Dr Alberto Vesperoni

Senior Lecturer in Economics

Research interests

Economics

Contact details

alberto.vesperoni@kcl.ac.uk

Biography

Alberto Vesperoni joined the Department of Political Economy as a Lecturer in Economics in September 2019. He is trained as an economist (PhD from Stockholm School of Economics, MSc from Bocconi University). He is an economic theorist with focus on development economics. So far Alberto’s research has been on contest theory and on linking models of social interaction to structural variables related to the measurement of economic inequality, spatial concentration and ethnic diversity.

Find out more information about Alberto Vesperoni on his personal webpage.

Office hours

Monday: 12.00 - 13.00

Wednesday: 11.00 - 12.00

Research subject areas

Economic theory
Development economics

PhD supervision

Formal modeling and quantitative analysis of cooperation and conflict within-between geo-political units
Formal and quantitative issues in the measurement of economic inequality, spatial concentration and ethnic diversity

Research

Quantitative Political Economy Research Group

The Quantitative Political Economy research group gathers economists and political scientists that are committed to bridging the two disciplines. The common ground is the study politics and policies with advanced quantitative methods and formal modeling.

Political Economy of Peace and Conflict

The Political Economy of Peace and Security research group analyses a wide range of conflicts, conflict resolution and institutional design for positive peace.