Professor of Macroeconomics, Newcastle University Business School, Newcastle University

Giorgio’s research interests revolve around international macroeconomics, trade, finance, productivity and growth, regional economics, and the economics of creative industries.

On the above topics, he has published several papers in leading international journals, including the Journal of Money, Credit & Banking, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Economic Modelling, Review of Financial Economics, Open Economies Review, Regional Studies, Journal of Regional Science, International Regional Science Review, Growth and Change, Spatial Economic Analysis, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, International Review of Law and Economics, Physical Review E, and in edited books.

Giorgio has been Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator for large-scale research projects in Italy and the UK. He is currently the Research Director of the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC), a national centre led by Newcastle University in partnership with the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (RSA) and funded by the Arts and Humanities Council. To learn more about the Creative PEC, please click here.