Biography

Giorgia Giovannetti is Vice President for International Relations and professor of International Economics at the University of Florence, Visiting Fellow at the European University Institute and at New York University, Florence, as well as member of the ‘Consiglio di Reggenza’ of the Bank of Italy, Florence. She is also principal investigator of the Florence Unit of the European University for Well-Being (EUniWell) and is involved in the board of the Foundation for Higher Education with Africa. She acted as Scientific Director for the European Report on Development (2008-2010), as Director of the Research Center of the Italian Trade Institute (2005-2007), and advisor for multiple Italian and European institutions. She holds a PhD and an MPhil in Economics from Cambridge University and a BA in statistics from Rome la Sapienza. She has been lecturer and fellow at the Trinity College (Cambridge) and visiting Professor at the Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona), Hoover Institution (Stanford), Torcuato de Tella (Buenos Aires), NYU- Africa House (New York). Her research interests include international trade, development economics, global value chains and European Economy. She has published in top field Journals and has been very active in policy round tables in Italy and Europe.

Fields of expertise

• Global economics