DIMITRI NICOLA

I am Full Professor of Economics at the University of Siena since 2003. Since 1995 I am Life Member of Clare Hall College, Cambridge UK. Moreover, I am member of the Center for Blockchain Technologies, University College London, and of the Blockchain Center of the University of Zurich. I was Italian Delegate to the 7th Framework  Program (Cooperation-SSH), Deputy Rector and Head of the Economics Department of the University of Siena. I have been Chair in Innovation Procurement at the Maastricht School of Management (NL) economic consultant of CONSIP, the Italian Central Procurement Body, economic consultant of the Japanese Embassy in Rome. Furthermore, I have been consultant of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Dutch Ministry of Defence and the Dutch Ministry of Justice for procurements design. My interest and professionale experience are in procurement, auctions, market design, game and decision theory,  contract theory, economics of innovation, health and pharmaceutical economics, blockchain and criptocurrencies. I published several articles in international peer reviewed journals and contributed, as author and editor, to several books. In particular, jointly with Gustavo Piga and Giancarlo Spagnolo I edited the Handbook of Public Procurement , Cambridge University Pres