Draft:Antonio Andreoni

Antonio Andreoni is a Professor of Development Economics at SOAS University of London, with affiliations that include Co-Directorship at the Centre for Sustainable Structural Transformation and positions as a Distinguished Visiting Professor and Honorary Professor at the University of Johannesburg and UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, respectively. He also holds a Life Membership at Clare Hall.

Andreoni's professional engagements extend to advisory roles for international organizations and national governments on matters of industrial policy, contributing to agencies such as UNIDO, UNCTAD, ILO, UNDP, World Bank, OECD and European Commission. In the academic domain, Andreoni is active as a co-editor for Competition and Change and the European Journal of Development Research, among other editorial board memberships. His research interest lies in the intersection of sustainable structural transformation, industrial policy, and the political economy, focusing on how value is generated and distributed within various economic contexts.

Andreoni's research contributions cover areas such as the analysis of sectoral value chains, industrial ecosystems, and the impact of digitalization and financialization on economic structures. His publications address key issues in industrial and development economics, reflecting on the dynamics of production, technological change, and the role of industrial policy in economic transformation. His advisory work has focused, among other things, on helping middle income countries to escape the so-called "Middle Income Technology Trap": a situation of stalled economic development in which the initial comparative advantage of a developing country fades due to rising costs before the local technology of production has sufficiently developed to compete globally.

Bibiliography

 * From Financialisation to Innovation in UK Big Pharma: AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline (Cambridge University Press; 2022) (co-authors: Oner Tulum, William Lazonick) ISBN 9781009278164
 * Nuovi Bisogni Finanziari: La Risposta del Microcredito in Italia (Il Mulino; 2013) (co-authors: Marco Sassatelli, Giulia Vichi) ISBN 9788815241481
 * Microfinanza. Dare Credito alle Relazioni. (Il Mulino; 2009) (co-author: Vittorio Pelligra) ISBN 9788815131430