Mario Pianta is Full Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics, Society and Politics, Via Saffi 42, 61029 Urbino (PU). He is Member of the Centro Linceo Interdisciplinare “Beniamino Segre”, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Italian Academy of Sciences).

He has been Fernand Braudel Fellow at the European University Institute, Visiting scholar at the Centre for International Studies, London School of Economics, Chercheur invité at CRPS, Université Paris 1, Panthéon Sorbonne and Research fellow at Columbia University.

His works are organised in the following subjects: The current crisis and economic policies; Economic growth and innovation; Inequality, distribution and innovation; Technology and employment; Analysis of innovation; International political economy, globalisation and social activism.

A selection of articles for the Italian media can be found at: http://www.sbilanciamoci.info/Chi-scrive/Mario-Pianta-345 * www.novesudieci.org

New books

* "Sbilanciamo l'economia. Una via d'uscita dalla crisi" (con Giulio Marcon), Laterza, 2013, 170 pp., 12 euro.

* "Nove su dieci. Perché stiamo (quasi) tutti peggio di 10 anni fa", Laterza, 2012, 176 pp., 12 euro.

*  "Global justice activism and policy reform in Europe. Understanding how change happens" (ed. with P. Utting, A. Ellersiek) London, Routledge, 2012.