Graziella Bertocchi is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and President of the Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance. She earned a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. She has held positions at Brown University, New York University, Royal Holloway, Université Catholique de Louvain, European University Institute, and IGIER- Bocconi. 

She is a Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and IZA. Her research interests include macroeconomics, political economy, comparative development, and the economics of growth, culture, and institutions. She is a member of the European Economic Association Standing Committee on Women in Economics (WinE) and she has been the Coordinator of the Evaluation Group for the Area of Economics and Statistics in the Second Evaluation of the Italian University System (ANVUR-VQR 2011-2014).

Three selected publications:

• Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico, Francesco Lancia and Alessia Russo (2020). "Youth Enfranchisement, Political Responsiveness, and Education Expenditure: Evidence from the U.S." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 12, 76–106.
• Graziella Bertocchi and Arcangelo Dimico (2019). "The Long-Term Determinants of Female HIV Infection in Africa: The Slave Trade, Polygyny, and Sexual Behavior", Journal of Development Economics 140, 90-105. 
• Graziella Bertocchi, Alfonso Gambardella, Tullio Jappelli, Carmela Nappi and Franco Peracchi (2015). "Bibliometric Evaluation vs. Informed Peer Review: Evidence from Italy", Research Policy 44, 2015, 451-466.