I am post-doc researcher at Amsterdam institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies (AMIDSt) - Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA). I was involved in urban comparative research projects on cultural industries and urban (re)development, from an urban economics and cultural economics perspectives. The analysis of the interrelations and dynamics between cultural industries and urban development processes, taking into consideration the sustainability issues, was the subject of my PhD thesis. I am now focusing in exploring long-term development in the relation between cities and cultural industries by looking at the patterns of their evolution in selected cities across Europe and USA. I hold a PhD in Communication Economics ( IULM University , Milan ), a MSc in Urban Management (Erasmus University Rotterdam) and a BA/MSc in Economics ( Bocconi University , Milan ).