Francesco Ravazzolo

Francesco Ravazzolo is a Full Professor of Econometrics at the Faculty of Economics and Management, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, and Head of the Department of Data Science and Analytics at BI Norwegian Business School. He holds a Ph.D. from Tinbergen Institute (2007). His research focuses on commodity markets, energy economics, financial econometrics, and macroeconometrics, with over 40 publications in leading journals such as the Journal of Applied Econometrics and Annals of Applied Statistics.

He serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Forecasting, Journal of Applied Econometrics, and others. His work addresses policy-relevant issues like energy price forecasting, macroeconomic volatility, and cryptocurrency modeling. He co-founded AIAQUA and COMMODIA, spin-offs from the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.

Key research interests include Bayesian econometric methods, nowcasting techniques, and the application of advanced statistical models to energy and financial markets. His recent work examines gas price caps, smart energy systems, and pandemic impacts on businesses. He has collaborated with institutions like the Reserve Bank of Australia on core inflation measures and co-developed the DeCo toolbox for density forecast combination.