Simona Iammarino
Professor
Applied Economics University of Cagliari, Italy London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Simona Iammarino is Professor of Applied Economics at the Department of Economics and Business of the University of Cagliari, Italy; Visiting Professor at the Department of Geography & Environment of the London School of Economics (LSE); member of the Board of the LSE-Cañada Blanch Centre; affiliate faculty member at the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) L’Aquila, Italy.
Simona’s main research interests lie in the following areas: Multinational corporations, globalisation and local economic development; Economic geography of innovation and technological change; Regional systems of innovation; Regional and local economic development and policy. She has published more than 70 articles in major peer-reviewed journals, two co-authored books, around 30 book chapters, and numerous working papers, policy reports and other publications.
She is co-editor of the Journal of Economic Geography,
member of the Regional Studies Association Board, and Chair of the RSA Journal
Committee. Simona has a long-term experience in externally funded international
research projects, and in consultancy projects for various international
organisations (e.g. EU Commission, OECD, United Nations) and numerous
government agencies.
