Marco Rosso

Welcome to my personal website—glad you made it here of your own free will (or maybe you clicked by mistake; it happens to the best of us).

I am a fifth-year PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Bologna.

My research focuses on Political Economy, Crime Economics, Experimental and Behavioral Economics, with a particular interest in how institutions and individual behavior interact in real-world settings.

At the moment, I am navigating the thrilling limbo of academia: working through the reviews of my PhD thesis—I will defend my thesis, “Essays in Political Economy and Crime Economics”, on January 28, 2026—while exploring new research ideas and job opportunities (you can find my Job Market Paper here).

Meanwhile, I am working on the rollout of the MinUTo App¹ in support of mindful parenting, in continuity with the online interviews I conducted for the MinUTo Project. At the same time, I am temporarily serving as a Research Assistant at the University of Naples Federico II on the project “Organized crime, political connections and firms’ performance”, conducting an analysis of open-ended responses collected from participants with the goal of identifying and categorizing the motivations that emerge, and distinguishing between respondent profiles using text analysis techniques.

Moreover, I also serve as Teaching Assistant for Industrial Economics, Econometrics, Political Economy, and Python for Economists at the University of Bologna.

And finally, I organize the DSE Afterwork Drinks, a monthly informal gathering where we talk about research, academic life, and everything in between—from careers and conferences to films, music, and everyday worries—with the aim of building a relaxed, supportive department community.

My favorite quote?
“There is no point in using the word “impossible” to describe something that has clearly happened.” ²
Funny how obvious it seems once you notice it, right?