- Director of the Laboratory of Local Economics – Catholic University of Piacenza
- Associate Professor of Economic Policy at the Faculty of Economics and Law of the Catholic University of Piacenza and Cremona
- Director of the Master Must Local Tourism Development and Tourism Business Management
Research areas
- Analysis of local economic systems and territorial development policies
- Strategic planning and territorial planning
- Territorial marketing
- Theory of social capital and local governance
- Non-profit economics and the economic role of the third sector
- Tourism economy and local tourism policies