Mario Fiorini

Mario Fiorini is a Senior Lecturer in the Economics Discipline Group at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). He holds a PhD in Economics from University College London (UCL), focusing on cognitive skills' impacts on educational and labor market outcomes. His research expertise spans Labour Economics, Public Economics, and Applied Econometrics, with publications in top journals such as the Journal of Labor Economics and Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics.

Dr. Fiorini has taught economics courses at all academic levels, including Principles of Microeconomics, Public Economics, and Honours/PhD modules. His teaching excellence has garnered multiple nominations in UTS Business School's Top Subject and Teachers List. He has supervised Honours students who achieved notable outcomes, securing roles at institutions like NSW Treasury and Oxford Economics Australia.

In academic leadership, he has held roles including Director of Undergraduate Studies in Economics, Economics Honours Program Coordinator, and committee memberships in UTS Academic Board Teaching and Learning, Business School Teaching and Learning, and Business School Faculty Board.

His research grants include studies on crime prevention displacement (UTS Business School Grant, 2016) and child development through parental time allocation (ARC Discovery Project DP1094719, 2011–2016). His work emphasizes policy-relevant analysis, with a focus on causal inference methods in econometrics.