Federico Maggio is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Economics and Management at the Free University of Bozen–Bolzano. He received his PhD in Economics from the same institution in 2024 and previously held a postdoctoral position at the University of Bologna.

His research lies at the intersection of labor economics, development economics, and political economy. He studies migration decisions and migrant selection, the consequences of violence and weak institutions, and how political institutions shape health and human development.