Fostering its trajectory of future development along the line of academic excellence and internationalization, Luiss University welcomes seven new professors of three different nationalities: they join Luiss as a continuation of a distinctive international experience. These new entries have brought the number of new arrivals to 14 since the beginning of the academic year. Of the seven new professors, two will join the Department of Law, one will take part in the Department of Economics and Finance, and four will serve the Department of Business and Management. The Department of Law sees the addition of two new members of faculty, demonstrating its commitment to the internationalization process that is becoming increasingly prominent in the Italian context.
Following his past experience as Visiting Professor, Jorge E. Viñuales returns to Luiss from the University of Cambridge (UK), where he holds the Harold Samuel Chair of Law and Environmental Policy. Of Argentinian origins, he completed his PhD at Science Po (France) and gained international recognition in environmental, investment and energy law. He joins Luiss as Full Professor of International Law.
Giovanni Piccirilli earned his PhD at the University of Genoa (Italy). He served as Senior Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law at Luiss, where he was also the Coordinator of the Center for Parliamentary Studies. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Law.
The Department of Economics and Finance welcomes a new faculty member from France.
Xavier M. R. Venel is a mathematical modeling expert, earned his PhD at Toulouse School of Economics (France), and served as Associate Professor (research). He is currently an Associate Professor of Game Theory.
The Department of Business and Management is enriched with four new faculty members.
Federica Brunetta earned her PhD at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart (Italy) and served as Senior Assistant Professor of Management at Luiss. Professor Brunetta is an expert in institutional theory and digitalization of supply chains, and currently is an Associate Professor of Management at the Department of Business and Management and at the Luiss Business School.
Elena Bruni is currently an Assistant Professor (research) of Organization Studies. She earned her PhD from Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Italy) and before joining Luiss, she was a Marie Curie Skłodowska fellow at WU Vienna (Austria). Professor Bruni joins Luiss for contributing to a research initiative on impact innovation sponsored by Italia Camp.
Silvia Dello Russo joins Luiss as an Associate Professor of Organization Studies after having been Visiting Professor in the recent past. Professor Dello Russo earned her PhD from Sapienza University of Rome (Italy) and is an expert in strategic human resource management and organizational behavior. She has served as Assistant Professor at ISCTE-IUL (Portugal) and Associate Professor at Toulouse Business School (France).
Alessio Martino earned his PhD from Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), where he also served as a Post-Doctoral Fellow. Before joining Luiss, he held a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Italian National Research Council. Professor Martino is an expert in large-scale machine learning, advanced pattern recognition systems, and big data analysis. He joins Luiss as an Assistant Professor (research) of Computer Science.