Aldo Geuna

Aldo Geuna is a Full Professor at the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society at the University of Turin, specializing in economic policy (SSD: SECS-P/02). His office is located at the "Luigi Einaudi" Campus in Turin, and he is currently on sabbatical leave until September 2026 during which time he is not supervising thesis work.

Professor Geuna's research spans multiple areas within the economics of science, innovation, and technology. His primary interests include university-industry relations, research careers and academic mobility, gender issues in academia, science policy, and the history of the Italian automotive industry. He has made significant contributions to understanding how universities interact with industry, the impact of research assessment systems, and the dynamics of academic careers.

His recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on the automotive industry, particularly examining the Italian automotive sector's evolution and its regional impacts in Turin. He also investigates PhD career trajectories, university-industry collaboration models, and the relationship between research funding, productivity, and gender. His work often employs comparative approaches, particularly between European and US contexts.

Professor Geuna teaches Economics of Knowledge (CPS0831) and has supervised numerous theses on topics ranging from AI in medical diagnostics to electric vehicles and the history of the Italian automotive industry. His research has been published in leading journals including Research Policy, Industrial and Corporate Change, and Higher Education.