Biography:
Massimo Florio is Full Professor of Public Economics, University of Milan, Italy, and formerly Department Chair, now co-chair of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on European research and innovation policy. His research interest include social cost-benefit analysis, industrial policy, innovation policy and economics of science. Florio is author of over one hundred papers in scholarly journals, his books include “ Investing in Science “( the MIT Press, 2019) and “ The Privatisation of Knowledge” ( Routledge, 2023). He has recently lead an independent study for the European Parliament about the public and private funding of seven COVID- 9 vaccines, leading to policy recommendations adopted by the July 2023 plenary session of the Parliament .
Title : Mapping of long-term public and private investments in the development of COVID19 vaccines