Andrea is Marie Curie Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Geography and Environment, and Researcher at the National Research Council of Italy (CNR). He is interested in the institutions and political economy of decentralization, innovation, the globalization of intellectual property rights, technological change and productivity growth. He has recently published with Daniele Archibugi a book on the effects of the economic crisis on innovation with Routledge. Together with Daniele he is also preparing the Handbook of Global Innovation, Science, and Technology with Wiley-Blackwell.