Call for papers: Regional Perspectives in Economic Complexity

CREF researchers Angelica Sbardella and Andrea Tacchella are guest editors of a special issue in Scienze Regionali, a leading Italian journal in the field. This issue will focus on the application of Economic Complexity (EC) methods to understand regional development. By examining how different scales influence economic outcomes, this research offers a fresh perspective on […]

Economic complexity and the sustainability transition: a review of data, methods, and literature

Title: Economic complexity and the sustainability transition: a review of data, methods, and literature Authors: Bernardo Caldarola (UNU-MERIT and University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands), Dario Mazzilli (CREF) , Lorenzo Napolitano (European Commission Joint Research Centre – JRC Seville), Aurelio Patelli(CREF)  and Angelica Sbardella(CREF)  Published on Jphys Complexity DOI 10.1088/2632-072X/ad4f3d   Abstract Economic Complexity (EC) […]

Mapping job fitness and skill coherence into wages: an economic complexity analysis

Title: Mapping job fitness and skill coherence into wages: an economic complexity analysis Authors: Sabrina Aufiero (Università “Sapienza”- Roma, University College-London), Giordano De Marzo (Università “Sapienza”- Roma, Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi, Complexity Science Hub – Vienna), Angelica Sbardella (Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi), Andrea Zaccaria (Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi, Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi (ISC) – CNR) […]

Triple T – Tackling a just Twin Transition

Triple T – Tackling a just Twin Transition: a Complexity Approach to the Geography of Capabilities, Labour Markets and Inequalities Coordinator: Angelica Sbardella (CREF) Partner Scuola Superiore di Studi Avanzati Sant’Anna di Pisa Project Code:  P2022B5S5J Triple T presents an ambitious interdisciplinary research agenda that plans to identify the capabilities and the policy strategies needed […]

Who creates jobs with broad skillsets? The crucial role of firms

In the recently published International Labour Organization (ILO) Working Paper 94, “Who creates jobs with broad skillsets? The crucial role of firms,” researchers Giordano De Marzo and Angelica Sbardella from CREF, along with Nanditha Mathew from UNU MERIT, have collaborated with the ILO to study the role of Indian firms in shaping the labor market. […]

Complexity in the natural, social and economic sciences

la ricerca Head of the research line Luciano Pietronero Overview The Social and Economic Complexity project is divided into two macro areas: applications of the Economic Fitness and Complexity framework, and network methods and theory. Economic Fitness and Complexity is an economic method developed by Luciano Pietronero’s group, first at Sapienza and currently at CREF. […]

The socio-economic impact and technological innovation of artificial intelligence

la ricerca Head of Research Line Andrea Tacchella Overview Recent advances in artificial intelligence are rapidly changing how we process information and generate content. In particular, the models for the language Large Language Models – LLM, (ChatGPT, GPT4, LLaMA) and the models for generating images Diffusion Models – DM, (DALLE 2, Midjourney, StableDiffusion) have proven […]

Politiche per la transizione verde

Il Mulino, 26 gennaio 2023 L’emergenza climatica potrebbe essere l’ultima opportunità per rilanciare una crescita sostenibile dell’economia italiana. Perché accada, le imprese devono essere affiancate da una nuova stagione di interventi statali. Le miti temperature che hanno caratterizzato la fine del 2022 ci ricordano che siamo in piena emergenza climatica. Gli ultimi otto anni hanno […]