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Franzoni Chiara

Professore Ordinario

Franzoni Chiara

Professore Ordinario

Dr. Chiara Franzoni is Full Professor at the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering. 

Her research focuses on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. Dr. Franzoni's research has been supported by the DG-Research of the European Commission, by the Ministry of Research and by research programs of the Sloan Fundation and of the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

She has served in expert panels for policy making in science and technology. Her research has been published in numerous journals including Science, Research Policy, Journal of Management Studies, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Nature Biotechnology, and PNAS.

Carriera

PHD: Economics and Management of Technology, Università di Bergamo.

Master of Science: Economics, Università di Brescia.

Ricerca

Dr. Franzoni is an economist of science. Her current research aims at improving the evaluation and selection of research, with a focus on novel and risky science.

In prior work, she has studied the international mobility of scientists, citizens and crowd science, crowdfunding of entrepreneurial ventures and of scientific research projects.

Her research is relevant for informing science and academic policies.

Pubblicazioni Selezionate

C. Franzoni, P. Stephan (2023). Uncertainty and risk-taking in science: Meaning, measurement and management in peer review of research proposals. Research Policy, 52(3).

C. Franzoni, F. Tenca (2022). How crowdfunders are influenced by entrepreneurial passion. A dual information-processing perspective. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 47(5).


C. Franzoni, G. Scellato, P. Stephan (2018). Context Factors and the Performance of Mobile Individuals in Research Teams, Journal of Management Studies, 55(1).

C. Franzoni, H. Sauermann (2014). Crowd science: The organization of scientific research in open collaborative projects. Research Policy, 43(1).

C. Franzoni, G. Scellato, P. Stephan (2011). Changing incentive to publish. Science, 333(6063).

Servizio alla comunità

  • Programme Director - Advanced Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 01/09/2015 - 30/09/2022
  • Reviewer for Science, Research Policy, Management Science, Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of Economic Geography, Journal of Business Venturing, Long Range Planning, Small Business Economics
  • Member of the Expert Committee on Counterfeiting of the Italian Ministry for Economic Development (MISE) 2018- to date
  • Planning Committee for Improving Federal Science Funding Outcomes: Process Experimentation and Evaluation. National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Washington, DC. 2022-23
  • Panelist, Research on Research, Volkswagen Foundation, 2023- to date.