Matteo Manera has obtained his BSc in Economics at Bocconi University, Milano, Italy, his MSc in Economics at the University of Warwick, UK, and his PhD in Economics at the European University Institute (EUI), Fiesole, Italy. Currently he is Full Professor of Econometrics at the Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB), Italy. He is Director of the PhD programme in Economics, Statistics and Data Science at DEMS, and he is Deputy-Director of the PhD School at UNIMIB.