Giacomo Battiston

Giacomo Battiston is a Postdoctoral researcher at the ROCKWOOL Foundation in Berlin and a Research Associate at the Berlin School of Economics. He holds a PhD in Economics from Bocconi University. His research focuses on the intersection of development economics and political economy, particularly migration economics and conflict determinants. He combines structural econometrics and experimental methods in his work.

Education: PhD in Economics from Bocconi University.

Teaching Experience:

• Instructor: Economics and Governance of Migration (Master), Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Spring 2022
• Teaching Assistant: Labor Economics (Undergraduate), Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Fall 2021
• Teaching Assistant: Macroeconomics - Labor (PhD), Bocconi University, Fall 2017-2020

Research Interests: Giacomo explores migration economics through randomized controlled trials and policy analysis. A key project evaluates information interventions on migration decisions in Guinea. His work on Mediterranean border enforcement examines policy trade-offs and media/public attention effects.