Massimo Florio is Professor Emeritus of Public Economics at the University of Milan and former Head of the Economics Department. His expertise includes privatization, cost-benefit analysis of public investments, EU regional and industrial policy, and the economics of science. For over 20 years, he coordinated the European Commission’s Guide to Cost-Benefit Analysis of Investment Projects. He is the author of Investing in Science (MIT Press, 2019) and Privatisation of Knowledge (Routledge, 2023). He has led studies for institutions such as the EC, EIB, OECD, CERN, and the Italian Space Agency. He is also the founder and Honorary President of CSIL.

Events

March 20, 2025 | Events | By MG

Distributive Impacts in the Computation of a Net Present Value

"Integrating distributive impacts into the calculation of socioeconomic net worth: international experiences" - Conference in Paris, 25 March 2025

March 14, 2025 | Events | By MG

Society for Benefit Cost Analysis 2025 Annual Conference

March 13-14 at George Washington University in Washington, DC

February 13, 2025 | Events | By MG

State-Owned Enterprises in Developed Market Economies

Webinar, organized by UNIMI and CIRIEC on the book "State-Owned Enterprises in Developed Market Economies" - February 19, 2025 - 5pm-6:30pm CET

October 23, 2024 | Events | By MG

G7 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024

G7 Conference on Large RI "Synergies and impact on science and society", co-organized by the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research with the Italian INFN, 28-30 October 2024

October 23, 2024 | Events | By MG

Book Launch - Economics of Big Science 2.0

How does investment in large-scale scientific projects shape our society beyond the research frontier? Brussels 23 October 2024

July 24, 2024 | Events | By MG

Milan CBA Summer School

XI edition 9-13 September 2024

January 17, 2024 | Events | By MG

Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of Light Sources

Organized by ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) Grenoble, France - 15 & 16 JAN 2024

September 11, 2023 | Events | By MG

EUROPEAN SBCA 2023

The Fourth European Conference of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis was held in Milan on Septermber 11 and 12, 2023. It was hosted on the campus of DEMM - University of Milan

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Highlights

IN Events

Milan CBA Summer School

The 12th edition of the CSIL Milan Summer School on Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) of Investment Projects will be held in Milan from 28 September to 2 October 2026.

IN Events

Milan Longevity Summit

Bold Ideas, Big Systems, One Health May 20-23 2026

IN Events

Fellow award at the SBCA 2026 Annual Conference

The award honors the outstanding contribution to cost-benefit analysis, the rigor of research, and its impact on European policy and international institutions.