Giacomo Bandini

Former Director General of Competere – Policies for sustainable development. He holds a PhD in economic history at the Sapienza University of Rome. Previously, he has served as Project Manager for the Luigi Einaudi Foundation in Rome. He is columnist and analyst for several Italian news outlets and newspapers on innovation policies.

Co-author of the book “Europe 4.0. The future is already here” edited by Livingston/Caffé Orchidea, May 2019.

Past projects:

• Energetic Efficiency in the Bulding Sector – Research and policy support to a political group of the X Committee of the Italian Chamber of Deputies (2019)
• Impact of vaping products market in Italy (2011- 2018) – Policy paper and scenario analysis (2018)
• Levels of Digital Skills in the Italian Public Administration – Study, survey and analysis for the Committee of Inquiry on the Levels of Digitization in the Italian Public Administration (2017)
• Industry 4.0. A new paradigm for manufacture – Study and analysis for the X Committee of the Italian Chamber of Deputies (2016)
• Milan 2020 – The future of the Metropolitan City of Milan (2015)

Publications:

• Chapter in volume: Skills and Automation: History and Actuality in Innovation Processes in “Europe 4.0. The future is already here” edited by Livingston/Caffé Orchidea, May 2019
• Scientific article: Le imprese italiane e le competenze mancanti. Un’analisi del Piano Industria 4.0 in Quaderni di ricerca sull’artigianato, Vol. 3, december 2018

Già direttore generale di Competere – Policies for sustainable development. Ha conseguito un dottorato di ricerca in storia economica presso l’Università La Sapienza di Roma. Precedentemente, è stato Project Manager per la Fondazione Luigi Einaudi a Roma. È editorialista e analista per numerose riviste e giornali italiane sulle politiche dell’innovazione.

È co-autore del libro “Europe 4.0. The future is already here” pubblicato a maggio 2019 da Livingston/Caffé Orchidea.