Luca Zamparini

Luca Zamparini is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Salento, Italy. He chairs courses in Economics at the Faculty of Law and Tourism Economics at the Faculty of Economics. His expertise spans transport and tourism economics, focusing on qualitative attributes of transport services (e.g., time and reliability), transport security, and the interplay between transport and tourism development. He employs methodologies like multicriteria analysis and time series econometrics in his research.

Education: PhD in Economics from the University of Bologna (Italy) and MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (UK). He has taught courses such as Economics of Transport and Logistics and coordinated the Development and Transport Infrastructure module for the Master in Development Innovation and Change.

Professional Involvement: Member of NECTAR (European transport research network), coordinator of the EU-STELLA project on sustainable transport, and Editor of the Edward Elgar series on 'Comparative perspectives on transportation security'. He actively participates in conferences as a chairperson, speaker, and discussant.

Research Contributions: Authored/edited volumes, special journal issues, and numerous articles/chapters. His work bridges theoretical and empirical analyses in transport and tourism sectors.