Dr. Donato Di Carlo

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Donato Di Carlo is an Assistant Professor of Political Economy with a focus on comparative political economy and public policy issues. His academic research explores growth models, industrial policy, economic regulation, and European Union integration, along with comparative industrial relations and wage-setting systems. His scholarly work has been published in various prestigious journals including New Political Economy, Perspectives on Politics, Regulation & Governance, and Socioeconomic Review. In Spring 2023, he founded the Luiss Hub for New Industrial Policy and Economic Governance (LUHNIP) at Luiss University in Rome, which is a non-partisan, interdisciplinary research and advocacy hub focusing on issues of industrial policy and economic governance in Europe and Italy. Di Carlo holds a PhD in European Political Economy from the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne. Before joining LSE, he was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute in Fiesole and worked as a Senior Researcher at the Max Planck Institute. Additionally, he served as an external economic advisor to the Mayor of Rome and lectured on Political Economy at Luiss University.

Research Interests

Requirements for London School of Economics and Political Science

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Upper second class honours (2:1) degree or equivalent in a relevant social science discipline
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