is senior researcher at the Study Centre for International Politics (CeSPI). He is an economist with 30 years of professional experience in development, migration and international economics. He has deepened the knowledge on the migration and development nexus and on European Union policies with countries of origin and transit. He has released several publications on development cooperation and migration. In 2021 he edited the CeSPI book Italy and Europe Between Migratory Policies and Integration Processes (Donzelli Editore).