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

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

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

March 21, 2023 | Events | By MG

Mapping of Long-term Public and Private Investments in the Development of Covid-19 Vaccines

Presentation of the Study for the Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic - 23 March 2023, 16:30-18:30

March 9, 2023 | Events | By MG

10th Milan CBA Summer School, 18-19-20 September 2023, Milan, Italy

CSIL is pleased to announce that registrations for the X edition of the Milan Summer School on Cost-Benefit Analysis are now OPEN

1 2 3 … 6 →

Highlights

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.

IN Events

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

IN Events

Milan CBA Summer School

XI edition 9-13 September 2024