25 February 2014
IMT Alum Marianna Madia has just been named the Minister of Simplification and Public Administration as a part of the new Italian government. Dr. Madia was a student in the Economics, Markets, Institutions program in IMT?s very first PhD cycle. She received her PhD in 2008 with a thesis entitled ?Essays on the Effects of Flexibility on Labour Market Outcome? (which can be downloaded in the E-Thesis repository here: http://e-theses.imtlucca.it/43/).
Congratulations to the new Minister on behalf of the entire Institute.