Mario R Gilli

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTESBorn on May 23rd, 1961, Milan (ITALY). Military service, 1985-1986.Married, one child.CURRENT POSITIONProfessor of Economics, Department of Economics, Management and Statistics, University of Milano-Bicocca, since 2002.Adjunct Professor, Institute of Economics, Bocconi University, since 1998. Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Economics, Cattolica University, since 2009.Founder of Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Economics, Psychology and Social Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca http://ciseps.unimib.it/ Founder of Center for European Studies, Department of Economics, Management and Statistics, University of Milano-Bicocca, https://cefes-dems.unimib.it/  Supervisor of the International Cooperation Agreement between the University of Milano-Bicocca and the Shandong University-Weihai.PAST POSITIONSAssistant Professor of Economics, Bocconi University, 1992-1998.Associate Professor of Economics, Bari University, 1998-2001.Associate Professor of Economics, University of Milano-Bicocca, 2001-2002.EDUCATIONB.A. in Discipline Economiche e Sociali, Bocconi University, 1987.M.S. in Economics, Cambridge University, 1990.Ph.D. in Economics, Bocconi University, 1992.Ph.D. in Economics, Cambridge University, 1996.FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDSScholar Grant, 1980-1985.Dissertation prize of Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, 1987.Research Fellowship, Assolombarda, 1987-1988.Research Fellowship, Bocconi University, 1989-1992.Research prize, Bocconi University, 1996. FIELDS OF INTERESTSLearning and evolutionary theories in Game Theory.Cross fertilizations among economics, psychology and social sciences.Analysis of organizations and institutions.Conflict theories with a particular focus on suicide terrorism.Political Violence.Political Economics.Mario Gilli is now working on four different research programs:1.On the equilibrium concepts in games, in particular on using the sequence form to characterize equilibrium concepts such as Quasi Perfect Equilibria and Self Confirming Equilibria2.Cross fertilizations between game theory and psychoanalysis, in particular on the analysis of the evolving knowledge in working teams, with applications to the relationship analyst - analysing and to the defensive attitudes of groups (Freud “Civilization and Its Discontents”, “Totem and Taboo”)3.Conflict theories with different possible focuses: general conflict models, terrorism both domestic and transnational, insurgency, and manifestations within democracies and autocracies.4.Political Economics with particular attention to the analysis of organizations and institutions such as the European Union and the inner working of dictatorships and of democracies. Of particular interest is the joint effects of accountability and responsiveness on the performance of different polities and institutions