Calderini Mario
Full Professor
Calderini Mario
Full Professor
Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Manchester, he is full Professor at Politecnico di Milano, teaching Management for Sustainability and Impact.
He is the Director of Tiresia, the PoliMi SoM’s Research Centre for Impact Finance and Innovation.
He is cabinet advisor to the Minister of Innovation and a member of the Sustainable Finance for Infrastructure Advisory Board established by Minister Giovannini.
He has been the Director of Alta Scuola Politecnica and Executive Vice President of Fondazione Politecnico.
He served as senior advisor to several Ministers of University Research and Innovation and Government’s Sherpa for the G7 Italian Presidency 2017.
Career
PHD: Economics, University of Manchester.
Master of Science: Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino.
Research
His numerous publications in highly ranked international journals cover several topics in the field of innovation and social impact finance.
Selected Publications
Arena Marika; Bengo Irene; Calderini Mario; Chiodo Veronica, "Unlocking finance for social tech start-ups: Is there a new opportunity space?", Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 127, 154-165
Calderini Mario; Chiodo Veronica; Michelucci F.V., "The social impact investment race: toward an interpretative framework", European Business Review, 30, 66-81
Arena Marika;Bengo Irene;Calderini Mario;Chiodo Veronica, "Social Impact Bonds: Blockbuster or Flash in a Pan?", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, 39, 927-939
Bengo Irene;Arena Marika;Azzone Giovanni;Calderini Mario, "Indicators and metrics for social business: a review of current approaches", JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, 7, 1-24
Bengo Irene;Calderini Mario, "NEW DEVELOPMENT: ARE SOCIAL IMPACT BONDS (SIBS) VIABLE IN ITALY? A NEW ROADMAP", PUBLIC MONEY & MANAGEMENT, 36, 303-307