Institutions, and Crime, Milan, Italy; Europe
2020 Strategy, Brussels, Belgium; Econometric Society World Congress, Shanghai, China;
INGINEUS, Cape Town, South Africa; GLOBELICS, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Public Economic
Theory (PET) Annual Conference, Bloomington, USA; EEA, Oslo, Norway; EGI, Bari, Italy;Workshop on Institutions, Economic Behavior, and Economic Outcomes, Alghero, Italy;
GLOBELICS, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Globalisation of Innovation, Brussels, Belgium. ITSG,
Rome, Italy; Royal Economic Society (RES) Annual Conference, Cambridge, UK; CEPR
Conference on Economics of Interactions and Cultures, Rome, Italy; International Conferenceon Intergenerational Transmission of Entrepreneurship, Occupations and Cultural Traits in theprocess of Long-Run Economic Growth, Naples, Italy; PET, Taipei, Taiwan; EGI, Bari, Italy;
ETSG, Leuven, Belgium; Midwest International Trade Meeting, St. Louis, USA.
Refereeing Activity: Econometrica, Review of Economics & Statistics, American Economic
Journal: Macroeconomics, Economic Journal, Journal of European Economic Association,
Journal of International Economics, International Economic Review, European Economic
Review, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, American Political
Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Review of Economic Dynamics,
Canadian Journal of Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Games & Economic
Behaviour, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Economic
History Review, World Development, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Oxford
Economic Papers, Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, Journal of Comparative
Economics, Management Science, Economic Inquiry, Review of International Economics,
European Journal of Political Economy, Review of World Economics, Empirical Economics,
Review of Development Economics, Journal of Japanese & International Economics, Industrial& Corporate Change, Journal of Macroeconomics, International Tax & Public Finance, World
Economy, Small Business Economics, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy,
Southern Economic Journal, Journal of Institutional & Theoretical Economics, International
Business Review, Journal of International Management, Economic Modelling, Economic
Systems, Journal of International Development, Manchester School, Scottish Journal of Political
Economy, Journal of Economic Psychology, Labour, Journal of Economics, Papers in Regional
Science, Energy Economics, Economics of Innovation & New Technology, Review forManagerial and Decision Economics, Journal of World Intellectual Property, Australian
Economic Papers, Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Journal of Industry,
Competition, & Trade, Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative & Interdisciplinary History,
International Economics, Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity,
Journal of Economic Studies, Emerging Markets Finance & Trade, Drug Discovery Today,
International Economic Journal, Journal of European Development Research, Journal of
Infometrics, Science & Public Policy.
PUBLICATONS
Refereed Journal Articles:
1.

New Protectionist policies, Intellectual Property Rights, and the Organization of Firms,
International Economics: 174, 196-197, 2023 (O. Ivus).

2.

Intellectual Property and the Organization of the Global Value Chain, Economica, 90 (359), 707745, 2023 (S. Bolatto, G. Ottaviano, K. Zajc Kejžar).

3.

Islam, Human Capital, and Innovation in Historical Spain, Journal of Economic Growth: 28, 225257, 2023 (F. Cinnirella, G.Prarolo).

4.

Migration and Imitation, Economica: 90 (357), 212-239, 2023 (O. Ivus and L. Qiu).

5.

Learning by Supplying and Competition Threat, Review of World Economics: 157(1), 121-148,
2021 (Y. Chen, S. Peng).

6.

Multinationalization and the Scope of Innovation, Industrial and Corporate Change: 28 (5), 10571077, 2019 (S. Bakhtiari, A. Minniti).

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The Grand Experiment of Communism: Discovering the Trade-off between Equality and Efficiency,
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics: 174 (4), 707-742, 2018 (E. Farvaque, A.
Mihailov).

8.

Trade and Geography in the Spread of Islam, Economic Journal: 128, 3210-3241, 2018 (S.
Michalopoulos, G.Prarolo).

9.

Trade Liberalization, Democratization and Technology Adoption, Journal of Economic Growth:
23 (2), 145-173, 2018 (M. Cervellati, F. Toubal). Lead Article

10. Harmonisation and Globalisation of Intellectual Property Culture, World Economy: 41 (7), 18471866, 2018 (G. Prarolo).
11. Intellectual Property Rights and Diaspora Knowledge Networks: Can Patent Protection Generate
Brain Gain from Skilled Migration? Canadian Journal of Economics: 50 (4), 995-1022, 2017 (C.
Strozzi).
12. Relationship-Specific Investments and Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement with
Heterogeneous Suppliers, Review of International Economics: 25 (3), 626-648, 2017 (S.K.
Peng, Y. Tsai).
13. Intellectual Property Rights, FDI, and Technological Development, Journal of International Tradeand Economic Development: 26 (4), 410-424, 2017 (X. Yi).
14. Political Institutions and Government Spending Behavior: Theory and Evidence from Iran,International Tax and Public Finance: 23, 522-549, 2016 (S. Faraji Dizaji, M. Farzanegan).
15. Islam, Inequality, and Pre-Industrial Comparative Development, Journal of Development
Economics: 120, 86-98, 2016 (S. Michalopoulos, G.Prarolo).
16. Oligarchies and Development in a Global Economy: A Tale of Two Elites, Economic Inquiry: 54(1), 229-246, 2016 (A. Akerman, A. Seim).
17. Intellectual Property Rights, Product Complexity and the Organization of Multinational Firms,
Canadian Journal of Economics: 48 (3), 881-902, 2015 (J. Spies, F. Toubal).
18. Intellectual Property Rights, Diasporas, and Domestic Innovation, Journal of International
Economics: 96 (1), 150-161, 2015 (C. Strozzi).
19. Cross-Border Intellectual Property Rights: Contract Enforcement and Absorptive Capacity,
Scottish Journal of Political Economy: 63 (2), 211-226, 2015 (Y. Tsai).
20. Theocracy and Resilience against Economic Sanctions, Journal of Economic Behavior andOrganization: 111, 1-12, 2015 (G. Pignataro). Lead Article
21. Parallel Imports and Innovation in an Emerging Economy: The Case of Indian Pharmaceuticals,
Health Economics: 21 (11), 1286-1299, 2012 (A. Mantovani).
22. Rent Seeking and Regime Stability in Rentier States, European Journal of Political Economy:
27(4), 740-748, 2011 (K. Bjorvatn).
23. Offshoring Production: A Simple Model of Wages, Productivity, and Growth, Economic Inquiry:
49(2), 334-348, 2011 (C. Davis).
24. Intellectual Property Rights and Entry into a Foreign Market: FDI vs. Joint Ventures, Review ofInternational Economics: 18(4), 633-649, 2010 (D. Leahy).
25. Outsourcing, Complementary Innovations and Growth, Industrial and Corporate Change: 19(4),1009-1035, 2010 (G. Ottaviano).
26. Trade Sanctions and Green Trade Liberalization, Environment and Development Economics:
15(4), 379-394, 2010.
27. Firm Heterogeneity, Contract Enforcement, and the Industry Dynamics of Offshoring,
Scandinavian Journal of Economics: 111, 629-653, 2009 (G. Ottaviano).
28. Offshoring and Product Innovation, Economic Theory: 38, 517-532, 2009 (G. Ottaviano).
29. Strategic Intellectual Property Rights Policy and North-South Technology Transfer, Review ofWorld Economics: 143, 55-78, 2007.
30. Asymmetric Labor Markets, Southern Wages, and the Location of Firms, Review of Development
Economics: 11, 463-481, 2007.
31. Can R&D Inducing Green Tariffs Replace International Environmental Regulations? Resource5and Energy Economics: 29, 284-299, 2007.
32. Bootlegging in the Music Industry: A Note, European Journal of Law and Economics: 12, 5772, 2001 (G. Schulze).
Book Chapters:•

Religion, Intellectual Property, and Innovation, in K. F. Zimmermann, Ed., Handbook of Labor,
Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer: Cham, 2022 (G. Pignataro).

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Islam, Trade, and Innovation, in S. Iyer, J. Rubin and J. Carvalho, Eds., Advances in the Economics
of Religion, Palgrave MacMillan: London, 2019.

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Offshoring, Product Scope and Firm Performance, in W. Kohler and E. Yalcin, Eds., Developments
in Global Sourcing, MIT Press: Cambridge, 2018 (S. Bakhtiari, A. Minniti).

•Intellectual Property Protection and the Brain Drain, in The International Mobility of Talent andInnovation, Eds: Ernest Miguelez and Carsten Fink, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge,
2017.

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Migration, Technology Diffusion and Institutional Development at the Origin, in International
Handbook on Migration and Economic Development, Eds: Robert Lucas, Edward Elgar
Publishing, 2014 (O. Ivus).

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Outsourcing, Contracts, and Innovation Networks, in S. Brakeman and H. Garretson, Eds., Foreign
Direct Investment and the Multinational, MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 2008 (G. Ottaviano).
Other Publications:•Green Trade Liberalization, Bologna Center Journal of International Affairs: Special Issue on theEnvironment, 2008.

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The Globalisation of Innovation: Challenges & Opportunities for Europe & the Newly Emerging
Economies, Review of Environment, Energy, & Economics, 2012 (M. Comune).
Working Papers and Work in Progress:•

Qanats (M. Shaeyan)•

Culture, Law, and Contractual Relations (G. Pignataro, K. Zajc Kejžar)•Intellectual Property Institutions, Comparative Advantage, and Technology Transfer (A. Greppi)•

Exclusive Secrets (D. Angenendt, G. Calzolari)•Intellectual Property Rights and the Efficiency of International Production Networks: Evidence fromthe Automotive Industry (G. Cavaliere, G. Moramarco)•

Slice to Protect (P. Eppinger, B. Kukharskyy, G. Ottaviano)•

Patent Waiver and Incentives to Innovate (K. McAlinn, G. Pignataro, S. Sugasawa, K. Yamada)•

PNRR “GRINS” Spoke 5 University of Bologna representative.

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PI: PRIN 2017 “New Protectionist Policies: Political Determinants and Economic Consequences”,
2019-2022, amount: €760,655.

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PI: European Commission 7th Framework Programme project INGINEUS “Impact of Networks,
Globalization, and their INteraction with EU Strategies”, 2009-2012, branch: Socio-Economic
Sciences and Humanities, amount: €2.6 million.

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PI: ALMA IDEA 2017 project “International Trade Policy between Openness and Protectionism:
Intellectual Property Rights, Brain Circulation, and Global Value Chains”, 2017-2019, amount:€20,000.

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PI: FARB 2012 project “Comparative Subnational Economic Development: Research Group for
the Creation and Use of Geo-localized Panel Database to Study Problems Related to Economic
Development at a Local Level”, 2012-2014, amount: €30,000.

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PI: Creative Lab (Unibo-Imperial Fashion) project “Gaining First Mover Advantage in Iran’s Fast
Fashion Market After the Lifting of Sanctions”, 2016-2017, amount: €25,000.

PROJECTS

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INFORMATION•

Participant: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government General Research
Fund (GRF) on “Intellectual Property Rights, Innovator Migration and Technology Diffusion”, 20172020, amount: 402,000 HKD.

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Participant: PRIN 2009, Institutions, Social Dynamics, and Economic Development.

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Participant: RECent International Research Grant 2009, Real and financial economic dynamics ina globalized world: Theory, Modelling, Policy Implications, Fond. Cassa di Risparmio di Modena.

•Participant: PRIN 2007, Political Institutions and Demographic Dynamics.

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Participation to research centers: AALIMS (Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim
Societies), Duke University, Durham, NC; Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, Milan; RECent (Center for
Economic Research), Modena.
Participation in national committees: Senior Assistant Professor (RTD-B) selection committee Rome
Sapienza (2019); Senior Assistant Professor (RTD-B) selection committee Milan Bicocca (2021).
Participation in research evaluation: Research Council grants: UK, Holland; PRIN projects; articles
for VQR
Consulting of international institutions: World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva,
Switzerland (contribution to agenda on Intellectual Property Protection and the Mobility of Talents).
Visiting scholar:▪ ISER, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan: June 13 - September 11, 2019, July 8 - August 8, 2022,
June 27, 2023 - June 26, 2024 (Sabbatical year).
▪ University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand: April 24 – May 4, 2023.
▪ University of Lyon, Lyon, France: February 17- March 1, 2023.
▪ University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland: April 16 - May 5, 2022.
▪ Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan: July 22 - August 7, 2011, June 9 - July 7, 2012, January 23 February 6, 2013, August 20-September 18, 2013, August 27- September 8, 2014, March 26 - April
9, 2016; June 18-21, 2017
▪ University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia: October 11-15, 2016
▪ Queen’s School of Business, Kingston, Canada: May 25 - June 1, 2014
▪ University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (hospitality of Sinopac Financial Holdings) January 16 February 3, 2012
▪ University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia: June 17-28, 2010
▪ University of Lille 1, Lille, France: September 16-23, 2010
▪ RIEB, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan: January 29-March 11, 2008
Norwegian School of Economics & Business Administration, Bergen, Norway: May 21-30, 2007
Other work experiences: Adjunct Professor (2005 – 2007): MIEX, University of Bologna, Italy; Adjunct
Professor (2004 –2007): Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Forlì, University of Bologna, Italy;
Lecturer of undergraduate International Trade (2003): Department of Economics, University College
Dublin, Ireland; Research Assistant for Prof. H. Vosgerau (Department of Economics) and Prof. H.
Hartung (Department of Biology): University of Konstanz, Germany (1998-2000); English Instructor(1998-1999): Inlingua, Konstanz, Germany; Internship at Geschka & Partner Management Consulting(1997): Darmstadt, Germany; Internship at the Finance and Sales Departments of Pecs Beer Brewery(1996): Pecs, Hungary.

PERSONAL SKILLSMother tongue(s)Other language(s)Digital skills

Farsi and English
Italian (Fluent), German (Fluent), Japanese (Currently learning elementary level)
Mathematica, Maple, Stata, QGIS, Latex, Microsoft Office

ACADEMIC REFERENCES
Professor Gianmarco Ottaviano, Bocconi University, Department of Economics, Via Roentgen 1,
20136 Milan, Italy. Phone: +39-02-58363385. Email: gianmarco.ottaviano@unibocconi.it.
Professor Riccardo Rovelli, University of Bologna, Department of Economics, Strada Maggiore 45,740125 Bologna, Italy. Phone: +39-051-209-2601. Email: riccardo.rovelli@unibo.it.
Professor Matteo Cervellati, University of Bologna, Department of Economics, Piazza Scaravilli 2,40126 Bologna, Italy. Phone: +39-051-209-8492. Email: m.cervellati@unibo.it.

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