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Paolo Figini

Professore associato confermato

Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche

Settore scientifico disciplinare: ECON-02/A Politica economica

Curriculum vitae

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3625-6828

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PRESENT POSITION

  • Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy. Professor of Economic Policy (since January 2004)
  • CETT – Barcelona School for Tourism, Hospitality & Gastronomy. Professor of Tourism Economics (since September 2024).
  • 2023, October 10 – 2034, October 10: National qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) of Full Professor of Applied Economics, SECS-P/06 13/A4.
  • 2013, December 18 – 2034, December 1: National qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) of Full Professor of Economic Policy, SECS-P/02 13/A2.

 

EDUCATION

  • 1999, December 17th, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Ph.D. in Economics. Supervisors: Prof. Brian Nolan (ESRI); Dr. Francis O’Toole (Trinity Coll.). Examiners: Prof. Stephen Jenkins (Univ. Of Essex); Prof. Philip Lane (Trinity Coll.). Title of the Thesis: Essays on Income Inequality.
  • 1994, April 12th, University of Pavia, Italy, Laurea in Economics and Business.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Main research interests:

  1. Tourism Economics;
  2. Income distribution and Globalisation related issues (the economic policy of globalisation, its social effects on poverty and inequality);
  3. Social economics.

Statistical packages used: STATA.

 

Main bibliographic indices:

Google Scholar h-index = 25 (total citations = 3309, i10-index = 33);

Scopus h-index = 14 (total citations = 789).

 

Main teaching duties: 1. Economic Policy; 2. Tourism Macroeconomics.

 

Previous Positions:

2000 (October) - 2004 (January): Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy. Assistant Professor in Economics.

 

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Italian native language; English fluent;

French intermediate; Spanish intermediate.

 

TITLES AND PREVIOUS POSITIONS

  1. 2023, October 10 – 2034, October 10: National qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) of Full Professor of Applied Economics, SECS-P/06 13/A4.
  2. 2013, December 18 – 2034, December 1: National qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) of Full Professor of Economic Policy, SECS-P/02 13/A2.
  3. 2000, October – 2004, January: Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy. Assistant Professor of Economics.
  4. 2017 - 2019: Extraordinary Professor, Faculty of Economic and Business Science – TREES, Tourism Research in Economics, Environs and Society, North West University, South Africa.
  5. 1999: Selected by the United Nations for the position of Junior Economist (P2 Level).
  6. 1999, December 17th, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Ph.D. in Economics. Supervisors: Prof. Brian Nolan (ESRI); Dr. Francis O’Toole (Trinity Coll.). Examiners: Prof. Stephen Jenkins (Univ. Of Essex); Prof. Philip Lane (Trinity Coll.). Title of the Thesis: Essays on Income Inequality.
  7. 1994, April 12th, University of Pavia, Italy, Laurea in Economics and Business.

 

ACTIVITIES

Research

  1. 2024 September – ongoing: Local Coordinator for the University of Bologna of the project “LIBECCIO – SustainabiLIty of tourism By Enhancing Cooperation and dIgital transfOrmation” – Project ID EuroMED0200672 Programma Interreg Euro MED,
  2. 2024, March – 2024, October: Expert of the project “Estimating the socio-economic impacts of tourism based on Tourism Satellite Accounts. Update of data and improvement of the methodology”, European Commission – Joint Research Centre, CT-EX2014D210477-103
  3. 2023, May – 2023, December: Expert of the project “Building indicators for the EU Tourism Dashboard: Socio-economic impacts of tourism based on Tourism Satellite Accounts”, European Commission – Joint Research Centre, CT-EX2014D210477-102
  4. 2023, April, ongoing: Local Coordinator for the University of Bologna Unit of the Erasmus+ Capacity Building project CLIMAR – Strengthening research, innovation, and knowledge transfer on Climate Change & Tourism in Higher Education Institutions in Latin America.
  5. 2022, November – 2024, April: Member of the Spoke 5, Research Project ECOSISTER – Ecosistema Territoriale di Innovazione dell’Emilia-Romagna – PNRR, Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.5. Responsible of Deliverable 5.4.6.
  6. 2022, February – 2022, July: Expert of the project “Estimating socio-economic impacts of tourism in the EU27: Building the estimation framework for a first subset of Member States”, European Commission – Joint Research Centre, CT-EX2014D210477-101.
  7. 2022, February - ongoing: Supervisor of an Assistant professor (externally funded by PON-FESR): Judit Zoltan. Research project: “Green Transition for Tourism Destinations”.
  8. 2022, February – 2023, August: Supervisor of a Post-Doc researcher: Veronica Leoni. Research project: “Advances in Applied Economics: Big Data Analysis for Tourism Destinations”.
  9. 2017, December – 2021, March: Local Coordinator for the University of Bologna Unit of the Horizon 2020 project SOCLIMPACT – Downscaling Climate impacts and decarbonisation pathways in EU islands, and enhancing socioeconomic and non-market evaluation of Climate Change for Europe, for 2050 and beyond.
  10. 2019, March – 2020, February: Coordinator of the project “Per una rigenerazione dell’Appennino Tosco-Emiliano: turismo, sostenibilità e sviluppo territoriale nel Parco Regionale del Corno alle Scale”, co-financed by CAI – Club Alpino Italiano.
  11. 2018, June – 2019, February: Principal Investigator of the project “Analysis on the Economic Impact of the European Union Tourism Sector”, European Commission – Tourism Virtual Observatory and EASME, GRO-SME-17-C-091a/C.
  12. 2018, March, 2020, February: Member of the Scientific Committee of the project “Identità di Spiaggia – Processi di costruzione identitaria e consolidamento degli usi culturali e sociali dell’arenile a Riccione. Per una candidatura degli usi sociali della spiaggia a patrimonio immateriale UNESCO”.
  13. 2015, January – 2017, January: Director of the research project SIMCity – Big Data for Smart Destination Management, CAST – Center for Advanced Studies in Tourism, Rimini Campus, University of Bologna.
  14. 2014, September: Member of the Panel for External Evaluation of Research Entities, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
  15. 2008 - 2012: Member of the research project TAP: Tribal Art Prices.
  16. Since 2007: Member of IATE, International Association for Tourism Economics.
  17. 2006, October – 2008, September: Director of the research project The Knowledge Economy from Proprietary Structures to Open Source, Department of Economics, University of Bologna.
  18. 2006 - 2011: Research Fellow of RCEA, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis
  19. 2005, February – 2007, September: Member of CHILD, Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics.
  20. 2004 - 2006: Member of the PRIN project “Sustainable and Cultural Tourism”, Project co-ordinator: L. Punzo (University of Siena), Local Co-ordinator: G. Candela (University of Bologna).
  21. 2004, August: Visiting researcher at the Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin.
  22. 2003 - 2008: MAEM Project: Member of the Scientific Committee and Co-ordinator of the project for University of Bologna.
  23. 2002 - 2003: Member of the Scientific Committee of the association ATTAC Italia.
  24. 2000, June – 2003, Dec.: Consultant for Gabrius S.p.a, Milan, Italy. Economic and Statistical consultancy in the art market analysis.
  25. 1999, October – 2000, September: Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy: Research Assistant in the project: “Measuring Inequality in the Accessibility to Hospital Networks: a Methodological Proposal”. Supervisor: Prof. Daniele Fabbri.
  26. 1995, October – 1999, June: Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, Ph.D. thesis: “Essays on Income Inequality”. Supervisors: Prof. Brian Nolan and Dr. Francis O’Toole.
  27. 1994, July – 1994, December: Visiting scholar: Department of Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA. Research assistant: "Measuring Income Inequality". Supervisor: Prof. Warren J. Samuels.
  28. 1997, October, – 1998, September: Winner of the Royal Irish Academy Postgraduate Award, Dublin, Ireland.
  29. 1997, October – 1998, September: Winner of the Combat Poverty Agency Postgraduate Fellowship, Dublin, Ireland.
  30. 1995, October – 1997, September: Winner of the Borsa di specializzazione post-laurea per il proseguimento degli studi all'estero, University of Pavia, Italy (Postgraduate Fellowship).
  31. Referee for American Political Science Review, Annals of Tourism Research, Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights, Asia Pacific Management Review, China Economic Review, Consumer Behavior in Tourism and Hospitality, Economia Politica, Economics, International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, International Economics, International Review of Applied Economics, Journal of Destination Management and Marketing, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of Economics, Journal of Income Distribution, Journal of International Development, Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Journal of Travel Research, Papers in Regional Science, Revue Finance, Review of World Economy, Rivista di Politica Economica, Rivista Italiana degli Economisti, Small Business Economic Journal, Tourism Economics, Tourism Management, World Development, World Economics.
  32. Since 2022, April: Associate Editor of Consumer Behavior in Tourism and Hospitality
  33. 2021, November – 2024, January: Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Sustainable Tourism
  34. Since 2020, December: Member of the Editorial Board of Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights
  35. Since 2019, November: Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Travel Research.
  36. Since 2017, August: Member of the Editorial Board of Tourism Economics
  37. Supervisor of a post-doc researcher: 2006 – 2008: Laura Vici (currently Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Bologna). Research Project “Intrinsic and extrinsic motivations in open-source projects”.
  38. Supervisor of a post-doc researcher: 2015-2016: Simona Cicognani (currently Lecturer at the School of Economics, Utrecht University). Research Project “Big Data for Smart Destination Management”.
  39. Supervisor of a post-doc researcher: 2018-2020: Anastasia Arabadzhyan (currently Research Fellow at Centre for Health Economics, University of York). Research Project “Modelling and measuring the socio-economic impact of climate change: the Blue Economy sectors in the European islands” within the H2020 project “SOCLIMPACT”.
  40. Supervisor of a post-doc researcher: 2022-present: Veronica Leoni. Research Project “Advances in Applied Economics: Big Data Analysis for Tourism Destinations”.
  41. Supervisor of a post-doc researcher 2022-present: Judit Zoltan. Research Project “Green Transition for Tourism Destinations”.
  42. Supervisor of 1 post-graduate researcher: 2018-2020: Lucia Danzi (currently Ph.D. candidate, University of Otago, New Zealand). Research Project “Per una rigenerazione dell’Appennino Tosco-Emiliano: turismo, sostenibilità e sviluppo territoriale nel Parco Regionale del Corno alle Scale”.

Institutional and Organizational

  1. 2021, October – 2024 October: Director of the European Master (Laurea Magistrale) in Tourism Economics and Management, Rimini Campus, University of Bologna.
  2. 2021, July – 2024, June: Member of the Executive Board, Department of Economics, University of Bologna.
  3. 2021, July – 2024, June: Member of the Campus Board, Rimini Campus, University of Bologna.
  4. 2017: Chief Organizer of the 6th International Conference of IATE – International Association for Tourism Economics, Rimini (Italy), 20-23 June 2017.
  5. 2014, February - May, 2021: Member of the Executive Board, CAST – Center for Advanced Studies in Tourism, Rimini Campus, University of Bologna.
  6. 2013, December – 2017, June: Member of the Executive Board, IATE - International Association for Tourism Economics.
  7. 2012, October – 2015, September: Director of the European Master (Laurea Magistrale) in Tourism Economics and Management, Rimini Campus, University of Bologna.
  8. 2012, October – 2015, March: Deputy Director, Department of Economics, Rimini Unit, University of Bologna.
  9. 2010, February – 2012, December: Member of SISTUR, Società Italiana di Studi Turistici.
  10. 2009, October – 2012, September: Director of the European Master (Laurea Magistrale) in Economia e Management del Turismo, Rimini Campus, University of Bologna.
  11. 2005, November – 2008, October: Member of the Board, Department of Economics, University of Bologna.

Teaching and Service to students

- Main teaching duties at the University of Bologna as Associate Professor

  1. Course of Tourism Economics, European Master in Tourism Economics and Management (60 hours, since 2023-24)
  2. Course of Seminario di Politica Economica, Bachelor in Economia, Mercati, Istituzioni (20 hours, since 2022-23)
  3. Course of Tourism Macroeconomics, European Master in Tourism Economics and Management (60 hours, 2012-13 – 2022-23)
  4. Course of Politica Economica e dell’Ambiente, Bachelor in Economia del Turismo (30 hours, 2013-14 – 2023-24)
  5. Course of Tourism Policy and Planning, Bachelor in International Tourism and Leisure Industries (30 hours, 2018-19 - 2021-22)
  6. Course of International Economics, Campus of Buenos Aires (30 hours, 2017-18)
  7. Course of Development and International Cooperation Economics, Campus of Forlì (30 hours, 2012-13).
  8. Course of Politica Economica, Rimini Campus (60 hours, 2004-05 – 2012-13)
  9. Course of Macroeconomia del Turismo, Rimini Campus (60 hours, 2009-10 – 2012-13)
  10. Course of Economia dello Sviluppo, Bologna Campus (30 hours, 2008-09)
  11. Course of Economia del Turismo, Rimini Campus (30 hours, 2004-05 – 2008-09)
  12. Course of Economia dei Mercati Internazionali, Rimini Campus (30 hours, 2004-05 – 2007-08)

- Other service to students

  1. Since 2004/05: Supervisor of more than 100 undergraduate theses, 80 Master theses and 4 Ph.D. theses. Participation as external supervisor in 5 Ph.D. committees.
  2. Coordinator of 14 Erasmus+ agreements
  3. Coordinator of the Overseas programme, Rimini Campus.
  4. From 2022: Tourism, Growth, Sustainability. Lecture for high-school students, Campus of Bologna and Campus of Rimini (within the project of Introduction to Economics).
  5. 2018 – 2019: The EU Economic Policy. Lecture for high-school students, Campus of Bologna (within the project of Introduction to Economics).
  6. From 2021-22: Coordinator of the course unit “Seminars”, Master in Tourism Economics and Management.
  7. 2012/13 – 2014/15: Coordinator of the course unit “Seminars”, Master in Tourism Economics and Management.

- Other teaching activities outside of the University of Bologna

  1. 2024-25: Professor of Macroeconomics, Bachelor in International Hotel Management, CETT Barcelona School of Tourism, Hospitality and Gastronomy, University of Barcelona.
  2. 2020, March: Professor of Tourism Economics, Advanced Training Course in Internationalization Processes, University of San Marino, San Marino.
  3. 2019, March: Professor of Tourism Economics, Advanced Training Course in Internationalization Processes, University of San Marino, San Marino.
  4. 2018 - 2019: Professor of Tourism Economics, NEST – Educational Network on Sustainable Tourism, CEUB, Bertinoro, Italy.
  5. 2018, August: Visiting professor at North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
  6. 2015, May – November: Professor of Tourism Economics, Advanced Training Course in Tourism Development in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, CEUB and CAST, University of Bologna, Bertinoro, Italy.
  7. 2014, April: Visiting professor at Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
  8. 2012, March: Visiting professor at ETOUR, Mid-Sweden University, Ostersund, Sweden.
  9. 2011, April-May: Visiting professor at the Department of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  10. 2010, June: Visiting professor at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, Germany.
  11. 2009-10: External Professor of Tourism Economics, Free University of Bozen.
  12. 2008-09: External Professor of Tourism Economics, Free University of Bozen.
  13. 2008, February: Visiting professor at the Department of Economics, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
  14. 2006, September: Professor at the Master of Euro-Mediterranean Affairs, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. Course of International Economics.
  15. 2006-07: External Professor of Tourism Economics, Free University of Bozen.
  16. 2005 - 2009: Professor at the Master of Tourism Management, CTS Training Centre Albalonga, Rome. Course of Tourism Economics.
  17. 1995 (Oct.) – 1998 (Sep.): Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Teaching Assistant for the course of Intermediate Economics.

- Third Mission

Since 2021, April: Collaboration with LaVoce.info.

2012, July – 2014, June: Columnist in the radio programme “Piano Marshall”, Radio Città del Capo, Bologna.

 

 

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