Staff
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Rico Maggi, IRE director |
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Stefano Scagnolari, PostDoc and O-Tur manager Born in Bologna on May 23rd, 1980, he has finished his studies at the Facoltà di Scienze Statistiche dell’Università di Bologna, receiving a degree in Statistical and Economic Sciences. Since 2006 he is working as research assistant at the faculty of economics of the Università della Svizzera italiana. In 2011 he received a study grant of the Swiss National Fund, which enabled him to specialize in his career at the Università of California, Berkeley. He received his doctoral degree in 2013 with a thesis about mobility and behavior of young people in their free time. The current research interests focuses on urban mobility and tourism economics, applying individual choice models and taking psychological aspect into account. CV |
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Igor Sarman, research fellow and O-Tur collaborator |
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Riccardo Curtale, PhD student at IRE and O-Tur collaborator Riccardo Curtale recently became PhD student at the IRE institute and member of O-Tur since September 2014. He obtains a master degree in statistics at University of Bologna and his responsabilities within O-tur concentrate on the destination reports. CV |
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Eva Vroegop, Master Assistant Eva is the Assistant for the Master in International Tourism. She graduated in this program herself at the Università della Svizzera italiana in 2013. She is responsible for the coordination of the programm and communication with the students. CV |