PHD: Management Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano

Master of Science: Economics, Università degli Studi di Bologna

His research focuses on the economics and management of public administrations, with a particular emphasis on the education sector (schools and universities), and can be summarized in the following areas:

• evaluation of efficiency and performance in public organizations, with particular reference to educational institutions;
• quantitative analysis of the determinants of school and student performance;
• application of new theories and methods of Learning Analytics to predictive policies and the evaluation of educational interventions;
• study of governance models in institutions and higher education systems;
• the role of digital learning in the innovation of educational processes;
• analysis of the adoption of accrual accounting in public organizations;
• performance and efficiency assessment of local governments.

Agasisti, T., Bertoletti, A., & Coppeta, G. F. (2025).Policy responses to COVID-19 and the efficiency of Italian universities. Applied Economics, 1-14.

Mergoni, A., Camanho, A., Soncin, M., Agasisti, T., & De Witte, K. (2025).The influence of school principals’ management on school efficiency: Evidence from Italian schools. European Journal of Operational Research.

Diaz Lema, M.,Masci, C., Soncin, M., & Agasisti, T. (2025). Risky decline? Exploring the determinants of pupil's proficiency development over time. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 99,102207.

Patrucco, A. S., Dimand, A. M., Agasisti, T., Benedetti, M., Gaeta, M., & Tangi, L. (2025). Managing public sector innovation for a better society: the case of public procurement of innovation. Production Planning & Control, 1-19

Iannotta, G., Cannistrà, M., & Agasisti, T. (2024). It's never too late to be financially literate: Evaluating a financial education intervention for adults in Italy. Journal of Consumer Affairs, 58(2), 397-431.

2025: Unit Coordinator for Politecnico di Milano of a Horizon Europe Project named BRIDGE–Bridging Resilient Individuals through Effective Gradual Educational Transitions, in jointcollaboration with University of Maastricht, Brunel University London, Estonian Business School,and KU Leuven (period of research: 2025-2028)

2024: Unit Coordinator for Politecnico di Milanoofa Horizon Europe Project named EFFECT–Enhancing Efficiency and Effectiveness in Education, in joint collaboration with the HungarianAcademy of Science, Utrecht University, Economic and Social Research Institute LBG, and KULeuven (period of research: 2024-2027).

2015: Unit Coordinator for Politecnico di Milano a H2020 Project named EdEN–EducationEconomics Network, 2016-2018, in joint collaboration with the Hungarian Academy of Science,Maastricht University and KU Leuven.

2014: TJ Alexander Fellowships promoted and funded by OECD (Fall 2013 edition)

2014: Politecnico di Milano Grant for Basic Research (FARB)

2013: INVALSI grant “Research ideas”

Since 2024, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of AEFP (Association for Education Finance and Policy). He is co-editor of the journal Dirigere Scuole and serves on the Editorial Board of several international academic journals (Education Finance and Policy; International Journal of Educational Management; Tertiary Education and Management). He served as an Associate Editor of the journal Higher Education Quarterly.

Since 2024, he is a member of the Scientific Committee of SAFI - School of Advanced Education in Education at the Ministry of Education and Merit. From 2021 to 2022, he chaired the Technical-Scientific Committee for the National Digital School Plan at the Ministry of Education and Merit and participated in the European Commission’s Expert Group on Education Quality. From 2014 to 2023, he was a member of the Provincial Evaluation Committee of the school system in the Autonomous Province of Trento. From 2010 to 2020, he served on the Evaluation Units of several Italian universities, both public and private.