Bio
Andrea Papi is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Economics, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna. He previously held a research fellowship at the University of Milan within the PRIN project "Redde rationem": Order, Calculation and Reason in the Urban Societies of Late Medieval Italy. He completed a joint PhD in Historical Studies at the University of Milan and the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris. He obtained his MA and BA from the Universities of Bologna and Urbino.
Ricerca
His research interests focus on the history of the late middle ages and the early modern period. In particular, his work explores the history of mathematical culture combining social, economic, and scientific perspectives. He has extensive experience in archival and bibliographical research carried out in major libraries and archives. He is currently involved in the FIS project Working Knowledge: The Emergence of Practitioners in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, 1300-1800 (supervisor: Dr. Raffaele Danna).