Donato di Carlo – Assistant Professor in Political Economy at the European Institute of the London School of Economics and the founder/director of the Luiss Hub for New Industrial Policy and Economic Governance (LUHNIP). He holds a 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.

His 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.

In Spring 2023 he founded LUHNIP: a non-partisan, interdisciplinary hub conducting research, policy advocacy and public engagement activities on issues pertaining to industrial policy and economic governance in Europe and in Italy.