Matteo Rizzolli
(m.rizzolli@lumsa.it)
Matteo Rizzolli is associate professor of Economic Policy at LUMSA University of Rome.
He holds a Ph.D. in Law and Economics (University of Siena).
He obtained the national habilitation as full professor in Economic Policy.
He coordinates the European Master of Law and Economics at LUMSA and he is the treasurer of the Italian Society of Law and Economics.
He co-edits the International Review of Economics; he is member of the Board of the Economy of Francesco and auditor of the Forum delle Associazioni Familiari and member of the academic board of the LUMSA Ph.D. program in Civil Economy.
His research interests concern primarily law & economics, behavioral public policy and regulation, experimental economics, family economics and family policies.
Marco Costanzi
(m.costanzi@lumsa.it)
Marco Costanzi graduated with honors in Psychology in 2001 at the Sapienza University of Rome, where he obtained his Ph.D in Neurophysiology in 2005.
He is enrolled in the Register of Psychologists of the Lazio region since 2008.
He is currently associate professor at the Department of Human Sciences, LUMSA University of Rome and Director of the Bachelor’s degree program in Science and techniques of psychology.
Since 2002, he has performed studies at the Institute of Neuroscience and the Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology of the CNR, on the neurobiological mechanisms of learning and memory processes in physiological and pathological conditions.
He is founding member of the research unit CeReBRO (Center for Research on Behaviour Relationship and Organization).
Rossana Amoroso
(r.amoroso@lumsa.it)
Maria Bianca Armiento
(m.armiento1@lumsa.it)
Maria Bianca Armiento is an adjunct professor in "Big Data and Digital Ecosystem" (module on regulation of AI) at LUMSA University, where she previously taught a course in "Economic law". She has also been an adjunct professor in "European Law" at the Central Institute for Restoration (Italian Ministry of Culture).
She holds a law degree from Lumsa University (2016) and a PhD in “Public and Economic Law” from the University of Pisa (2020).
She was a visiting fellow at the Law Department of the European University Institute (January-April 2022).
Her research interests include the relationship between administrative law and technology, market regulation, better regulation, public utilities, simplification of controls, and antitrust law. She also authored a book on the use of AI in public admnistration and its regulatory framework (2024).
In her professional activity, she currently works as an officer at an independent authority; she was a trainee lawyer for the Avvocatura Generale dello Stato, was a law clerk for the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation, and collaborated with the Presidency of the Council of Ministries.
Francesco Calisi
(f.calisi.dottorati@lumsa.it)
Francesco Calisi is a PhD Student in Administrative Law at the LUMSA University of Rome.
Since 2020 he cooperates with the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) to promote regulatory inspection best practices.
Francesco holds a degree in law from LUMSA University, where he graduated with a thesis on “Tools for quality of legislation and regulation”.
During his stint as a student, Francesco collaborated as an intern with the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers, focusing on regulatory impact assessment.
His current research fields concern the use of risk-based tools and methodologies in enforcement activities and administrative simplification.
Luca Megale
(l.megale@lumsa.it)
Luca Megale is a Research Fellow in Administrative law; Researcher for the Artificial Intelligence Observatory within the ASTRID Foundation; OECD Consultant (Regulatory Delivery Programme) and tutor for the third term in Rome of the European Master in Law and Economics - EMLE.
He has been a visiting researcher at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn Carey Law).
He holds a PhD in administrative law and graduated cum laude in Law from LUMSA University (2020); he has a diploma from the Academy of European Public Law (European Public Law Organisation - EPLO), and is enrolled in the Master of Studies in Law and Governance at the European Law & Governance School (European Public Law Organisation - EPLO) with a scholarship from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
His research interests include simplification of controls, food safety regulation, law and new technologies, better regulation, and competition law.
He also worked as a trainee lawyer for a law firm specialising in competition and administrative law.
Marina Rallo
(m.rallo@lumsa.it)
Marina Rallo holds a PhD student in Administrative Law and co-tutor for the Jean Monnet Chair on the EU Approach to Better Regulation at the LUMSA University.
Her research project focuses on gender equity issues in public administrations, particularly in the Italian and European contexts.
After graduating in Law (2020) from the Federico II University in Naples, she did an internship at the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Juvenile Court in Rome and a legal traineeship at a firm specialised in administrative law.