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Philipp-Leo Mengel is a PhD researcher at Bocconi University and the University of Chicago. Prior to attending Bocconi, he studied at the University of Oxford and University College London (UCL), obtaining an MSc and BSc degree in Economics. Philipp-Leo is affiliated with the Institute for European Policymaking @ Bocconi, and co-founder of the AI-based startup A-EYES. His research interests include EU Innovation Policy, Industrial Organisation and Political Economy.

Thomas Rowley is a researcher at the Institute for European Policymaking at Bocconi University. He obtained his PhD in Economics at ESSEC Business School and CY Cergy Paris Université. His research focuses on international trade, productivity, competition, and the intersection of trade, industrial, and environmental policies.

Andrea Sironi is a Professor of Banking and Finance and, since November 2022, the President of Bocconi University. He was Rector from 2012 to 2016. Since May 2021 he is also President of the Italian Foundation for Cancer Research (AIRC), while in May 2022 he became Chairman of Assicurazioni Generali. Until April 2022 he has been Chair of Borsa Italiana, the Italian stock exchange. 

Sironi has held visiting positions at the Research and Statistics Division of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, DC, at the Salomon Brothers Center, Stern School of Business (NYU), and at Sciences Po, Paris. In the past, he has been a member of the BoD of the London Stock Exchange Group, of the Intesa SanPaolo Group and of the Unicredit Group. At the beginning of his career, Andrea Sironi was a financial analyst at the Chase Manhattan Bank in London.

Sara Hobolt is the Sutherland Chair in European Institutions and professor in the Department of Government. Previously, she has held posts at the University of Oxford and the University of Michigan. She is the Chair of the European Election Studies (EES), an EU-wide project studying voters, parties, candidates and the media in European Parliamentary elections.

Professor Hobolt has published extensively on elections, referendums, public opinion and European Union politics. Her most recent book (co-authored with Catherine De Vries), Political Entrepreneurs. The Rise of Challenger Parties in Europe, was published by Princeton University Press in 2020.

Leoluca Virgadamo is a Junior Economist at the Osservatorio Conti Pubblici Italiani, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan 

Chiara Trabacchi is a manager within the Climate team of British International Investments, where she leads on the implementation of the organisation’s approach to climate adaptation and resilience investing and climate risk integration within the risk management framework. Prior to joining BII in 2021, Chiara worked for more than 10 years as analyst and technical advisor on climate finance, climate adaptation and physical risk management at public and private organizations such as the IDB Group, the World Bank Group and Acclimatise. 

Chiara, an Italian national, holds a PhD in the Science and Management of Climate Change from the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.