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Agasisti Tommaso

Full Professor

Agasisti Tommaso

Full Professor

Tommaso Agasisti is Full Professor.

He is a member of the editorial boards of Educational Researcher, Tertiary Education and Management, International Journal of Educational Management. Since 2019, he sits in the Board of Governors at Politecnico di Milano.

From 2012 to 2019, he served as the co-delegate of the Area I&PA (Institutions & Public Administrations) at POLIMI Graduate School of Management, while since then he is currently the Associate Dean for International Relations and School Excellence.

Career

PHD: Management Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano

Master of Science: Economics, Università degli Studi di Bologna

Research

My research activity is focused on Public Economics, Finance and Management, and the mainstream is in the field of economics and management of educational services.

Overall, my research interests can be grouped into four main areas:

  • statistical and econometric methods for evaluating the performance and the efficiency of public organizations - especially universities, schools and local governments;
  • governance models for educational institutions and systems;
  • public sector accounting;
  • digital innovations in the public sector.

Selected Publications

Agasisti T.| Soncin M. (2021), "Higher education in troubled times: on the impact of Covid-19 in Italy", Studies in Higher Education, 46, 86-95

Agasisti T.| Egorov A.| Zinchenko D.| Leshukov O. (2021), "Efficiency of regional higher education systems and regional economic short-run growth: empirical evidence from Russia", Industry and Innovation, 28, 507-534

Agasisti T.| Avvisati F.| Borgonovi F.| Longobardi S. (2021), "What School Factors are Associated with the Success of Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Students? An Empirical Investigation Using PISA Data", Social Indicators Research, 157, 749-781

Agasisti T.| Berbegal-Mirabent J. (2021), "Cross-country analysis of higher education institutions' efficiency: The role of strategic positioning", Science and Public Policy, 48, 66-79

Agasisti T.| Longobardi S.| Prete V.| Russo F. (2021), "The relevance of educational poverty in Europe: Determinants and remedies", Journal of Policy Modeling, 43, 692-709

Agasisti T.| Shibanova E.| Platonova D.| Lisyutkin M. (2020), "The Russian Excellence Initiative for higher education: a nonparametric evaluation of short-term results", International Transactions in Operational, 27, 1911-1929

Agasisti T.| Agostino D.| Soncin M. (2020), "Implementing Performance Measurement Systems in Local Governments: Moving from the “How” to the “Why”", Public Performance and Management Review, 43, 1100-1128

Grants, awards and Honours

  • TJ Alexander Fellowship of OECD

Research projects