PhD, is a Professor of Biobehavioral Economics at the University of Chieti-Pescara. He serves as a Senior Advisor at the OECD Center for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions, and Cities, and is a Research Associate at the Policy Evidence Center, University of Newcastle, and at metaLAB (at) Harvard.

He is also a member of the scientific advisory boards of the Fondazione Scuola dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali in Rome, the Jameel Arts & Health Center at New York University, and the Advisory Council on Scientific Innovation in Prague, Czech Republic.