Bio
Alessandro Nuvolari is Professor of Economic History at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies. He was educated at Bocconi University, Milan, Italy and at Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands, where he received a PhD in Economics. He is a fellow of the Economic History Programme of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). He has been principal investigator and co-investigator in projects funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO), the European Commission and the Italian Ministry for Scientific Research.
His research papers have been published in a wide range of scholarly journals including Economic History Review, Journal of Economic History, Cliometrica, Technology and Culture, Industrial and Corporate Change, Explorations in Economic History, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Business History Review, Research Policy, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, Enterprise & Society.
Research
His main research field is the study of the role played by science and technology in the emergence and consolidation of modern economic growth with a special focus on the Industrial Revolution in England and the industrialization of the Italian economy. He has also studied the connection between intellectual property rights and inventive activities both in historical and contemporary contexts.