Feder Christophe

Christophe Feder, PhD.

Aosta, 06 November 1986.

Teaching experience

Sept. 2017 – current: Teaching, Università della Valle d’Aosta/Université de la Vallée d’Aoste. Regional Economics.

Sept. 2017 – current: Teaching, Università della Valle d’Aosta/Université de la Vallée d’Aoste. Macroeconomics.

Sept. 2015 – 2017: Teaching Assistant, Università degli Studi di Torino. Macroeconomics.

Mar. 2014 – 2017: Teaching Assistant, Politecnico di Milano. Principles of Economics.

Sept. 2012 – current: Teaching Assistant, Università della Valle d’Aosta/Université de la Vallée d’Aoste. Microeconomics.

Apr. – July 2013: Teaching, Università della Valle d’Aosta/Université de la Vallée d’Aoste. Economics of Innovation [A Module of Industrial Organization].

Sept. – Dec. 2012: Teaching Assistant, Università della Valle d’Aosta/Université de la Vallée d’Aoste. Macroeconomics.

Education

Jan. 2013 – Nov. 2015: Università degli Studi di Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto, PhD in Economics & Complexity (Supervisor: Prof. Cristiano Antonelli).

May 2014: The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Summer School in Competition and Innovation. Dalaman, Turkey.

July 2013: Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, Summer School in Knowledge Dynamics, Industry Evolution, Economic Development. Nice, France.

Sept. 2011 – Sept. 2012: Toulouse School of Economics, M.A. in ECOMATH – Economie mathématique et économétrie (Supervisor: Prof. Karine Van Der Straeten).

Aug. 2010 – June 2011: Collegio Carlo Alberto, M.A. in Economics.

Sept. 2008 – Mar. 2011: Università degli Studi di Torino, Advanced undergraduate degree (110/110 cum laude) in Economics (Supervisor: Prof. Silvia Pasqua).

Sept. 2005 – Nov. 2008: Università della Valle d’Aosta/Université de la Vallée d’Aoste, Undergraduate degree (110/110 cum laude) in Business Administration (Supervisor: Prof. Marco Alderighi).

Visiting

Nov. 2014 – Mar. 2015: University of California: Irvine, Visiting researcher (Supervisor: Prof. Jan Brueckner).

Personal skills and competences

Very good knowledge of French and English.

Good computer skills of Microsoft Office, STATA, LaTeX, Mathematica, Python, NetLogo, SPSS, Scientific WorkPlace, and MATLAB.

Other professional activities

Referee for: Regional Studies; DRUID Conference.

Research interests

Economics of Innovation, New Institutional Economies, Regional Economics.

Presentations (selection)

International Schumpeter Society Conference, 2018, Seoul;

21th Druid Conference, 2017, New York;

Italian Society and Economic Crisis: 1929-2016, ISTAT (Italian National Statistics Institute) Conference, 2016, Rome;

First SMARTER Conference on Smart Specialisation & Territorial Development, 2016, Seville;

EURKIND Governance of a Complex World 2016 Conference, 2016, Valencia;

20th Druid Conference, 2016, Copenhagen;

Regional Studies Association (RSA) Annual Conference, 2016, Graz;

17th SIET Conference, 2015, Milan;

13th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference, 2015, Boston;

Competition and Innovation, 2014, Dalaman;

Knowledge Dynamics, Industry Evolution, Economic Development, 2014, Nice.