Giorgio Basevi

Curriculum Vitae

1. Personal data

  • born in Genoa, August 1, 1938
  • home address:

            Via San Vitale 40
            Bologna 40125, Italy

  • office address:

            Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche,
            Università di Bologna
            Strada Maggiore 45
            Bologna 40125, Italy
            telephone +39-51-2092612
            telefax: +39-51-2092664
            e-mail:  giorgio.basevi@unibo.it

2. Studies and degrees

  • dottore in economia e commercio, Università di Genova, 1961
  • MA in economics, University of Chicago, 1962
  • PhD in economics, University of Chicago, 1965
  • libero docente in politica economica, Università di Bologna, 1968
  • laurea ad honorem in economia e commercio, Libera Università di Bolzano, 2002

3. Permanent position

  •     Professor of International Economics, Università di Bologna, since 1972

4. Academic career

  • associate professor, and then professor, of international economics, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1966-72
  • visiting professor, Bologna Center of the Johns Hopkins University, 1967-2000
  • chairman of the Istituto di Scienze Economiche, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, Università di Bologna, 1979-81
  • chairman of Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Università di Bologna, 1988-1991
  • visiting professor at:
    • University of Chicago (USA), 1968, 1989
    • Katholieke Universitet te Leuven (Belgium), at various times
    • Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), at various times
    • Université de Montréal (Canada), 1982
    • Brown University (USA), 1986, 1992
    • Birkbeck College, the University of London (UK), 1992
    • Bologna Center of the Johns Hopkins University, 1967-2002
    • Université Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2000
    • Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, 1998-2002
  • acting Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, 1998-2000

5. Scientific societies

  • member of the Council, European Economic Association, 1986-88
  • member of the Council, Società Italiana degli Economisti, 1989-92
  • Treasurer, European Economic Association, 1993-1997
  • member of the Board, Centre for Economic Policy Research, London, 1981-93
  • Research Network Fellow of CESifo, Munich
  • Fellow of the European Economic Association

6. Professional experience

  • economist, Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs, Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, 1965-66
  • member of the Scientific Committee, Federation of Italian Industries, 1982-86
  • member of the Board, Prometeia Associates, Bologna, 1974-
  • member of the Scientific Committee, Istituto Nazionale Commercio Estero, 1989-2003
  • member of a World Bank country programme mission, Morocco, 1990
  • member of the Board of ERVET, Bologna, 1993-2000
  • member of the Board of ACOSER-AMIUR, Bologna, 1995-1996
  • member of the Board of Ufficio Italiano Cambi, Roma, 1996-1997
  • member of a research team on Italian cooperation with the Southern Mediterranean countries, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1996
  • President of the Board, M.T.S. S.p.A., Rome, 1998-2002
  • Vice President of the Board  M.T.S. S.p.A., Rome, 2002-2006
  • President and Vice President of the Board, EuroMTS Ltd., London, 1998-2006
  • Vice President of the Board, MTS France, Paris, 2000-2006
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of R&S (Mediobanca)