Vittorio Pelligra is Professor of Economics (13/A2). He teaches Economic Policy, Economics of Information and Behavioral Economics. His research interests are experimental and behavioral economics, civil economy and social and cognitive neurosciences. He coordinates the BERG, (Behavioral Economics Research Group) at the University of Cagliari, is research fellow of CRENoS (Centre for North-South Economic Research), is also the director of the Scientific Committee of SEC – Scuola di Economia Civile. Vittorio is also co-founder of  SmartLab and Wecoop, two companies active in the fields of data science and edutainment. From 2019 to 2023 he has coordinated the PhD program in Economics and Business.
He contributes to the #MindTheEconomy column, which appears every Sunday in the financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore.

 

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Latest publications

• Pelligra, V., Sacco, P.L. (2023). “Searching for meaning in a post-scarcity society. Implications for Creativity and Job Design". Frontiers in Psychology, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1198424
• Pelligra, V., (2023). La Cura delle Radici. Beni comuni, bene comune. Milano. Vita e Pensiero 
• Pelligra, V., (2022). Parole che fanno. La logica occulta della comunicazione. Roma. Città Nuova
• Mandolesi G., Pelligra V., Rolando S., (2022). “The Gambling industry’s Corporate Structure in a Partially Liberalised Market”, in: Nikkinen J., Marionneau V., Egerer M. (eds) The Global Gambling Industry. Wiesbaden. Springer. 
• Pelligra, V., (2022). Ipersociali. Le radici, le forme e le trappole della vita in comune. Roma. Ecra.
• Medda, T., Pelligra, V., Reggiani, T., (2021). “Does repeated participation in laboratory experiments affect pro-social behaviour?”, Games 12(1), 18.
• Fadda, P., Fancello, G., Frigau, L., Mandas, M., Medda, A., Mola, F., Pelligra, V., Porta, M., Serra, P., (2021). “Investigating the Role of Human Element in Maritime Accidents using Semi-Supevised Hierarchical Methods”, Transportation Research Procedia, 2021, pp. 252-259.
• Becchetti, L., Corazzini, L., Pelligra, V., (2021). “Trust and Trustworthiness in Corrupted Economic Environments”, Games 12(1), 16. 
• Pelligra, V., Vasquez A. (2020). "Empathy in Socially Responsible Consumption: An Experimental Investigation Using the Vote-With-the-Wallet Game", Theory and Decision 89(4), pp. 383–422. 
• Pelligra, V., Reggiani, T., Zizzo, D.J. (2020). “Responding to (Un)Reasonable Requests by an Authority”, Theory and Decision 89(3), pp. 287–311.
• Becchetti, L. Corrado, G., Pelligra, V., Rossetti, F., (2020), “Satisfaction and preferences in a legality social dilemma: Does corporate social responsibility impact consumers’ behaviour?", Journal of Policy Modeling 42(2), pp. 483-502.
• Bruni, L., Pelligra, V., Reggiani, T., Rizzolli, M., (2020), “The Pied Piper: Prizes, Incentives, and Motivation Crowding-in“, Journal of Business Ethics 166(3), pp. 643–658.

 

Education

• PhD in Economics - University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Supervisors: Robert Sugden, Shaun Hargreaves-Heap, Chris Starmer, 2007.
• MSc in Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, 1998.
• BA in Economics (Summa cum Laude) - University of Cagliari, ITALY, 1996

 

Academic positions and affiliations

2023 -

• Full Professor in Economics (“Politica Economica” - 13/A2), Department of Economics and Business, University of Cagliari

2016 - 2023

• Associate Professor in Economics (“Politica Economica” - 13/A2), Department of Economics and Business, University of Cagliari (Habilitation as Full Professor – since 2019)

2009 - Present

• Invited Professor, ‘Sophia’ International University Institute, Loppiano – Florence

2008 - Present

• Co-ordinator BERG (Behavioural Economics Research Group – University of Cagliari)

2006 - Present

• Research Fellow CRENoS (Centre for North-South Economic Research)

2002 - 2016

Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Business, University of Cagliari

 

Administrative duties

2019 - Present

• Co-ordinator of the PhD program in Economics and Business, Department of Economics and Business, University of Cagliari.

2019 – Present

• Member of the Gender Budget Group, University of Cagliari

2019 – Present

• Member of the Scientific Committee of UniCa Press, University of Cagliari

2017 – 2020

• Representative of the Economic Sectors in the Research Projects Committee (Direzione Ricerca e Territorio), University of Cagliari

2017 – Present

• Rector’s Delegate for the International Cooperation and Development, University of Cagliari

2017 – 2018

• Responsible for the Quality Process of the “Scienze Economiche / Economia Finanza e Politiche Pubbliche” degree.

 

Third mission

2018 – Present

• Author of the “Mind the Economy” column (appears every Sunday in the financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore).

2018 - Present

• Member of the Scientific Committee of Sardarch s.r.l. (University Spin-off)

2017 - Present

• Member of the Scientific Committee of ‘Sophia Global Studies’ – IUS, Loppiano-Florence.

2013 - Present

• Co-founder WECOOP s.r.l

2013 - Present

• Member of the Scientific Committee of SEC - Scuola di Economia Civile.

2012 - Present

• Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors SMARTLAB s.r.l. (University Spin-off)

 

Non-academic positions

2019 - Present

• Member of the Study Group on “Sustainable Economy and Development”, Ministry of the Environment (Italian Government)

2017 - Present

• Advisory Council Member of ‘Rumundu.com’

2017 - Present

• Member of the Scientific Committee of ‘Fondazione Casa Museo Antonio Gramsci’.

2017 - Present

• Member of the Scientific Committee of ‘NeXt – Nuova Economia X Tutti’