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Economia dell’Innovazione (Rieti)
Le lezioni del secondo semestre dell’a.a. 2024/25 avranno inizio il 27 febbraio.
Orario: Giovedì, 15:00 – 18:00 | Venerdì, 09:00 – 12:00
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The lectures for the second semester of the academic year 2024/25 will start on March 5th.
Schedule:
Every Wednesday, 16:00 – 18:00h
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Economia dell'innovazione (Rieti)
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Curriculum
Curriculum Vitae, November 2025
Current positions
• Since Dec 2023: Assistant Professor in Economic Policy (RTDA), Department of Economics and Law, Sapienza University of Rome
• Since 2023: Affiliate Researcher, Global Labour Organization
• Since 2024: Fellow, Centro Economia Digitale
Academic Qualifications
• Italian National Scientific Qualification (ASN) as Associate Professor in Applied Economics (since 2023) and Economic Policy (since 2025)
Previous positions
• 2022–2023: Research Fellow, Department of Economics and Law, Sapienza University of Rome
• 2021: Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa
• 2017–2021: PhD Candidate in Economics, Sapienza University of Rome
Research contracts
• July 2025–Sept 2026: External contractor, DG ECFIN, European Commission. Study: The Role of Industrial Policy in Shaping Productivity Dynamics in the EU
• Jan–Nov 2024: External contractor, Social Situation Monitor, European Commission. Study: Artificial Intelligence and Employment in the EU
• Feb–June 2024: External contractor, Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE). Study: Assessing EU energy resilience and vulnerabilities
• Oct–Dec 2023: External contractor, International Labour Organization (ILO). Study: Fiscal Policy Instruments for Inclusive Labor Markets
• March–Dec 2023: External contractor, Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini. Project on FEAD survey
• Feb–Oct 2023: External contractor, Centro Economia Digitale. Project: Frontier Technologies
• July 2021–Sept 2022: External contractor, ILO. Study on labour market policies
• June–Oct 2021: External contractor, Fondazione Rita Maierotti. Study on the Italian labour market
• Sept–Oct 2019: External contractor, Scuola Normale Superiore. Project on digitalisation in developing countries
Education
• 2017–2021: PhD in Economics, Sapienza University of Rome
• 2014–2016: MSc in Economics, Sapienza University of Rome
• 2012–2013: International exchange, University of Bologna
• 2010–2014: BSc with honours in European Economics and Business, University of Novi Sad
Scientific Publications
• Greenan, N., Guarascio, D., Reljic, J. (2026). AI and the Labour Market: Opening the Black Box. Euroasian Business Review.
• Guarascio, D., Reljic, J., Simonazzi, A. (2026). United in diversity? Core-periphery dynamics at the time of the green transition. Governance.
• Guarascio, D., Piccirillo, A., Reljic, J. (2025). Will robots replace workers? Assessing the impact of robots on employment and wages with meta-analysis, Journal of Economic Surveys, 39(5), 2254–2271.
• Guarascio, D., Reljic, J. (2025). AI and Employment in Europe, Economics Letters.
• Reljic, J., Zezza, F. (2025). Breaking the Divide: Can Public Spending on Social Infrastructure Boost Female Employment in Italy? Economic Modelling.
• Ernst, E., Merola, R., Reljic, J. (2025). Fiscal Policy Instruments for Inclusive Labour Markets: A Review, Journal of Economic Surveys.
• Guarascio, D., Reljic, J., Stollinger, R. (2025). Diverging Paths: AI Exposure and Employment across European Regions, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 73, 11–24.
• Guarascio, D., Reljic, J., Zezza, F. (2025). Energy vulnerability and resilience in the EU: concepts, empirics and policy, Journal of Industrial and Business Economics.
• Guarascio, D., Reljic, J., Cucignatto, G., Celi, G., Simonazzi, A. (2024). Between Scylla and Charybdis: Long-term drivers of the EU structural vulnerability, Review of Keynesian Economics, 12(4).
• Reljic, J., Cirillo, V., Guarascio, D. (2023). Regimes of robotization in Europe, Economics Letters.
• Reljic, J., Cetrulo, A., Cirillo, V., Coveri, A. (2023). Non-standard work and innovation: evidence from European industries, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 32(1), 136–164.
• Pianta, M., Reljic, J. (2022). The good jobs–high innovation virtuous circle, Economia Politica, 39, 783–811.
• Celi, G., Guarascio, D., Reljic, J., Simonazzi, A., Zezza, F. (2022). The asymmetric impact of war: resilience, vulnerability and implications for EU policy, Intereconomics, 57(3), 141–147.
• De Santis, S., Reljic, J., Tamagni, F. (2022). Productivity dynamics in Italy: learning and selection, Review of Official Statistics, 9–31.
• Reljic, J., Evangelista, R., Pianta, M. (2021). Digital technologies, employment and skills, Industrial and Corporate Change, 34(3), 385–340.
Policy reports
• Guarascio D., Reljic J. (2025). Artificial intelligence and employment in the EU. European Commission: Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion. Publications Office of the European Union. ISBN 9789268314111.
• Caisl J., Guarascio D., Reljic J. (2025). Digital skills in Europe: a methodological and empirical assessment. European Commission: Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion. Publications Office of the European Union. ISBN 978-92-68-27161-2.
• Ernst, E., Merola, R., Reljic, J. (2022). Fiscal policies for inclusive labour markets: A literature review with a gap analysis. ILO Working Paper Series. Geneva: ILO. ISBN 9789220378939.
Book chapters
• Cirillo, V., Reljic, J. (2024). The North-South Divide: A Structural Labor Market Perspective in Italy’s fragmented Landscape. In The Political Economy of Italy and the Center-Periphery Perspective on Europe (pp. 91–121). Edited by U. Glassmann and C. Gräbner-Radkowitsch. Metropolis Press. ISBN 9783731615606.
• Cirillo, V., Prota, F., Reljic, J. (2022). L’evoluzione recente del mercato del lavoro in Italia e in Puglia. In Le conquiste legislative degli anni ’70 in Puglia, analisi delle trasformazioni del mercato del lavoro pugliese e ruolo del movimento sindacale (pp. 87–138). Edizioni Radici Future, Bari. ISBN 9791254900048.
• Costantino, N., Reljic, J. (2022). Modelli organizzativi e sviluppo dell’impresa nell’ultimo cinquantennio. In Le conquiste legislative degli anni ’70 in Puglia, analisi delle trasformazioni del mercato del lavoro pugliese e ruolo del movimento sindacale (pp. 139–155). Edizioni Radici Future, Bari. ISBN 9791254900048.
Working Papers
• Guarascio, D., Reljic, J., Simonazzi, A. United in diversity? EU core-periphery divides at the time of the green transition (r&r)
• Greenan, N., Guarascio, D., Reljic, J. AI and the Labour Market: Opening the Black Box (under review)
• De Simone, M., Guarascio, D., Reljic, J. (2025). Do Robots Save Lives and Prevent Workplace Injuries? (under review)
• Guarascio, D., Reljic, J., Stollinger, R. (2023). Artificial Intelligence and Employment: A Look into the Crystal Ball. LEM Paper Series, No. 2023/34, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies. ISSN 2284-0400. (under review)
• Pianta, M., Coveri, A., Reljic, J. (2021). The Sectoral Innovation Database, 1994–2016. Methodological Notes. University of Urbino Working Paper WP-EMS No. 2021/01. ISSN 1594-7645.
Research grants
• 2024–2025: The impact of the green transition on European jobs, Sapienza (PI)
• 2024–2027: Towards a Shared Prosperity, Slovak Research and Development Agency (member)
• 2023–2024: AI and Employment, Sapienza (PI)
• Since 2022: European Macro Policy Network, Dezernat Zukunft (member)
• Since 2022: The economic impact of war, Sapienza (member)
• 2022–2023: The labour market impact of industrial robots in European regions, Sapienza (PI)
• 2019–2022: GROWINPRO, Horizon 2020 (member)
Teaching
• Since 2025: Economics of Innovation (Undergraduate), Sapienza
• Since 2023: Economics of Innovation (PhD), Sapienza
• Since 2023: Stata Laboratory (Graduate), Sapienza
• 2021–2025: Short courses including Advanced Innovation Course; Data Analysis (SNA); Digitalisation and Green Transition (Valore PA); Economics of Innovation (Online Master); Macroeconomics pre-course
Editorial activity
• Since 2022: Member of Editorial Board, Panoeconomicus
• 2023–2024: Guest Editor, Special Issue on AI and labor markets, Eurasian Business Review
• Referee for: Research Policy, Science Advances, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Nature’s Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, International Review of Economics and Finance, Spatial Economic Analysis, Industrial Relations, Economic Modelling, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, International Labour Review, Applied Economics, Applied Economic Letters, Regulation and Governance, Panoeconomicus, Economia e Lavoro e Sinappsi.
Conference organisation
• since 2019 Advanced Course ‘Innovation, Growth and International Production’, Department of Economics and Law, Sapienza University of Rome
• Sept 2024 International Conference European Industrial Policy in the New Global Context, LUISS & Sapienza University of Rome
• Oct 2023 YSI Pre-Conference of the 64th Annual Conference of Italian Economic Association: Innovation and Growth in a Globalized World, Sapienza University of Rome
• May 2023 International Workshop ‘Big Tech, Corporate Power and Economic Performance: Revisiting Monopoly Capitalism’, Sapienza University of Rome
• March 2023 EMPN Conference ‘Growth, technology and industrial policy: European and Italian perspectives’, Sapienza University of Rome
• May 2022 International Workshop ‘Industrial policy and Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan’, Sapienza University of Rome
Recent Conferences & Workshops
• Feb 2025 (invited talk) ‘Research for just transition’ Policy Workshop, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
• Sept 2024 Conference on Robots and Automation (CORA), WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
• May 2025 Mend the Gap in Economic Opportunities in Europe and Central Asia, World Bank, Bocconi, EIEF, Rome, Italy
• Feb 2025 (invited talk) ‘Research for just transition’ Policy Workshop, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
• Oct 2024 (invited talk) Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino, Italy
• Oct 2024 65th Annual Conference of Italian Economic Association (SIE), University of Urbino
• Sept 2024 Conference on Robots and Automation (CORA), Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
• Sept 2024 European Association for Labour Economists (EALE) Conference, Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, Norway
• July 2024 IAFFE 32nd Annual Conference, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
• May 2024 Workshop Inequality Today, Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence, Italy
• March 2024 (invited talk) Economic Research Seminar, NHF Faculty of Economics and Finance, Bratislava, Slovakia
• Jan 2024 7th International Astril Conference, Crisis, structural changes and public policies: the labour market at a crossroads, Roma Tre University, Italy
• Dec 2023 International Workshop on Advancements in social class analysis in the digital age, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Seville, Spain
• Nov 2023 Conference on Labour Market Effects and Social Impact of Technological Transformation, Globalisation and Demographic Change, KU Leuven, Belgium
• Oct 2023 64th Annual Conference of Italian Economic Association, Gran Sasso Science Institute
• Sep 2023 9th Social Situation Monitor (SSM) Research Seminar, The future of work: artificial intelligence and its labour market and social impacts, Brussels, Belgium
• Sep 2023 38th Annual Conference of the Italian Association of Labour Economics
• Jul 2023 SASE International Conference, Socio-Economics in a Transitioning World: Breaking Lines and Alternative Paradigms for a New World Order, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Jun 2023 20th International STOREP Conference, Rethinking Economic Policies: The Role of the State in the post-Covid-19, University of Bari
• Mar 2023 EMPN Conference on Growth, technology and industrial policy: European and Italian perspectives, Department of Economics and Law, Sapienza University of Rome
• Jan 2023 6th International Astril Conference, The labour market in a time of crisis, inflation and deglobalisation, Roma Tre University
Computer skills
Advanced: Stata, MS Office, EViews, LaTeX
Basic: SQL, R, SPSS