I am a Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Turin, Visiting Professor at the University of Reading (where I worked 2000-2022), IZA Fellow and Collegio Carlo Alberto Affiliate. I am a member of the Gender Commission of the Italian Society of Economics and of the Women in Economics Network.

My research focuses on behavioral and labor economics, with a focus on gender, stigma, and social norms. My publications study the role of inequalities and social norms in education, paid and unpaid work, pensions and the paid sex market. I like to work with interdisciplinary teams and currently I am particularly interested in techniques for identifying biases in text and images and illicit trafficking of cultural goods. My current projects focus on behaviour change in the labour market and cities and on interventions to reduce inequalities in education.

I direct the Cube Project (Contrasting Unconscious Bias in Education), the Work Package on Behaviour Change and Gender and Diversity in the Horizon2020 INHABIT consortium, I am Co-I of the Nuffield Infant Feeding Decisions and Return to Work project, Advisor in Horizon2020 DivAirCity and Advisor in the Learning Academy of Sanoma.