Ugo Fratesi

Associate Professor of Regional Economics at Polytechnic University of Milan

Ugo Fratesi is an Associate Professor of Regional Economics at the Politecnico di Milano since December 2010. He is an editor of Regional Studies since 2013. He was the Treasurer of Italian Section of the Regional Science Association International (AISRe) between 2010 and 2013. He has been involved with various roles in a large number of research projects, including project financed by the Espon programme, FP5, FP7, Horizon 2020 or the European Commission directly. He has published numerous books and papers in refereed journals in the field of regional economics, primarily on the themes of regional growth and development, regional growth forecasting, regional policy, the territorial aspects of human capital, and innovation.