Roberto Mavilia

Roberto Mavilia is a Full Professor of Business Economics and Management and has served as Pro-Rector for Research, Post-Graduate, and Internationalization at the University for Foreigners "Dante Alighieri" of Reggio Calabria. From 2010 to 2023, he was the Director of MEDAlics - Research Center for Mediterranean Relations. His expertise spans innovation economics, technology management, global value chains, and Mediterranean economic relations. He is affiliated with ICRIOS at Bocconi University in Milan, where he teaches Business Economics and Management. He was a member of the Group of Evaluation Experts for the VQR 2015-2019 at ANVUR. He is the Deputy Coordinator of an Innovative International PhD program and has taught at the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria.

He coordinated the MSCA-RISE-2017 project named CatChain - CATCHING–UP ALONG THE GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN: MODELS, DETERMINANTS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS IN THE ERA OF THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, which involved 12 partners from Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Estonia, Greece, Brazil, South Africa, India, Malaysia, and South Korea. His research, published in monographs and in international journals like Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Journal of Technological Transfer, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and Scientometrics, focuses on industrial competitiveness, science parks, and innovation.

He has led international and national research projects, including Horizon 2020 initiatives, organized scientific conferences, and spoken at international symposiums. He has taught in the PhD program at the Complutense University of Madrid, and his international experience includes roles in Costa Rica, Brazil, and South Korea. He chaired the Technical-Scientific Committee for the Development of Productive Activities in the Aosta Valley. His contributions in innovation economics emphasize Mediterranean economies and global technological change. He has developed methodologies for analyzing innovation systems and studied global value chains, while also fostering international collaboration through research networks across Europe and the Mediterranean.