Tommaso Sonno

Tommaso Sonno is Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe and Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Bologna. He is also an Associate at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, and an Adjunct Professor at Bocconi University and the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). Since 2022, Sonno has been serving as the Vice Director of the PNRR Lab at the SDA Bocconi School of Management. He is also a Lead Researcher for Interpeace, sponsored by the German Federal Foreign Office, and has been a member of the Board of Directors at Anemocyte since 2024. He has been Responsible for Fundraising at Nasara for Burkina NGO since 2003. Professor Sonno was awarded the 2018 Review of World Economics Essay Award for Young Economists. During the years he won several research grants for his research (Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, 2016-2018, Belgium; Cordusio Grant 2019-2020 and Modigliani Grant 2021-2022, UniCredit Foundation).

His research focuses on international economics, political economy, and development economics. He is currently analyzing the impact of multinational enterprises on violence, the environment, and labor force participation in developing countries. His research focuses also on the organizational dynamics of business groups. PhD Economics from the Universitè Catholique de Louvain, and Affiliate PhD Candidate in Economics at the London School of Economics (European Doctoral Programme in Quantitative Economics). For a recent curriculum vitae including a full list of publications, see his personal webpage.