About: I am an economist for the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. Between 2017 and 2019, I was a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University’s Growth Lab. Before my PhD in Economic Geography at Utrecht University (2013-2017), I worked as a researcher in urban and regional economics at the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (The Hague, 2009-2012).
Research interests: technological change, structural transformation, migration and technology diffusion, cities and regions, human capital and skills, economic complexity and economic resilience.
Contact: dario.diodato@ec.europa.eu