Paolo Seri - Università degli Studi di Urbino

Paolo Seri
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
March 2011 – November 2013: Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Urbino – Department of
Economics, Society and Politics.
October 2010 – March 2011: Postdoctoral researcher at the Max-Planck-Institute of Economics, Evolutionary
Economics Unit, Jena, Germany.
September 2009 – September 2010: Ph.D. fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute of Economics, Evolutionary
Economics Unit, Jena, Germany (3rd year).
January 2006 – December 2009: research and consultancy activity for various private and public bodies
(“Laboratory Enrico Mattei – Territory and Development” of the Chamber of Commerce of Macerata;
S.E.T.srl; Provincia di Pesaro e Urbino; Marches Region; Toscana Region; C.E.S.C.O.T. Spa)
November 2001 – November 2006: Contract professor and research fellow at the University of Macerata –
„Department of Studies on Economic Development‟.
June 2004 – June 2006: Co-responsible (together with Samuele Animali) for the research project "Knowledge
transfer from new universities to the local productive systems of the Marche region", funded by the
Foundation Cassa di Risparmio di Jesi and the 'Institute for university education Fondazione Angelo
Colocci. The final output of the research project has been published in the book “Diffusione geografica
dellle sedi universitarie e sviluppo locale. Knowledge impact nel caso delle Marche” (see the
publication section in this cv).
November 1999 – October 2001: Ph. D. student: Max-Planck-Institute for Research Into Economic Systems,
Jena, Germany (1st and 2nd year).
November 1998 – November 1999: research assistant: Department of Economics, University of Ancona.
November 1997 – September 1998: fellowship for the development of the Economic Development Plan of the
National Park of the Sibillini Mountain.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF URBINO
– 2013, course on “Global Political Economy”, within the International Academic Program of the
University of Urbino (the 50 hours‟ course has been hold in English).
–
2013, course on “International Economics” (15 hours ) within the Master‟s degree (2nd level) in “Arabic
Chinese, Russian: language, culture and business internationalization” of the University of Urbino.
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA
– 2005 and 2006, 8 hours lectures on the “Theory of the Firm” within the Ph.D. in Story of Economic
Sciences.
– From 2003 to 2006 Guest professor of Political Economy, Faculty of Law - “Corso di laurea
specialistica in Teoria della normazione e dell‟informazione giuridica”.
– From 2001 to 2003 Guest professor of Economics, Faculty of Law.
– Microeconomics at the course of “Economics”, together with Prof. Giorgio Galeazzi, Faculty of Law.
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ANCONA
– 2001/2002 Teaching assistant for the course of Microeconomics, Faculty of Management and
engineering.
EDUCATION
MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH INTO ECONOMIC SYSTEMS, JENA, GERMANY
Ph. D. fellow. November 1999 – October 2001(1st and 2nd year); September 2009 – September
2010: (3rd year).
EUROPEAN DOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM ON THE ECONOMICS OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE (ETIC)
April and October 2000, BETA (Strasbourg, France), and MERIT (Maastricht, the Netherlands).
SUMMER SCHOOL IN APPLIED ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
University of Piemonte Orientale 14 –24 September 1999
UNIVERSITY OF ANCONA – FACULTY OF ECONOMICS
1997/1998, Laurea Degree in Economics
UNIVERSITY OF KIEL - GERMANY
1995-1996 Erasmus fellowship
AWARDS
MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND PROTECTION OF LAND AND SEA OF ITALY first prize for the best applied
dissertation (Tesi di Laurea) about the socio-economic development of Italian National Parks (October 1998).
EUROPEAN UNION AWARD ERASMUS for international academic programs (University of Kiel - Germany, Sept
1995/Aug 1996)
APPLICATION SOFTWARE
STATA, SPSS, Office applications
LANGUAGES
German:
English:
fluent
fluent
French: school level
Italian: mother tongue
PUBLICATIONS
Books
(2009), with Samuele Animali, Diffusione Geografica delle Sedi Universitarie e Sviluppo Locale,
E.U.M.
Contributions to books
(2008), with Samuele Animali, “The Impact of the Geographical Decentralisation of Academic
Institutions on Local Production Systems‟ Learning Processes: an Italian Empirical Study”, in
Higer Legal Culture and Post-graduate Education in Europe . A Comparative Analysis, a cura di
Olgiati, V. e Rosselli, O., Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Napoli, pag. 161-202.
(2003), “Learning Pathologies in Less Favored Regions: Toward a Definition of the Cognitive
Obstacles to Local Development”, in ”The Influence of Co-operations, Networks and Institutions
on Regional Innovation Systems” edited by: Dirk Fornahl & Thomas Brenner, Edward Elgar,
Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA, USA, pag. 128-148.
(2000), “Progetti ed Effetti nei Parchi Naturali” in Aree Protette e Sviluppo Economico, Centro
Studi Valerio Giacomini, Milano, pag. 129-139.
Articles
(2014), with Annaflavia Bianchi, “Diffusion and Use of Public eServices in Europe: An
Assessment of Country Level Indicators”, forthcoming in Telecommunication Policy.
(2013) with Zanfei, A., “The co-evolution of ICT, skills and organization in public
administrations: Evidence from new European country-level data”. Structural Change and
Economic Dynamics, 27 (2013) pp 160-178.
(2012), with Nicola Matteucci, “Crisi, declino e ristrutturazione nella manifattura italiana: note
per una nuova agenda di ricerca e di politica industriale”, Prisma, 3 - 2012, pp. 149-162.
(2004), with Salvatore Torrisi and Marco Giarratana, “Il distretto come risorsa per l‟impresa: un
caso di sistema plurisettoriale nelle Marche”, Economia Marche, n. 3, 2004, pag. 59-99.
(2003), “L‟evoluzione dei sistemi locali di produzione tra diffusione delle ICT e
internazionalizzazione della produzione: uno studio sulle PMI distrettuali della provincia di
Macerata”, in Quaderni del Laboratorio “Enrico Mattei” Sviluppo e Territorio,- CCIAA di
Macerata, Numero 4, pag. 97-137.
(2003) “Il ruolo residuo della prossimità geografica per le imprese distrettuali italiane: alcuni
risultati da un campione di imprese della Provincia di Macerata”, in Commercio estero,
competitività e internazionalizzazione delle imprese, pubblicazione a cura della CCIAA di
Macerata, Settore Sviluppo e Sostegno Economico, pag. 99-109.
(2003), “Verso quale „direzione‟ la ricerca sui distretti industriali?”, in Prisma, Anno XXI, n. 24.
Unpublished papers
with Alessandra Cepparulo*, Fabio Fiorillo**, Alessandra Nurra***, (* University of Urbino,
**University of Ancona, ***Istat, Rome), “The changing organization of public services and the
performance of municipalities” mimeo.
with Davide Arduini*, Marco Biagetti**, Luigi Reggi**, (*University of Urbino, **Italian
Ministry of Economic Development), “Determinants and effects of infomobility at the citylevel”, mimeo.
“The knowledge impact of new universities on local production systems. An assessment of the
Italian experiment after the „Bologna Process’ reform”, mimeo.
with Tommaso Ciarli, “Regional structural change and small firms‟ adaptabilities: Evidence
from Italian firm-level data.”, mimeo.
“The use of proximity and its effects on network dynamics: new evidences from Italian firms“,
mimeo.
“The coevolution of organizations, ICT and human resources in Italian districts firms: does the
„habit of proximity‟ play a role?“, mimeo.
“Firms behavior in declining industrial districts and the residual relevance of proximity: an
overview“, mimeo.
REFERENCES
Antonello Zanfei
Full Professor of Industrial Economics,
University of Urbino, Italy
Via Saffi 42 - 61029 Urbino
Phone: +39 0722 305562
email: [email protected]
Ulrich Witt
Director Evolutionary Economics Group and
Professor for Economics, Department of Economics,
University of Jena, Germany
Max Planck Institute of Economics,
Evolutionary Economics Group
Kahlaische Straße 10
D-07745 Jena
Germany
phone: +49 - 3641 - 686 801
fax: +49 - 3641 - 686 868
e-mail: [email protected]
http://www.econ.mpg.de/english/staff/evo/witt