A historian of economics, he is Associate Professor at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of Bocconi University, Director of the ASK Research Centre of Bocconi University, Visiting Professor IMT Lucca, Director Fondazione Palazzo Te in Mantua. He served as advisor to Minister Franceschini in 2014, as a member of the Consiglio Superiore dei Beni Culturali, on the board of directors of the Piccolo Teatro and the Pinacoteca di Brera.