Current position

Professor of Economics, University of Turin, Department of Economics and Finance "G. Prato", Faculty of Economics "Luigi Einaudi".

Scientific Coordinator of CeRP (Centre for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies, Collegio Carlo Alberto).

- member of the Scientific Council of the Observatoire de l'Epargne Européenne (Paris)

- member of the editorial board of the Rivista Italiana degli Economisti

- Op-ed writer for the italian economic daily Il Sole 24ore

(Recent) past positions

- 2005-7: member of the steering board of SIE (Italian Association of Economists)

- 2005-6: member of the Scientific Committee of Confindustria (Association of Italian Industrial Companies)

- 2003-4: independent expert for the World Bank, in charge of evaluating the bank's support to the pension reform process in the following countries: Russia, Latvia, Macedonia, Albania

- 2001-2: chair of the Task Force on Pension Portability established at the Centre for Economic Policy Studies (CEPS), Bruxelles

- 2001: member of the Italian Government Commission of independent experts for the assessment of the pension reform (Brambilla Commission)

- 2000-3: member of the Scientific Committee of MEFOP (Company for the Development of the Italian Pension Fund Market)

Awards

- 2001: winner (jointly with Ignazio Musu) of the Saint Vincent prize for Economics

- 2003: winner (jointly with Olivia Mitchell) of the INA-Accademia dei Lincei Prize for the Economics, Finance and Statistics of private insurance

- Public and private pensions

- Reforms of pensions systems

- Population aging

- Retirement choices

- Households savings 

- Life insurance

Evaluation activity

- Independent evaluator for: Ministry of Education, Italian Government; Belgian Federal Science Policy Office; European Science Foundation