BERTOCCHI Graziella

Graziella Bertocchi is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. She is founder and director of the research center RECent, research fellow of CEPR, IZA and CHILD, and member of the scientific council of several research institutions and international journals.

Graziella Bertocchi graduated in Economics (cum laude) from the University of Modena in 1980 and obtained a PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1988. She has been an Assistant Professor at Brown University from 1987 to 1994 and held visiting positions at Catholic University of Louvain (1991), IGIER-Bocconi (1992), New York University (1995), Royal Holloway - University of London (1998), and European University Institute (2001).

Her research interests are in the fields of macroeconomics, economic growth, comparative development, family economics, economics of culture, and research evaluation. She has published her research in leading international journals. Her research projects have been funded by international organizations, private foundations, and universities in Europe and the US. She has coordinated several international research projects and organized many international conferences. Her work is regularly featured in the media.

She has been an advisor for Bank of Italy, Mediocredito Centrale, French National Research Agency, Israel Science Foundation, Italian University Ministry, US National Science Foundation. She ihas been the coordinator for Area 13 - Economics and Statistics for the 2011-2014 Evaluation of the Italian University System.

She has served for the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia as member of the Board of Directors (2000-5) and of the Academic Senate (2005-7).