Luca Congiu · Curriculum Vitae · 2021
Luca Congiu Post-Doctoral Researcher Department of Economics – University of Insubria BELSS/IGIER – Bocconi University E-mail: [email protected] https://sites.google.com/view/luca-congiu/home
Education
2016–2020 UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA Ph.D. in Methods and Models for Economic Decisions (in English) Under the supervision of Ivan Moscati Thesis in Behavioral and Experimental Economics Title: “Choice Architecture: A Message and Environment Perspective” Committe: Paolo Crosetto, Astrid Gamba (president), Matteo Ploner
2014–2016 UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA Master’s Degree in Global Entrepreneurship, Economics, and Management (in English)
2010–2013 UNIVERSITY OF MILAN–BICOCCA Bachelor’s Degree in Economic Sociology (in Italian)
Academic Positions and Research Experience
Since 2020 UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA Exam Committee Member (“Cultore della Materia”) for Microeconomics (undergraduate) and Behavioral Economics (postgraduate)
2020–2021 BELSS/IGIER – BOCCONI UNIVERSITY Post-Doctoral Research Assistant Project: “POPULIZATION—Behavioral Foundations of Populism and Polarization” Duration: September 1 – August 31 (12 months)
2020, 03–07 UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA Post-Doctoral Researcher (“Borsista”) Project: “Elderly Mobility in Varese Province: A Stated-Preferences Analysis” Duration: 5 months
2020, 03–07 BELSS/IGIER – BOCCONI UNIVERSITY Research Assistant Project: “POPULIZATION—Behavioral Foundations of Populism and Polarization” Duration: 4 months
2018, 04–07 CeDEx – UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM Visiting Scholar
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Teaching Experience
Fall 2021 Contract Lecturer (“Docente a contratto”) in Microeconomics II a.y. 2021/2022 Undergraduate, in Italian University of Insubria Duration: September 13 – October 23 (20 hours) Fall 2021 Teaching Assistant (“Esercitatore”) in Microeconomics II a.y. 2021/2022 Undergraduate, in Italian Department of Economics, University of Insubria, Varese (IT) Duration: September 13 – October 23 (10 hours) Spring 2021 Teaching Assistant (“Esercitatore”) in Behavioral Economics a.y. 2020/2021 Postgraduate, in English University of Insubria Duration: February 15 – May 25 (10 hours) Spring 2021 Teaching Assistant (“Esercitatore”) in Microeconomics I a.y. 2020/2021 Undergraduate, in Italian University of Insubria Duration: February 15 – May 25 (10 hours) Fall 2020 Contract Lecturer (“Docente a contratto”) in Microeconomics II a.y. 2020/2021 Undergraduate, in Italian University of Insubria Duration: September 14 – December 15 (20 hours) Fall 2020 Teaching Assistant (“Esercitatore”) in Microeconomics II a.y. 2020/2021 Undergraduate, in Italian University of Insubria Duration: September 14 – December 15 (10 hours)
Research Areas
Behavioral Economics, Behavioral Decision Theory, Experimental Economics, Economic Psychology
Publications
[1] “A Review of Nudges: Definitions, Justifications, Effectiveness”, with I. Moscati, Journal of Economic Surveys, 2021: 1–26. [2] “Message and Environment: A Framework for Nudges and Choice Architecture”, with I. Moscati, Behavioural Public Policy, 2020, 4(1): 71–87.
Working Papers and Work in Progress
[1] “Ratios and Pie Slices: An Experimental Study of Numeric and Pictorial Framings in the Elicitation of Risk Aversion” (working paper) [2] “Salience and Accessibility Nudges for Cookie Customization” (work in progress)
Refereeing
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management [1]
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Workshops and Conferences
2021 “18th Annual STOREP Conference” at University of Insubria, June 17–18 (co-organizer).
2020 “5th meeting of the Behavioral and Experimental Economics Network (BEEN)” at University of Verona, Verona (IT), February 14. Paper presented: “Ratios and Pie Slices: Testing Verbal and Pictorial Framings of Risk Information”
2020 “1st Meeting of the Network on Counterfactual Impact Evaluation (NetCIEx)” at European Com- mission JRC—Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation (CC–ME), Ispra (IT), January 17.
2018 Summer School “12th Jena Summer Academy on Innovation and Uncertainty” at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena (DE), July 29–August 4.
2018 “55th SIEDS Scientific Meeting” at University of Insubria, May 24–25. Paper presented: “Message and Environment: A Framework for Nudges and Choice Architecture”
2017 “29th Annual EAEPE Conference” at Corvinus University, Budapest (HU), October 19–21. Paper presented: “Message and Environment: A Framework for Nudges and Choice Architecture”
2017 Summer School “Evolution of the Economic Theory of Decision-Making” at Lake Como School, Como (IT), August 28–September 1. Paper presented: “Message and Environment: A Framework for Nudges and Choice Architecture”
Honors and Awards
2016–2019 Doctoral scholarship granted by University of Insubria.
Software and Programming Proficiency
Experiment: oTree; Qualtrics; Prolific/MTurk.
Languages: Python 3.8; Django; Javascript; HTML/CSS/Bootstrap.
Data Analysis: R; Python (Jupyter); Stata.
Working Knowledge via Coursera/Udemy
Experimental design and human behavior
Experimental Design Basics—Arizona University (13 hours; 25% completed)
Introduction to Psychology—Toronto University (20 hours; completed on June 06, 2021)
Learn Experiment Development with oTree (10 hours; completed on May 10, 2021)
Programming
Full-Stack Developer (HTML/CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Django) (32 hours; 40% completed)
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python (10 hours; completed on April 29, 2021)
Complete Guide to Python 3.8 (12 hours; completed on June 20, 2020)
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Language Proficiency
Italian (native); English (fluent); French (basic)
References
Prof. Ivan Moscati Prof. Francesco Figari University of Insubria University of Insubria [email protected] [email protected]
Prof. Salvatore Nunnari Bocconi University [email protected]
Varese, August 1, 2021
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