Francesco Serti

Francesco Serti is an Associate Professor in Economics at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, where he is affiliated with the AXES research unit (Analysis of Complex Economic Systems). He concurrently holds a Visiting Professor position at the University of Alicante's FAE department. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Alicante and served as a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Turin and Florence. He earned his PhD in Economics from the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, within the Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM).

His research focuses on labor economics, health economics, international trade, production networks, and methodological areas like microeconometrics, policy evaluation, and causal machine learning. His work bridges theoretical and applied economics, emphasizing empirical rigor and policy relevance.

Dr. Serti's academic career includes multiple cross-institutional collaborations, particularly in Mediterranean universities, and he contributes to the AXES unit’s interdisciplinary research on complex economic systems. No specific grants, awards, or lab affiliations are explicitly detailed in the provided text.