Donato Di Carlo is Assistant Professor in Political Economy at the European Institute of the London School of Economics. He is the founder and director of the Luiss Hub for New Industrial Policy and Economic Governance (LUHNIP). Donato obtained his PhD in European Political Economy from the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) in Cologne. Before joining Luiss, he was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow (2020/2021) at the European University Institute in Fiesole and worked as Senior Researcher at the MPIfG (2020/2023) and as external economic advisor to the Cabinet of the Mayor of Rome. Donato's academic research focuses on comparative political economy and public policy issues, with a specific focus on industrial relations and wage-setting systems, growth models, industrial policy, economic regulation and EU integration. His research has appeared in international journals such as Politics & society, New Political Economy, Socio-Economic Review, Regulation & Governance, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Public Policy.

Expertise for Teaching

Donato has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in comparative political economy (CPE), public policy and European integration at the University of Cologne, Luiss University and the University of Osnabrück.