DR. ALESSANDRA FAGGIAN – CURRICULUM VITAE
Nationality: Italian USA Green card holder
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS:
§ Sept 2014 – current: Professor, AED Economics, The Ohio State University, USA
§ Sept 2015 – current: Graduate Studies Chair, AED Economics, The Ohio State University, USA
§ Jan 12 – present: Member of the Regional Studies Association Research Grant Committee
§ 2012 – 2015: Member of the Western Regional Science Association (WRSA) Board of Directors
§ 2013 – 2016: Member of the North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) Board of Directors
§ 2013 - current: Ex-officio Councillor Regional Science Association International (RSAI) Executive Council
§ June 12 – present: Affiliated Member, Institute for Population Research (IPR), Ohio State University, USA
§ Dec 11 – present: Affiliated Member, Crenos, University of Sassari, Italy
§ Sept 10 – present: Affiliated Member, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto, Canada
§ Jan 09 – present: Affiliated Member, CERTeT, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
§ Jan – Dec 2016: Peer review member Fulbright Specialist Scholar Program
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS:
§ Jan 12 – Aug 14: Associate Professor, AED Economics, The Ohio State University, USA
§ January 2014: Judge (panel of 5 judges) of the European Capital of Innovation (iCapital) 2014, European Commission, Brussels
§ Aug 07 – Nov 11: Reader (Associate Professor) in Economic Geography, School of Geography, University of Southampton, UK (tenured)
§ Sept 02 - July 07: Lecturer in Economics (tenured since 2005), Department of Economics, University of Reading, UK
§ 2010 – 2012: Councillor at Large Regional Science Association International (RSAI) Executive Council
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§ 2011 – 2012: Member of the Long Range Planning Committee (LRPC) – Regional Science Association International (RSAI)
§ July 10 – July 12: External Examiner European School of Economics
§ Jan 09 – Dec 11 Treasurer Regional Science Association – Irish and British Section (RSAIBIS)
§ Jan 10 – Dec 11: Visiting Associate Professor, The Ohio State University, USA
§ 1997-2001: Research and Teaching Assistant, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
HONOURS, AWARDS AND INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
Winner of the Hewings Award 2015 by the North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) for “distinguished contributions to Regional Science research by scholars who have recently completed doctoral studies”.
Awarded the Moss Madden Medal 2007 by the Regional Science Association: Irish and British Section (RSAIBIS) for the best paper published by a member of the association in the year 2006
ESRC (Economic and Social Science Research Council, UK) Fellowship (2008-09) Co-Editor Papers in Regional Science Editorial Board Journal of Regional Science, Regional Studies Regional Science Pay award for “outstanding achievements in teaching and research” (2006), University of Reading Winner of the School Award for Teaching Excellence – Rising Star (2005), University of Reading PhD Scholarship University of Reading (2000)
Winner of a National Scholarship Competition to Study Abroad by the Italian Ministry of Education (1999-2000)
PUBLICATIONS:
BOOKS
1. Comunian R., Faggian A. and Mellander C. (in preparation), The Economics of Talent, Springer
EDITED BOOKS
2. Corcoran J. and Faggian, A. (forthcoming in 2016) (eds.), Where do smart people go? Graduate migration and regional development: an international perspective, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK.
REPORTS
3. Faggian A. (2009), “The effect of variable tuition fees on higher education participation in Northern Ireland: an interim report”, Report for DELNI (Department for Education and Learning – Northern Ireland), 31st May 2009
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4. OECD (2013), “Policy making after disasters: Helping regions become resilient. The case of post-earthquake Abruzzo, Italy”, co-author, OECD Publishing
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
3. Lambiri D., Faggian A. and Wrigley N. (forthcoming), “Linked-trip effects of 'town-centre- first' era foodstore development. An assessment using difference-in-differences” for Environment and Planning B, (ISI Impact Factor 1.700)
4. Biagi B., Faggian A. and Percoco M. (2015), “Identità territoriale e migrazioni: prime evidenze empiriche per l’Europa”, Annali del Dipartimento di Metodi e Modelli per l’Economia, il Territorio e la Finanza, Università della Sapienza di Roma, pp. 95-112
5. Faggian A., Corcoran J. and Rowe F. (2015), “Evaluating the effects of federal policy changes on human capital: The role of a graduate visa scheme”, Environment and Planning C (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 1.386), in print
6. Comunian C., Faggian A. and Jewell S. (2015), “Digital technology and the creative industries: the role of human capital”, The Journal of Education and Work, pp. 1-23., 10.1080/13639080.2014.997683
7. Franklin R. and Faggian A. (2015), “College Student Migration in New England: Who Comes, Who Goes, and Why We Might Care”, The Northeastern Geographer, in print
8. Abreu M., Faggian A. and McCann P. (2015), “Migration and inter-industry mobility of UK graduates”, Journal of Economic Geography, Vol. 15, Issue 2, pp. 353-385 (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 5.025)
7. Faggian A. and Franklin R. (2014), “Human Capital Redistribution in the USA: The Migration of the College-bound”, Spatial Economic Analysis, Vol 9, No. 4, pp. 376-395, DOI: 10.1080/ 17421772.2014.961536 (ISI Impact Factor 1.282)
8. Mameli F., Faggian A. and McCann P. (2014), “The Estimation of Local Employment Growth: Do Sectoral Aggregation and Industry Definition Matter?” Regional Studies, Vol. 48. No. 11, p. 1813-1828 (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 2.165)
9. Faggian A., Comunian C. and Li Q.C. (2014), “Interregional migration of human creative capital: the strange case of "Bohemian graduates"”, Geoforum, Vol. 55, pp. 33-42 (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 2.707)
10. Comunian R. and Faggian A. (2014), “Creative Graduates and Creative Cities: Exploring the Geography of Creative Education in the UK”, International Journal of Cultural and Creative Industries, Vol. 1, Issue 2, pp. 18-34
11. Comunian R. and Faggian A. (2014), “Guest editorial: higher education, human capital and the creative economy”, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 1.386), 32(3), pp. 381-383
12. Comunian R., Faggian A. and Jewell S. (2014), “Embedding Arts and Humanities in the Creative Economy: the role of graduates in the UK”, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 1.386), 32(3), pp. 426-450
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13. Rowe F., Corcoran J. and. Faggian A. (2013), “Implications of the graduate-skilled visa scheme and overseas human capital in Australia”, Australian Geographer (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 1.248), Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 177-195
14. Faggian A., Corcoran J. and McCann P. (2013), “Modelling graduate job search using circular statistics”, Papers in Regional Science (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 1.659), Vol. 92, No.2, pp. 329-343
15. Faggian A, Mack E. and Stephens H. (2013), “Editorial: Special issue on Current Issues in Regional Development”, International Regional Science Review (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 2.084), Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 263-266
16. Mack E. and Faggian A. (2013), “Productivity and broadband: the human factor”, International Regional Science Review (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 2.084), Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 392- 423
17. Stephens H., Partridge M. and Faggian A. (2013), “Innovation, entrepreneurship and economic growth in lagging regions”, Journal of Regional Science (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 2.026), Vol. 53, No.5, pp. 778-812
18. Pemberton J., Jewell S., Faggian A. and King Z. (2013), “Higher education as a portfolio investment: students’ choices about studying, term time employment, leisure, and loans”, Oxford Economic Papers (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 1.378), Vol. 65, No. 2, pp. 268-292
19. Faggian A., Comunian R., Jewell S. and Kelly U. (2013), “Bohemian graduates in UK: disciplines and location determinants of creative careers”, Regional Studies (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 2.165), Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 183-200
20. Niven J., Faggian A. and Ruwanpura K., (2013) “Exploring ‘underachievement’ among highly-educated young British-Bangladeshi women”, Feminist Economics (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 1.371), Vol. 19, No.1, pp. 111-136
21. Abreu M., Faggian A., Comunian R. and McCann P. (2012), “Life is short and art is long: The Persistent Wage Gap between Bohemian and non-Bohemian Graduates”, Annals of Regional Science, Vol. 49, pp. 305-321 (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 0.984)
22. Faggian A., Olfert R. and Partridge M. (2012), "Inferring Regional Well-being from Individual Revealed Preferences: the ‘voting with your feet’ approach", Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Vol. 5 (1), pp. 163-180 (5-year ISI Impact Factor 1.822)
23. Comunian C., Faggian A. and Jewell S. (2011), “Winning and losing in the creative industries. An analysis of creative graduates' career opportunities across creative disciplines”, Cultural Trends, Vol. 20, Nos. 3-4, pp. 291-308
24. Faggian A. and Biagi B. (2011), “Editorial: Special Issue on Interregional Migration”, Spatial Economic Analysis, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 1-3 (ISI Impact Factor 1.200)
25. Biagi B., Faggian A and McCann P. (2011), “Long and Short Distance Migration in Italy: The Role of Economic, Social and Environmental Characteristics”, Spatial Economic Analysis, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 111-131 (ISI Impact Factor 1.200) Article ranked 4th among the most-read and 6th among the most-cited articles in Spatial Economic Analysis as of March 2015
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26. Comunian C., Faggian A. and Li Q.C. (2010), “Unrewarded careers in the creative class: the strange case of Bohemian graduates”, Papers in Regional Science, Vol. 89, No. 2, pp. 389-410 (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 1.659)
27. Corcoran J., Faggian A. and McCann P. (2010), “Human capital in remote and rural Australia: the role of graduate migration”, Growth and Change, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 192-210 (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 1.467)
28. Faggian A. and Royuela V. (2010), “Migration flows and quality of life in a metropolitan area: the case of Barcelona (Spain)”, Applied Research in Quality of Life, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 241-259 (ISI Impact Factor 0.774)
29. Faggian A. and McCann P. (2009), “Human capital, graduate migration and innovation in British Regions”, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 33, pp. 317-333 (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 1.545) Article featured in the Thomson Reuters ScienceWatch ‘Fast Moving Fronts’ (November 2010) http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10novfmf/10novfmfFaggET/
30. Faggian A. and McCann P. (2009), “Universities, Agglomerations and Graduate Human Capital Mobility”, Journal of Economic and Social Geography (Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie), Vol. 100 (2), pp. 210-223 (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 1.012)
31. Royuela V. and Faggian A., (2009) "El crecimiento de las ciudades y la calidad de vida en la provincia de Barcelona, desde una perspectiva de causalidad mutua", Revista de Estudios Regionales, Vol. 85, pp. 67-96
32. Mameli F., Faggian A. and McCann P. (2008), “Employment Growth in Italian Local Labour Systems: Issues of Model Specification and Sectoral Aggregation”, Spatial Economic Analysis, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 343-360 (ISI Impact Factor 1.200)
33. Faggian A., McCann P. and Sheppard S. (2007) “Human Capital, Higher Education and Graduate Migration: An Analysis of Scottish and Welsh Students”, Urban Studies, Vol. 44, No. 13, pp. 2511-2528 (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 2.312)
34. Faggian A., McCann P. and Sheppard S. (2007) “Some evidence that women are more mobile than men: Gender differences in UK graduate migration behavior”, Journal of Regional Science, Vol.47 No.3, pp. 517-539 (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 1.864)
35. Faggian A. and McCann P. (2006) “Human Capital and Regional Knowledge Assets: a Simultaneous Equation Model”, Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 58, No. 3, pp. 475-500 (ISI 5- year Impact Factor 1.982) Article ranked 48th among the most-cited articles ever published in OEP as of January 1st, 2013
36. Faggian A. McCann P. and Sheppard S. (2006) “An Analysis of Ethnic Differences in UK Graduate Migration Behaviour”, Annals of Regional Science, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 461-471 (ISI 5- year Impact Factor 0.987)
37. Capello R. and Faggian A. (2005) “Collective learning and relational proximity in local innovation processes”, Regional Studies, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 75-87 (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 2.610) Article ranked 10th among the most-cited articles in Regional Studies between 2010 and 2013 (as of October 27th 2013)
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38. Faggian A. and Biagi B. (2003) “Measuring regional multipliers: a Comparison between two different methodologies in the case of the Italian regions”, Italian Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 33-58
39. Capello R. and Faggian A. (2003) “The role of collective learning in local innovation processes: evidence from Italy”, Studia Regionalia, Warsaw, pp. 155-178
40. Capello R. and Faggian A. (2002) “An economic-ecological model of urban growth and urban externalities: empirical evidence from Italy”, Ecological Economics, Vol. 40, No 2, pp. 181-198 (ISI 5-year Impact Factor 3.232)
41. Capello R. and Faggian A. (2001) “Transport, energy and environment in Italian research and policy-making”, International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 257-261
INVITED REVIEW ARTICLES
42. Faggian, A., Corcoran J. and Partridge M. (2015) “Interregional Migration Analysis.” Karlsson C., Andersson M. and Norman T. (eds.), Handbook in the Research of Methods and Applications in Economic Geography, Edward Elgar, pp. 468-490
43. Faggian A. “Job Search Theory” (2014), Fischer M. and Nijkamp P. (eds.), Handbook of Regional Science, Springer, pp. 59-73
44. Biagi B., Lambiri D. and Faggian A. (2012) “The effect of tourism on house prices” in Uysal M., Perdue R.R. and Sirgy M.J. (eds.), Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life (QOL) Research, Springer, pp. 635-652
45. Comunian C. and Faggian A. (2011), “Higher Education and the Creative City” in Andersson, D., Andersson, Å. E and Mellander, C. (eds.), Handbook of Creative Cities, Edward Elgar, pp. 187-207
46. Faggian A. and McCann P. (2009) “Human Capital and Regional Development” in Capello R. and Nijkamp P. (eds.), Handbook of Regional Growth and Development Theories, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 131-151
REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS
47. Comunian R., Faggian A. and Jewell S. (forthcoming), “Geography, skills and careers patterns at the boundary of creativity & innovation: digital technology and creative arts graduates in the UK” in Shearmur R. (ed.) Handbook of Geography and Innovation
48. Corcoran J., Rowe F., Faggian A. and Stimson R. (2015), “The Impacts of Policy Change on Overseas Human Capital in Australia: The Implementation of the 485 Graduate Visa Scheme” in Lombard J., Stern E. and Clarke G. (eds.) Applied Spatial Modelling and Planning, Routledge
49. Comunian R. and Faggian A. (2015), “Au carrefour entre créativité et capital humain: les diplômés bohèmes du Royaume-Uni” in Liefooghe C. (ed.) L’économie créative et ses territoires - Enjeux et débats, Collection « Espace et territoires », Presses Universitaires de Rennes (Année), France
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50. Comunian R., Faggian A. and Jewell S. (2014) “Exploring music careers: music graduates and early career trajectories in UK” in Crossley N., McAndrew S. and Widdop P. (eds.) Social Networks and Music Worlds – Routledge Advances in Sociology, Routledge, London, UK
51. Jewell S. and Faggian A. (2014) “Interregional Migration Wage Premia: the Case of Creative and STEM Graduates in the UK” in Kourtit K., Nijkamp P. and Stimson R. (eds.) Applied Regional Growth and Innovation Models, Springer, pp. 197-214
52. Faggian A., Partridge M. and Rickman D. (2012), “Cultural Avoidance and Internal Migration in the USA: do the source countries matter?” in Poot J., Sahin M. and Nijkamp P. (eds.) Migration Impact Analysis, Edward Elgar, pp. 203-224
53. Faggian A., Corcoran J. and McCann P. (2012) “Circular statistics, migration models and the directionality of job search processes” in Frenkel A., Nijkamp P and McCann P. (eds.) Societies in Motion: Innovation, Migration and Regional Transformation, Edward Elgar, pp. 190-208
54. Jewell S., Faggian A. and King Z. (2010), “The Effect of Term-Time Employment on UK Higher Education Students” in Valencia L.K. and Hahn B.J. (eds.) Youth Employment: Poverty Impact, Employability and Paths to Adulthood, Nova Science Publishers, New York, ISBN: 978-1- 60876-282-8, pp. 39-68
55. Faggian A. and McCann P. (2009) “Higher Education and Student Migration: A UK Analysis” in Varga A.(ed.), Universities, Knowledge Transfer And Regional Development, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham
56. Faggian A. (2005) “Human Capital” in Encyclopaedia of the City. Roger Caves (ed.) New York: Routledge.
57. Capello R. and Faggian A. (2002) "Knowledge spillovers e apprendimento collettivo: il ruolo dello spazio nell’attività innovativa" (Knowledge spillovers and collective learning: the role of space in innovation activities) in Malfi L. e Martellato D. (eds.), Il capitale nello sviluppo locale e regionale, Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 87-109
58. Capello R. and Faggian A. (2002) “Conoscenza, innovazione e apprendimento collettivo: una teorizzazione e una verifica empirica in diversi contesti territoriali” (Knowledge, Innovation and Collective Learning: a theoretical and empirical analysis of different territorial contexts) in Camagni R. and Capello R. (eds.), Apprendimento Collettivo e Competitivita' Territoriale, Il Mulino, Bologna, pp. 159-185
59. Capello R., Faggian A. and Villa Veronelli D. (2001) “The Determinants of Innovation in Cities: Dynamic Urbanisation Economies vs. Milieu Economies in the Metropolitan area of Milan”, in Simmie J. (ed.) Innovative Cities, Spon Press, London and New York, Chapter 3, pp. 95-128
60. Capello R. And Faggian A. (2001) “Rendita Urbana e Dinamiche Demografiche: una Interpretazione Economica del Modello Preda-Predatore” (Urban Rent and Demographic Dynamics: an Economic Interpretation of the Prey-Predator Model) in Mazzola F. and Maggioni A.M. (eds) Crescita Regionale ed Urbana nel Mercato Globale: Modelli, Politiche, Processi di Valutazione, FrancoAngeli, Milano, pp. 130-158
61. Camagni R., Capello R., Faggian A. and Villani P. (1999) “Un modello di previsione degli scenari insediativi al 2010 per la Regione Emilia Romagna” in Beguinot C. (ed.) Governo della Page 7 of 17
mobilità e pianificazione urbanistica. Indicazioni, raccomandazioni, proposte, CNR, Roma, pp. 355-407
(d) Revising
62. Faggian A., Partridge M. and Malecki E., “Creating an environment for economic growth: human capital, creativity or entrepreneurship?” for International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (ISI Impact Factor 1.339) 63. Kazaqi P and Faggian A. “Mobility and Education Outcomes in the USA: A Self-Selection Bias Correction Approach” for Annals in Regional Science 64. Faggian A., Corcoran J., and Franklin R. “Human capital migration and salaries: an examination of US college graduates” 65. Hasan S., Faggian A., Klaiber H.A. and Sheldon I. “Agglomeration economies or selection? An analysis of Taiwanese science parks” for International Regional Science Review
(e) Submitted
(f) Working papers
66. Faggian A., Gemmiti R. and Santini I. “Regional resilience: lessons learned from the Italian local labor markets” 67. Mack E., Faggian A. and Stolarick K., “Does religion stifle enterpreneurship?” 68. Corcoran J., Faggian A. and Rowe F “University-Industry linkages in Australia: a first empirical assessment” 69. Faggian A., Corcoran J. and Franklin F. “Student and graduate migration in the USA: what do we know?” 70. Faggian A., Graves P. and Partridge M. “Rent/Value Ratios in Spatial Disequilibrium: Booming versus Lagging regions in the USA” 71. Jewell S. and Faggian A., “Are UK Degrees General or Specific Human Capital? The Role of Degree Subject and Classification in UK Graduate Labour Market Outcomes” 72. Faggian A. and Jewell S., “The impact of migration on graduate salaries: an evaluation using propensity score matching”
CITATIONS
ISI (Web of Knowledge): Citations 587; H-index 11 (June 2015) Scopus: Citations 655; H-index 12 (June 2015) Google Scholar: Citations 1,688; H-index 18 (October 2015)
INVITED VISITS
JUNE 2002: University of Padua, Italy, Cycle of Lectures on “Industrial Location”
JAN –MAR 2007:University of Waikato, New Zealand, three-month research leave (sponsored by the University of Waikato) between January-March 2007 working with Prof. P. McCann and Prof. J. Poot (Centre for Population Studies).
FEB 2009: University of Queensland, Australia, Teaching in the Summer School in Social Sciences, Lectures on ‘Human Capital and Migration’
JAN 2010 –DEC 2011: The Ohio State University, USA, Invited Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Developmental Economics Page 8 of 17
JULY 2015: University of Queensland, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, Australia, research project on graduate mobility in Australia with Prof. Jonathan Corcoran
INVITED TALKS/SEMINARS/LECTURES
2007: University of Barcelona, Spain, Invited talk on “Quality of Life and Urban Growth”, March 2007: University Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain, Invited talk on “Innovation and Human Capital”, March 2007: Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland, Invited talk on “Human Capital, Higher Education and Inter-regional Migration”, October 2008: University of Reading, Department of Economics, Seminar on “Gender Pay Gaps in Academia”, June 2008: University of Southampton, Department of Social Statistics, Seminar on “Human Capital, Higher Education and Inter-regional Migration: The case of British Students”, June 2009: Scottish Executive, Glasgow, Scotland, Invited talk on “Human Capital, Graduate Migration and Innovation in British Regions”, January 30th 2009: University of Bristol, Department of Geography, Invited talk on “Using circular statistics to model graduate job search” April 29th 2009: RIMISP-CRERL Workshop, Santiago, Chile, Invited talk “Degrees of Rurality? Remoteness, Human Capital and Graduate Employment in Australia’s Regions”, May 4-8, 2009 2009: University of Cambridge, UK-IRC (Innovation Research Centre), Invited talk on “Universities, Agglomerations and Graduate Human Capital Mobility”, University Business Interactions Workshop June 4th – 5th 2010: University of Southampton, School of Geography, Seminar on “Explorations of ‘Underachievement’: the transitional experiences of educated and high-achieving young British- Bangladeshi women”, January 6th 2010: Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland Invited talk “Life is short, art is long”: from Bohemian graduates to the creative class”, January 12th 2010: Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain Invited lecture on “Human Capital and Regional Development” in the TechTalentCenter of the School of Professional & Executive Development, March 25th 2010: University of Barcelona, Department of Economics, Spain Invited seminar “Life is short, art is long”: from Bohemian graduates to the creative class”, March 26th 2010: The Ohio State University, AED Economics, USA Invited seminar on “Human Capital in Remote and Rural Australia”, April 22nd 2010: The Ohio State University, AED Economics, USA Invited lecture to graduate students on “Human Capital, Higher Education and Inter-regional Migration: The case of British Students”, May 2nd 2010: University of Cincinnati, Economics, USA Invited seminar on “Cultural Avoidance and Internal Migration in the USA: do the source countries matter?”, September 24th 2010: European Union Open Days, Brussels, Belgium Invited talk on “Social mobility, geographical mobility and human capital”, October 5th 2011: University of West Virginia, Regional Research Institute, USA Invited seminar on “Cultural Avoidance and Internal Migration in the USA: do the source countries matter?”, April 21st 2011: Tinbergen Institute, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Invited talk on “Creating an environment for economic growth: human capital, creativity and entrepreneurship in the USA”, May 23rd 2012: Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, Invited seminar on “The effect of internal migration on graduate salaries in the UK”, March 27th 2012: CRENoS University of Sassari and Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, Invited seminar on “The effect of internal migration on graduate salaries in the UK”, March 29th 2012: Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping, Sweden, Invited seminar on “The effect of internal migration on graduate salaries in the UK”, May 3rd Page 9 of 17
2012: Tinbergen Institute, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Invited talk on “Evaluating the effects of federal policy changes on human capital: The role of a graduate visa scheme”, May 7th 2012: Tinbergen Institute, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Invited talk on “The effect of internal migration on creative and STEM graduate salaries”, May 8th 2012: University of Palermo, Italy, Invited talk on “Human Capital, Higher Education and Interregional Migration”, June 15th 2013: Midwest Graduate Conference on Regional and Applied Economics (CREA), Ohio State University, USA Invited presentation on “The publication and review process”, April 5th 2013: Tinbergen Institute, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Invited talk on “College Student Migration in the United States: Implications for Regional Human Capital Distribution”, May 28th 2013: Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, Invited seminar on “College Student Migration in the United States: Implications for Regional Human Capital Distribution”, July 1st 2013: Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China, Invited panel discussion on “Doing good research and publishing in international journals”, July 3rd 2014: University of Akron, Economics Department, Ohio, USA, Invited seminar on “College Student Migration in the United States: Implications for Regional Human Capital Distribution”, March 7th 2014: Fudan University, RUSE Workshop, Shanghai, China, Invited talk “Farther from Europe: Italian Metropolitan Areas response to the crisis”, June 7th 2014: Uddevalla Symposium, Uddevalla, Sweden, Keynote speech “Farther from Europe: Italian Metropolitan Areas response to the crisis”, June 14th 2014: The University of Rochester, Gosnell Lecture, USA Invited lecture on “Regional resilience: lessons learned from the Italian local labor markets”, November 7th
CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PAPERS PRESENTED
In addition to being an invited speaker I have also presented seminar and conference papers in: Europe: Paris, France; Porto, Portugal; Jyvaskyla, Finland; Dortmund, Germany; University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece; University of Bristol, England; University of Barcelona, Spain; Utrecht, The Netherlands; University of Reus, Spain; Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland; University of Southampton, England; Scottish Executive, Glasgow, Scotland; Belfast, Northern Ireland; Palermo, Italy; Milan, Italy; University of Cambridge, England; Lodz, Poland; Jönköping, Sweden; University of Sassari, Italy; Bocconi University, Milan, Italy; Timisoara, Romania; Bratislava, Slovakia; Uddevalla, Sweden; Piacenza, Italy. North America: Napa Valley, USA; New York, USA; Las Vegas, USA; San Francisco, USA; Sedona, USA; OSU, Columbus, USA; University of Cincinnati, USA; Denver, USA; Monterey, USA; University of West Virginia, USA; Kauai, Hawaii, USA; Ottawa, Canada; Santa Barbara, USA; Atlanta, USA; San Diego, USA; Washington DC, USA; Tucson, AZ. South America: Santiago, Chile. Oceania: University of Waikato, New Zealand; University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Asia: Seoul, South Korea; Guangzhou, China; Shanghai, China; Xuzhou, China.
EDITING, CONFERENCE SPECIAL SESSIONS AND REFEREEING
Co-Editor Papers in Regional Science (2013-2016)
Book review Editor Growth and Change (2010 - 2012)
Editorial Board: 1. Papers in Regional Science (2009 - 2012) 2. Journal of Regional Science (2010 - 2018)
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3. Handbook of Regional Science (2011 - 2013), Co-Section Leader with Mark Partridge: Regional Housing and Labour Markets 4. Regional Studies, Regional Science (2013- ) – International Board Advisor
Journal Management Committee Spatial Economic Analysis 2009-2011
Guest Editor Special Issues: 1. Spatial Economic Analysis – 2011, Vol. 6(1) – “Interregional Migration” (with B. Biagi) 2. International Regional Science Review – 2013, Vol. 36(3) – “Current issues in Regional Development” (with E. Mack and H. Stephens) 3. Environment and Planning C – 2014, Vol. 32(3) – “Theme issue: Higher education and the creative economy” (with R. Comunian) 4. Growth and Change – 2015 “Regional Development in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Regions” (with E. Mack) 5. Annals in Regional Science – 2016 – “Youth Migration” (with J. Corcoran and F. Rowe)
Grant proposals reviewer for: 1. Economic Social Research Council (ESRC), UK 2. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canada 3. National Science Foundation (NSF), USA 4. Czech Science Foundation, Czech Republic 5. Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research, Chile 6. NOW, The Netherlands
Book proposals referee for: 1. Cambridge University Press 2. MIT Press 3. Edward Elgar
Conference Activities: • Special sessions organizer: o EUGEO Conference, Rome – September 2013 o European Regional Science Association (ERSA) Conferences in 2015, 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008 o North American Regional Science (NARSC) Conferences 2011 – Miami; 2012 – Ottawa; 2013 – Atlanta; 2014 – Washington DC. o Regional Studies Association Conferences: Gatekeeper (“Migration and Labour Markets”) in 2012, 2011 and 2010 • ERSA Epainos Prize - Committee member, ERSA 2010 – Jönköping, ERSA 2012 – Bratislava, ERSA 2013 – Palermo, ERSA 2015 – Lisbon. • Scientific Committees o ERSA 2011 – Barcelona, Spain o WRSA 2012 – Kauai, Hawaii o RSAI World Conference 2012 – Timisoara, Romania o NARSC 2012 – Ottawa, Canada o WRSA 2013 – Santa Barbara, USA o ERSA 2013 – Palermo, Italy o AQR Worskhop 2013 – Barcelona, Spain o NARSC 2013 – Atlanta, USA o WRSA 2014 – San Diego, USA o RSAI World Conference 2014 – Bangkok, Thailand o NARSC 2014 – Washington DC, USA o WRSA 2015 – Tucson, Arizona Page 11 of 17
o RSAI World Conference 2016 – Istanbul, Turkey • Chair of the NARSC Student Prize Competition Committee, NARSC 2011 - Miami
Journal referee: 1. Annals of Regional Science; 2. Asian Population Studies; 3. Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society; 4. Canadian Journal of Regional Science; 5. Cities; 6. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems; 7. Danish Journal of Geography; 8. Drustvena istrazivanja: Journal for General Social Issues (Croatia) 9. Economic Development Quarterly; 10. Economic Geography; 11. Education Economics; 12. Environment and Planning A; 13. Environment and Planning B; 14. Environment and Planning C; 15. Geocompass; 16. Growth & Change; 17. Industry and Innovation; 18. Industrial and Corporate Change; 19. International Journal of Global Environmental Issues; 20. International Journal of Human Resource Management; 21. International Journal of Manpower; 22. International Journal of Technology and Globalisation; 23. International Regional Science Review; 24. Italian Journal of Regional Science; 25. Journal of Economic Geography; 26. Journal of Geographical Systems; 27. Journal of Regional Science; 28. Journal of Rural Studies; 29. Journal of Urban Affairs; 30. Labour; 31. Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences; 32. Papers in Regional Science; 33. Population, Space and Place; 34. Region; 35. Regional Science and Urban Economics; 36. Regional Studies; 37. Research Policy; 38. Review of Agricultural & Environmental Studies; 39. Review of Urban & Regional Development Studies; 40. Scottish Journal of Political Economy; 41. Sociologia Ruralis; 42. Spatial Economic Analysis; 43. Technological Change & Social Forecasting; 44. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers; 45. Urban Studies.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: Board of Directors: Regional Science Association International (RSAI) – (2010-current) Page 12 of 17
Regional Science Association International Long Range Planning Committee (LRPC) – (2011-2012) Western Regional Science Association (WRSA) – (2012-current) North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) – (2013-2015)
Also member of: European Regional Science Association (ERSA) Higher Education Academy Regional Studies Association
RESEARCH GRANTS
1. AWARDED
2015 National Science Foundation (NSF) “Workshop on Migration, Climate Change and the Resilience of Regional Food, Water, and Energy Systems” PIs: Alessandra Faggian, Joseph Fiksel, Casey Hoy, Elena Irwin. $ 97,000
2014 – 2017 USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) “Maximizing the Gains of Old and New Energy Development for America`s Rural Communities” PI: Mark Partridge, Co-PI: Alessandra Faggian, David Civittolo, Erich Romich and Linda Lobao. $. 499,980 http://nifa.usda.gov/newsroom/news/2014news/04301_econ_dev.html
2012 Regional Studies Association Event Support Scheme (ESS) to organize the “Midwest Graduate Conference in Regional and Applied Economics (CREA)” (with Wendong Zhang and Elizabeth Truex), OSU, April 5th and 6th 2013, $800
2010 European Research Policy Center and the European Commission, “EU Cohesion Policy in a Global Context: Comparative Study on EU Cohesion and Third Country and International Development Policies: Case Studies of the Appalachian Regional Commission (USA) and The Atlantic Canada Opportunity Agency (Canada).” PI: Mark Partridge, Co-PI: Alessandra Faggian and M. Rose Olfert. €49,500.
2010 - 2011 Regional Studies Association Network Grant (Principal Investigator, PI) “The Role of Higher Education in the Knowledge Economy”, £3,000
2008 – 2009 ESRC project “Review of Tuition Fees in Northern Ireland” (PI) co-sponsored by the Department of Education and Learning, £57,900
2007 - 2010 ESRC project "The Overall Impact of HEIs on Regional Economies in the UK". Principal investigator: Prof. Peter McGregor (Strathclyde University) Co-Investigators: Prof. Robert Wright and Prof. Kim Swales (Strathclyde University), Dr. Alessandra Faggian (University of Southampton) Prof. Richard Harris (University of Glasgow) and Prof. Stephen Hill (University of Glamorgan), £500,000.
2006 - 2009 Centre for Career Management and Skills (CCMS) Fellowship, project "Pilot of new CMS online materials".
2006-2007 RETF Pump Priming Scheme for the Project "Regional Differences in the Efficiency of the Labour Market: a First Analysis of the UK" (with Dr. A. Ferrari).
2005-2008 HEFCE, project "Human capital, career management skills and graduate destinations". Co- investigator: Dr. Zella King
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2. SUBMITTED
2016-2018 Australian Research Council – Discovery Projects, project "So what do you do? Graduates in the Creative and Cultural Industries” PIs: Scott Brook, Jennifer Webb Co-PIs: Alessandra Faggian, Roberta Comunian. AUD $450,796
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PHD STUDENTS
a) SUPERVISOR (EUROPE)/ADVISOR (USA)
2004- 2007 Dr. Francesca Mameli, “Local Labour Growth in Italian Industries and Services”, UK 2005- 2008 Dr. Sarah Jewell, "Human Capital Production in Higher Education", UK 2013- 2015 Dr. Norma Gomez “Three essays on human capital and labor markets for college graduates in Colombia” (Graduated in June 2015), OSU, USA 2013- current Pandeli Kazaqi (Candidacy Exam passed: May 2014), OSU, USA 2013- current Sarada Pyda, (Candidacy Exam passed: June 2015), OSU, USA 2014- current Kathryn Dotzel, (Candidacy Exam passed: May 2015) OSU, USA 2014- current Isha Rajbhandari, (Candidacy Exam passed: May 2015) OSU, USA
b) COMMITTEE MEMBER
David Castells (Graduated in March 2015) University of Barcelona, Spain Norman Maldonado-Vargas (Graduated in March 2014), OSU, USA Syed Hasan (Graduated in June 2014), OSU, USA Jennifer Leung (Graduated in August 2014), OSU, USA Yue Hua (Graduated in June 2014), OSU, USA Clare Cho (Graduated in June 2015), OSU, USA Kelly Newlon OSU, USA Benjamin Jara (Candidacy Exam passed: May 2015) OSU, USA Victor Iturra (Candidacy Exam passed: May 2015) OSU, USA Sandra Kublina Germany
c) EXTERNAL EXAMINER (EUROPE) 2006: Carla Sa’ - Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands 2008: Andrew Crowley – University of Glamorgan, UK 2012: Lina Bjerke – Jönköping University, Sweden 2014: Özge Öner - Jönköping University, Sweden
d) INTERNAL EXAMINER (EUROPE) 2007: Suzanne Dixon – University of Reading, UK 2007: Dimitra Dimitropoulou – University of Reading, UK
MSC STUDENTS SUPERVISION/ADVISORY
2015 Thomas Kilbane “The decline of the Rust Belt” (advisor)
2014 Ziyu Guo “Hukou System and Migration in China: A new perspective of the effects from Hukou System” (advisor) Gregory Craig Sahar Yousef Eric Meyer Yun-hao Hsiao “Regional Employment, Inspections and Violations of Ohio Shale Development - Empirical Evidence from 2008 to 2014” (Committee member)
2013 Ndeye Awa Kebe, “Ohio Charter Schools: A Look at Trends in Academic Achievement” (advisor)
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Katja Ryabtseva, “Please Sir, Can I Have Another: America as a Melting Pot of Human Capital That Leaves Us Wanting More” (advisor) Wenjing Lu, “The Effect of Clean Energy Policies on Green Jobs in Four Midwest States” (advisor) Merilee Newsham, “Family size and migration in Appalachia”(committee member)
2012 Yu Zhang, “Housing Policy and Migration: Evidence from Mainland China.” (advisor)
2006 Sarah Ahmad “Over-education in the UK” (distinction)
2005 Shqevi Enida Eleni “Analysis of the factors determining FDI in Greece” (distinction) Gitara John “International Momentum and Contrarian Strategies: A Country versus Sector Approach” (distinction) Li Pei “Current HRM Issues of Multinational Enterprises in China”
2004 Adam Bromley “The factors influencing the location of electronics firms in Silicon Glen during the 1980s and 1990s” Hsiumin Hsu “The relationship between leadership and culture in Taiwanese and British small and medium trading companies” Zhang Yujin “Building a Recruitment System: the case of the UK”
2003 Nadia Mulya “Management in the Educational Sector” (distinction) Lin Shen “Change and Challenge: Human Resources Management in Joint Venture and wholly-Foreign-Owned Enterprise in China: the Case Study of Philips” Ya Wen Hsu “The Impacts of Training Programmes on Individuals and Organisations: the Case Study of C-Commercial Bank in Taiwan”
TEACHING
I started lecturing in Italy in 1998. Over the past fifteen years I taught at various universities in the UK, Italy, USA and Australia. I have taught courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in:
1. Advanced regional economics (PhD course) 2. Data Analysis 3. Urban Economics 4. Regional Economics 5. Regional and International Development (MSc course) 6. Regional Economics and Sustainable Development 7. Econometric Methods (UG and MSc level) 8. Introductory Quantitative Techniques for Economists 9. Quantitative Methods for Geographers 10. Labour Economics 11. Environmental Economics 12. Microeconomics 13. Macroeconomics 14. Evaluation of Public Projects 15. Contemporary Economic Policy.
Feedback from students has consistently been very positive and rated me as one of the best lecturers both at the University of Reading and Southampton. I have been nominated and won teaching excellence prizes.
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I have been an External Examiner for the European School of Economics (UG Courses both in English and Italian across all campuses: Milan, Florence, Rome, New York, Madrid, London).
EDUCATION:
Oct 00 - June 05: Ph.D. in Economics, University of Reading (scholarship) Thesis title: “Human Capital, Migration and Local Labour Markets: the Role of the Higher Education System in Great Britain”
Sept 99 – Sept 00: M.Sc. Regional Science (distinction), University of Reading (external scholarship by the Italian Ministry of Education) Thesis: “Theory and Methodology in Measuring Regional Multipliers: an Application to the Italian Regions”
Sept 98 – Sept 99: M.Sc. Economics (final mark: A), University of Ancona, Italy (scholarship)
1991-1996 B.Sc. (Laurea) in Economics (final mark 108/110), L. Bocconi University, Milan, Italy (entrance scholarship due to achievements in high-school) Thesis: “E.I.A. (Environmental Impact Assessment): the Italian Case”
1986-1991 Liceo Scientifico (final mark 60/60), Cardinal Ferrari, Milan, Italy
RESEARCH METHODS TRAINING
Advanced Microeconometric Course, Cemmap, IFS, London, UK (Instructor: Prof. William Greene)
Introductory Microeconometric Course, Cemmap IFS, London, UK (Instructor: Prof. Alan Duncan)
Policy Evaluation in the Social Sciences Course, ESRC National Centre for Research Methods, Bristol, UK (Instructor: Dr. Arnaud Chevalier)
Summer School of Econometrics (June 1999), Bertinoro, Forli’, Italy (funded by scholarship from the University of Ancona)
LANGUAGES
Italian: Mother tongue English: Fluent German: Intermediate Spanish: Intermediate French: Basic
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REFERENCES (AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST)
1. Prof. Simona Iammarino Professor of Economic Geography and Head of Department The London School of Economics and Political Science Department of Geography and Environment Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE, UK Ph: +44 (0)20 7995 7588 E-mail: [email protected]
2. Prof. Philip McCann Professor of Economic Geography University of Groningen Faculty of Spatial Sciences Department of Economic Geography Landleven 1 9747 AD Groningen, The Netherlands Ph: +31 50 363 3873 E-mail: [email protected]
3. Prof. Andrés Rodriguez Pose Professor of Economic Geography The London School of Economics and Political Science Department of Geography and Environment Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE, UK Ph: +44 (0)20 7955 7971 E-mail: [email protected]
4. Prof. Brigitte Waldorf Professor of Agricultural Economics Dept. of Agricultural Economics Purdue University 403 W. State Street Krannert Building West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA [email protected]
5. Prof. Mark Partridge Professor, Swank Chair in Rural-Urban Policy 336 Agricultural Administration Building 2120 Fyffe Road Columbus, OH 43210, USA Ph: +1.614.6884907 [email protected]
6. Prof. Raymond Florax Professor of Agricultural Economics Dept. of Agricultural Economics Purdue University 403 W. State Street Krannert Building West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA [email protected]
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