Behavioral and Experimental Economics

Consistently with my doctoral training, I focus on Behavioral and Experimental Economics and the ways beliefs, heuristics, and behavioral traits shape decisions.

I started working in this field during my PhD, at CEEL (Cognitive and Experimental Economics Laboratory) of the University of Trento.

I am especially interested in how these mechanisms operate in both individual and organizational settings, and how experimental designs can help isolate and interpret them.

Behavioral Insight for Policy Making and Sustainability

As we live in an increasingly complex world, sustainability challenges and disruptive shocks (from climate change to the emergence of powerful technologies like AI) are becoming central policy concerns.

I believe behavioral insights can meaningfully inform policies in these domains. I am especially inspired by the work of the EU Policy Lab and the Competence Centre on Behavioural Insights.

Organizational Search and Learning

As a proud junior member of the TOM Society, I study how organizations search for strategies, learn from their environments, aggregate information, and adapt. Organizational Learning is undoubtedly my favourite research topic among those in organizational behavior.

The work of Professor James G. March has inspired me since my undergraduate years. My ambition is to contribute to our understanding of organizational behavior by following March's original approach: organizations as aggregations of people who interact and such interactions are shaped by power, social ties, and emotions.

Modelling and Simulation methods

''All models are wrong but some are useful.``
George E. P. Box (1979, p. 202)

Since my Ph.D. training, and following my interest in quantitative organization theory, I have been expanding my toolkit toward formal modelling and simulation methods.

I consider myself a lifelong student of modelling and I am drawn to many different perspectives such as ecological, evolutionary, and systems logics, especially where they can be fruitfully integrated.