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)