Simona Iammarino is Professor of Applied Economics at the Department of Economics and Business of the University of Cagliari, Italy; Visiting Professor at the Department of Geography & Environment of the London School of Economics (LSE); member of the Board of the LSE-Cañada Blanch Centre; affiliate faculty member at the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) L’Aquila, Italy. She was Professor of Economic Geography at the LSE (2009-2022), where she acted as Head of Department (2014-2017) and an academic member of the LSE Council (2016-2020). Simona’s main research interests lie in the following areas: Multinational corporations, globalisation, and local economic development; Economic geography of innovation and technological change; Regional and local economic development and policy. She has published more than 70 articles in major peer-reviewed journals, two co-authored books, around 30 book chapters, and numerous working papers, policy reports, and other publications. She is co-editor of the Journal of Economic Geography, member of the Regional Studies Association Executive Group and Board, and Chair of the RSA Journal Committee. Simona has long-term experience in externally funded international research projects, and in consultancy projects for various international organisations (e.g. EU Commission, OECD, United Nations) and numerous government agencies.
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