Leonardo Boncinelli
Professor of Economic Policy
Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa
Università degli Studi di Firenze
About me
During my training in economics I lived in an open-minded environment promoting critical thinking, where I built an expertise in game theory and its multidisciplinary applications. My research interests have led me to study evolutionary game theory, social dynamics, bounded rationality, behavioral rules, institutions, social norms, prosocial behavior, cognitive foundations of decision-making, experimental methods.
My research
I recently received funding from the Italian Ministry of University and Research (PRIN 2017) as principal investigator of a research project to study which cognitive mode is more likely to foster prosocial behavior. We plan to test the hypothesis that different cognitive modes (i.e., automatic intuition, conscious intuition, deliberation) trigger different social motives (i.e., empathy, social sanctioning, morality) underlying prosociality.
Upcoming events
Summer School: "Game Theory Meets Game Design", IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, June 1-11, 2023
Workshop: "Behavioural Ecological Economics", University of Florence, July 10-11, 2023
Summer School: "Leveraging Ecological Economics to advance the Sustainability Transition", University of Pisa, 11-15 July, 2023
News and links
ECoHeTE: "Effective Communication for Healthcare: Theory and Evidence" - Finanziato dall'Unione Europea - NextGenerationEU
THE: "Tuscany Health Ecosystem" - Finanziato nell'ambito del PNRR
CO.S.MO.PRO.BE.: COgnitive modes, Social MOtives and PROsocial BEhavior
CIES: Centro Interuniversitario per l'Economia Sperimentale
Strategic Quotient: Measure of strategic skills
BluTube: Game for education
PRO.CO.P.E.: PAI2019 Prosociality, Cognition and Peer Effects