Alessandro Launaro

Professor Alessandro Launaro is a scholar in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, affiliated with the Faculty of Classics and Gonville & Caius College. His academic rank is Professor of Roman Archaeology, with a focus on material culture, environmental archaeology, and landscape studies.

• University of Pisa: Laurea in Classical Archaeology (specializing in ancient topography and landscape archaeology)
• University of Pisa: PhD in Ancient History (demography of Roman Italy)

Launaro's research centers on the socio-economic evolution of the Roman world, particularly the transformation of Roman Italy's urban and rural landscapes. He has directed fieldwork at the Roman town of Interamna Lirenas since 2010, employing geophysical prospections, field surveys, and excavation.

His recent publications emphasize Roman urbanism in Italy, computational approaches to archaeological data, and socio-economic dynamics. Notable works include studies on Roman potsherds using machine learning, geophysical surveys of Roman cities, and analyses of rural economic development from the Republic to Empire.

• British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship

Launaro supervises modules in Classical Art & Archaeology at the Faculty of Classics and teaches Latin translation and composition at Gonville & Caius College. He is not available for consultancy but remains engaged in advancing Roman archaeology through interdisciplinary methodologies.