Gianmarco Ottaviano

Research Unit Director. Gianmarco Ottaviano earned a BA in Economics at Bocconi University, a M.Sc. in Economics at the London School of Economics, a Ph.D. in Economics at Bocconi University and a Ph.D. in Economics at the Université Catholique de Louvain. 

He is Professor of Economics and Achille and Giulia Boroli Chair in European Studies at Bocconi University, where he is also fellow of Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research and sits in the Steering Committee of the Bocconi Lab for European Studies. He is affiliated with the Centre for Economic Policy Research, the Centre for Economic Performance (LSE), the Centro Studi Luca d’Agliano, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration, the Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalization and Economic Policy. During his career he has been Professor of Economics at the University of Bologna and at the London School of Economics.

He is the co-author of many works in international trade, urban economics and economic geography. His recent publications focus on the competitiveness of firms in the global economy as well as the economic effects of immigration and offshoring on employment and wages.