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Letizia Mencarini

Letizia Mencarini is Full Professor of Demography at Bocconi University, at Department of Social and Political Science, Fellow at the DONDENA Center for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy, and at the Center for Demography and Ecology at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

She is an expert of Population Europe, among the Leading Women Scientists of AcademiaNet, and Associate Editor of Neodemos.info.

She is the Representative of Bocconi University in the Consortium Board of GGP (Gender and Generation Programme), she is the National Focal point for Italian Generations and Gender Survey and local coordinator of Italian 2025 GGS-II.

She is member of Scientific Commitee of Gorrieri Scientific Foundation; member of the Advisory Board of the PNRR-FOSSR - “Fostering Open Science in Social Science”, CNR; member of CDA of Bocconi pension fund.

She is an expert for the EUROFOUND for the survey EQLS – European Quality of Life Survey.

Her research interests focus on family demography (life–course analysis, low fertility, transition to adulthood, family formation and disruption) and its links with well-being, time use, gender diversity and migration in a policy and welfare state perspective.

She is author of numerous papers published in international scientific journals and of books in Italian about “women, job market and fertility” and “demographic trap” in Italy for the general public.

The Improving Economics and Worsening Geopolitics of Clean Energy

A credible low-cost path to decarbonize energy systems and transport, which together account for 60% of emissions, now exists. Unfortunately, political obstacles to the rapid adoption of these clean-energy solutions have emerged, owing to NIMBYism in...

Bucchi Filippo

Filippo Bucchi

Research Analyst at the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)

Policy Brief n.27 - The Elusive Cost of Trade Disruption

Robust port infrastructure can significantly mitigate the risk of supply chain disruption, suggesting that government efforts are better targeted at improving the performance of ports and critical infrastructure more broadly, rather than implementing...

Luxembourg’s Finance Minister: “I do not Believe that Fortress Europe is a Viable Option”

On September 19, mister Roth gave a lecture to Bocconi students titled “Europe at the Crossroads: Turning Today’s Poly-Crisis Into Tomorrow’s Poly-Opportunity”. Eleanor Spaventa, a professor of European Law at Bocconi and a member of the IEP@BU manag...

The Agenda-Setting Nature of Draghi’s Report for the New European Commission

While the focus of the new Commission will be crystallizing over the months and years to come, this short analysis of the mission letters for the future Commissioners suggests that the recent intervention of Mario Draghi on Europe’s competitiveness h...

Policy Brief - From Data to Action: an Evidence-Based Approach to Anti-Poverty in the EU

The fight against poverty is not a new one. It has been a feature of national policies and academic research for many decades. However, the ways in which a State fights against poverty have changed over time, continuously evolving to approach new cha...

Oliver Coste

Oliver Coste is an entrepreneur and a corporate executive of the tech industry. He currently provides consulting services for companies active in Artificial Intelligence.

After working at the European Commission (DG Competition, then Cabinet of Commissioner de Silguy), he joined the office of the French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, where he worked namely on the transformation of Airbus into an integrated company. He worked for Alcatel-Lucent where he managed several activities with European or worldwide presence and created a mobile television business which got traction in Europe, the USA and India.

Innovation and Competitiveness: at What Price?

The report on The Future of European Competitiveness presented by Mario Draghi provides a clarion call for economic reforms to stop Europe’s relative decline. This short comment cannot do justice to the report with over 300 pages of supporting ...

Yann Coatanlem

Yann Coatanlem is an economist and entrepreneur. A co-founder of GlassView, the inventors of Neuro-Powered Media, he was previously head of several research departments at Salomon Brothers and Citigroup. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of DataCore Innovations LLC, a Fin Tech start-up specialized in “antifragile” investment strategies.