page_title: Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
section_title: Notable alumni and faculty
hierarchical_section_title: Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies / Notable alumni and faculty
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Maria Chiara Carrozza, ex direttrice del Sant'Anna e Ministro dell'Istruzione Università e Ricerca nel governo Letta
context_page_description: The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies is a special-statute public research university located in Pisa, Italy, operating in the field of applied sciences.
  The rector is Sabina Nuti, who took office on the 7th of May 2019. Before her, the rector of the school was Pierdomenico Perata, elected on 8 May 2013 after the resignation of Maria Chiara Carrozza, due to her election as Member of Parliament and appointment as Minister of Education, Universities and Research.
  Since January 2014, the school has been presided over by Yves Mény, until the School joined the first Federation of Universities in Italy, together with the other two Scuole Superiori Universitarie: Scuola Normale Superiore and Scuola Superiore Studi Pavia IUSS. Before him, the president was Giuliano Amato, a former prime minister of Italy and currently judge of the Constitutional Court.
  The Allievi Ordinari of the School are selected through a rigorous public examination with written and oral tests, with about 5% admission rate. They are all awarded a full government-funded scholarship which includes accommodation, canteen, research and travel grants.
context_section_description: Faculty and alumni of note include:
  Giuliano Amato, Prime Minister of Italy ( 1992–1993 and 2000–2001), Vice President of the Convention on the Future of Europe that drafted the new European Constitution and headed the Amato Group.
  Paolo Emilio Taviani, Italian Minister of Defence (1953-1958), Italian Minister of the Interior (1962-1963, 1963-1968, 1973-1974)
  Antonio Maccanico, Minister of Communications (1996-1998), Minister for Institutional Reforms (1999-2001)
  Giovanni Pieraccini, Minister of Public Affairs (1963-1964), Minister of Economic Affairs (1964-1965), Minister of Merchant Fleet (1973-1974), Minister of Scientific Research (1974)
  Carlo Smuraglia, parliament deputy and senator at the Senate of the Republic (Italy)
  Antonio Cassese, first President of the International Criminal Tribunal For the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)(1993–1997), in 2004 appointed by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan to be the Chairperson for the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur
  Sabino Cassese, Professor of Administrative Law and a judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy
  Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, former president of Leonardo the largest hi-tech industrial group based in Italy and the one of the largest defense industry conglomerates in the world
  Enrico Letta, elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Deputy Secretary of the Democratic Party (Italy), Prime Minister of Italy (2013-2014)
  Maria Chiara Carrozza, Professor of Engineering at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Minister of Education, Universities and Research (2013-2014)
  Marcello Spatafora, Italian Ambassador to Malaysia (1980–1986),  Ambassador to Malta (1986–1989), Ambassador to Australia (1993–1997), Ambassador to Albania (1997–1999), Chief of the Italian delegation responsible for organizing the country’s presidency of the European Economic Community (1989–1990), as of 2000 Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, President of the United Nations Security Council in 2007
  Fabrizio Pagani, economist and policy expert, former Italy's G20 Sherpa and OECD Director
  Tiziano Terzani, Italian journalist and writer
  Vittorio Grilli, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (government of Mario Monti), part of the Board of Directors of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, and board-member of the respected European think-thank Bruegel (institution)
  Riccardo Varaldo, economist and holder of the prestigious Cavaliere di Gran Croce dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica i.e. Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, President of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa, Member of many Ministries' entities, President of the Società Italiana di Marketing
  Nicola Bellini, economist and Director of IRPET (Istituto Regionale per la Programmazione Economica della Toscana)
  Nicoletta Batini,  economist, notable as a scholar of innovative monetary and fiscal policy practices, as well as structural reforms for the promotion of export competitiveness especially in the shipping industry. She is currently rated among the 5% top most cited authors in economics worldwide (RePEc). She began her active career as an economist with the Bank of England in London and has handled extensive consultancy roles in the public sector. She is currently a Director of Italy’s Department of the Treasury within the Ministry of Economy and Finances (Italy) in Rome in charge of the international economy and economic policies.
  Giovanni Dosi, economist, co-director of the specific task forces on industrial policy and intellectual property rights within the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, editor of the Oxford University Press Journal Continental Europe of Industrial and Corporate Change
  Stefan Collignon, professor of political economy, International Chief Economist of the Centro Europa Ricerche, founder of Euro Asia Forum at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies. Previously, he was Centennial Professor of European Political Economy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2001–2005) and Visiting Professor at Harvard University (2005–2007, also taught 
caption: Maria Chiara Carrozza
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