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Professional Activities

Conference Roles

  • Text-as-Data in Economics Workshop (University of Liverpool, 2024)
  • Petralia Workshop on Applied Economics (Petralia Sottana, Italy, 2024 - 2025)
  • Workshop on the Economics of Organised Crime (University of Edinburgh 2025, 2024 - present)

Editorships

  • National Institute Economic Review (Invited Editorial Advisory Board, 2021 - present)

Examination Roles

  • Queen Mary University of London, Economics and Finance (UG, 2017 - 2021)

External Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Member of the Board of the PhD programme in Economics, Management and Accounting (Parthenope University of Naples, 2023 - present)

Grant Application Assessments

  • External Pre-submission (British Academy, 2022)

Media Appearances

  • What is the link between economic crises and political ruptures?, The Economist (January 2021)
  • Revisiting the rise of Italian fascism, Voxeu.org (2020)
  • An offer they couldn't refuse: Causes and consequences of the Sicilian Mafia, Voxeu.org (Invited, June 2018)
  • Weak states: Causes and Consequences of the Sicilian Mafia, Voxeu.org (2018)

Professional Body Memberships

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Research Affiliate, 2024 - present)