Monica Pratesi

Monica Pratesi is a Full Professor of Statistics at the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Pisa. She currently serves on leave as Director of the Department for Statistical Production at ISTAT, coordinating 937 researchers and managers. Her expertise spans small area estimation, poverty measurement, survey methodology, and official statistics. She leads the Tuscan Universities Research Centre “Camilo Dagum” and has held two Jean Monnet Chairs focusing on poverty and living conditions in the EU. She has coordinated major EU projects like INGRID-2 and MAKSWELL, advancing methodologies for inclusive growth and sustainable development. Her research integrates big data and citizen-generated data into statistical frameworks. Awards include presidencies of the Italian Statistical Society and the International Association of Survey Statisticians.

Education & Roles:

• Full Professor of Statistics (SECS-S/01) at University of Pisa since 2012
• Director, Department for Statistical Production at ISTAT (until 2024)
• President, Italian Statistical Society (2016-2020)
• President-elect, International Association of Survey Statisticians (2022-2023)

Research Focus: Advanced statistical methods for poverty monitoring, small area estimation, survey design, and leveraging big data for policy impact. Key areas include multidimensional poverty, educational poverty, and sustainable development indicators. Her work emphasizes real-time data integration and policy relevance.

Grants & Projects:

• Principal Investigator for INGRID-2 (EU H2020, 2017-2021)
• Principal Investigator for MAKSWELL (EU H2020, 2017-2020)
• Coordinator of SAMPLE (FP7) and INGRID (FP7)

Labs & Teams: Active in the Societal Transitions group and contributes to the European Master in Official Statistics program. Her research center, REMARC, focuses on policy-driven statistical innovation.