Eleonora Patacchini

Research Unit Director. Eleonora Patacchini is Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at Bocconi University, Milan. Prior to joining Bocconi, she was Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at Cornell University, USA where she also holded the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Chair in International Political Economy.  She has published his research writings extensively, contributing her work to numerous leading academic journals and to public policy making. Her research is broad and interdisciplinary. She is the Editor of the Journal of Economic Geography and Co-Editor or Regional Science and Urban Economics.