Professor Ugo Fratesi is a Full Professor of Regional Economics and Policy at the Polytechnic School of Milano (Politecnico di Milano), Italy. He holds a five-year full-time undergraduate Degree and a Master’s in Economics from Bocconi University (Italy), a Master of Science in Local Economic Development (with Distinction) from the London School of Economics, and a PhD in Economics from the University of Ancona, Italy.
He speaks Italian (native speaker), French, and English, and has a long-standing engagement with the regional science community, serving as councilor of the Italian Section of the Regional Science Association International (AISRe) and its Treasurer for the period 2010-2013. During his professional career, he has been involved with various roles in a large number of research projects, especially at the European level, financed by the ESPON, FP5, FP7, Horizon, and PRIN programmes, or the European Commission directly. He also has a lengthy experience of university teaching at the undergraduate, master’s, and Ph.D. levels, as well as in training policymakers and civil servants within the Italian National School of Administration (SNA).
Professor Fratesi is the Editor-in-Chief of the reputable journal Spatial Economic Analysis (Taylor & Francis), and he has held several prominent editorial roles, including Editor of Main Section Papers and Book Review Editor of Regional Studies (Taylor & Francis) for eight years, as well as Book Review Editor of the Italian Journal of Regional Science for five years.
He is the author of the textbook Regional Policy: Theory and Practice (Routledge, ISBN: 9780815364078), alongside multiple academic books and numerous articles published in top-tier refereed journals. His research covers a broad range of topics central to regional science, including (without being exhaustive) regional economics and policy, primarily on the themes of regional growth and development, policy assessment, cohesion policy, territorial capital, the models for forecasting regional growth, the theory and measurement of regional disparities, and the territorial aspects of human capital and innovation.
Professor Fratesi is an internationally recognized scholar for his contributions to regional growth theory, cohesion policy, and territorial development dynamics, and his work has so far received over 6100 citations according to the Google Scholar database.
Professor Fratesi’s work stands at the intersection of scientific depth and policy relevance, placing him amongst Europe’s most influential economists in regional development and policy.
Academic Profile by:
Dimitrios Tsiotas Assistant Professor, RSI J
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