Donato Di Carlo

Donato Di Carlo is a Lecturer in Political Economy and founder/managing director of the LUHNIP Hub for New Industrial Policy and Economic Governance at Luiss University in Rome. Previously, he worked at the MPIfG (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies) since 2015, serving as a doctoral researcher, Max Weber Fellow (2020/2021) at the European University Institute, and senior researcher in the Research Group on the Political Economy of European Integration under Martin Höpner. His research focuses on structural/macroeconomic policy relationships, inflation management, wage policies, and EU economic governance. LUHNIP, launched in 2023 with funding from Dezernat Zukunft, investigates policy responses to global economic challenges. Di Carlo’s work bridges political economy and institutional analysis, emphasizing comparative studies between Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.

Research interests include public sector wage-setting mechanisms, industrial policy design, and the interplay between structural reforms and macroeconomic stability. His recent publications analyze inflation’s distributional impacts, Germany’s energy crisis response, and Italy’s dual-hybrid growth models. He critiques policy constraints in Southern Europe and explores the ECB’s role in shaping structural reforms.

Labs/Teams: Directly oversees the LUHNIP Hub, collaborating with policy think tanks and industrial associations. Advises on EU industrial strategies and geopolitical economic shifts. His scholarship combines empirical case studies with institutional frameworks, contributing to debates on Eurozone governance and post-pandemic economic resilience.