Emanuela Sirtori is partner and senior researcher at CSIL (Milan, Italy). She is an expert in the field of regional development, research & development, innovation and industrial policy. Over the years, Emanuela has been involved in different research and evaluation studies on behalf of the European Parliament, the European Commission and other national and international organisations. She has accumulated experience in the development and application of both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and analysis, as well as in the coordination of complex assignments and large teams of experts. For instance, she has contributed to analysing the prioritisation approaches of Smart Specialisation Strategies adopted in the 2014-2020 period by EU regions, and investigating the correspondence between the selected priorities and the actual technological, economic and scientific profiles and strengths of the regions.

Emanuela is the author of scientific papers, technical reports and book chapters in her fields of research, including articles published in peer-reviewed journals (Research Policy, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Industrial and Corporate Change, International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, Evaluation).

Emanuela holds a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Milan and a PhD from UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University (School of Business and Economics) in the area of Economics of Technology, Innovation and Development. Her thesis studied the relationship between evolving technologies and market dynamics by studying the behaviour of firms in the technological transition process. Her empirical research has specifically analysed the case of light-emitting diode (LED) technologies adopted in the lighting industry.

	Selected publications by Emanuela Sirtori
Articles (journal, professional, popular)
Caputo, A, D Scalera & Emanuela Sirtori, 2022, Firm cross-sectoral linkages and regional networks in Europe. An analysis on the biopharmaceutical industry (2000-2016), l’Industria. Rivista di Economia e Politica Industriale, 172022: 5-36, DOI: 10.1430/103955, More information
Castelnovo, P., Massimo Florio, Stefano Forte & Emanuela Sirtori, 2019, The economic impact of technological procurement for large-scale research infrastructures: Evidence from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, Research Policy, 47(9): 1853-1867, DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2018.06.018, More information
Giffoni, Francesco, Silvia Salini & Emanuela Sirtori, 2018, Evaluating Business Support Measures: the Bayesian Network Approach, Evaluation, 24(2): 133-152, DOI: 10.1177/1356389018767179, More information
Clò, Stefano, Massimo Florio, Julie Pellegrin & Emanuela Sirtori, 2018, How do research intensive systems emerge in less developed areas? The case of mechatronics in the Italian Southern region Apulia, International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, 10(1): 1-36, DOI: 10.1504/IJTLID.2018.091799, More information
Florio, Massimo, A. Parteka & Emanuela Sirtori, 2018, The mechanisms of technological innovation in SMEs:a Bayesian Network Analysis of EU regional policy impact on Polish firms, Technological and Economic Development of Economy, 24(5): 2131-2160, DOI: 10.3846/TEDE.2018.6056, More information
Florio, Massimo, Francesco Giffoni, A. Giunta & Emanuela Sirtori, 2018, Big-Science, Learning and Innovation: Evidence from CERN Procurement, Industrial and Corporate Change, 27(5): 915-936, DOI: 10.1093/icc/dty029, More information
Pancotti, Chiara, Emanuela Sirtori & Silvia Vignetti, 2016, Smart specialisation in a lagging behind region: the case of Apulia, Regions, 301(1): 25-28, DOI: 10.1080/13673882.2016.11720268, More information
Florio, Massimo & Emanuela Sirtori, 2016, Social benefits and costs of large scale research infrastructures, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 112: 65-78, DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2015.11.024, More information
Florio, Massimo, Stefano Forte & Emanuela Sirtori, 2016, Forecasting the Socio-Economic Impact of the Large Hadron Collider: a Cost-Benefit Analysis to 2025 and beyond, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 112: 38-53, DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.03.007, More information
Del Bo, Chiara F & Emanuela Sirtori, 2015, Additionality and Regional Public Finance. Evidence from Italy, Environment & Planning C: Government & Policy, 34(5), DOI: 10.1177/0263774X15614682, More information
Marchesi, Silvia & Emanuela Sirtori, 2011, Is two better than one? The effects of IMF and World Bank interaction on growth, Review of International Organizations, 6(3): 287-306, DOI: 10.1007/s11558-011-9107-8, More information
Book chapters
Sirtori, Emanuela, E. Vallino & Silvia Vignetti, 2017, Testing intervention theory using Bayesian Network Analysis: evidence from a pilot exercise on SMEs support, in: Pokorski J., Popis Z, Wyszynska T and Hermann-Pawlowska K (eds), Theory-based evaluation in complex environment, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, Poland
Genco, M., Emanuela Sirtori & Silvia Vignetti, 2017, Chapter 12 - The economic development effect of a transhipment port. The case of Gioia Tauro, in: Monios J. and Wilmsmeier G. (eds), Maritime Mobilities, Routledge, UK
Sirtori, Emanuela, 2016, Supporting SMEs innovation and growth: lessons learned from a theory-based impact evaluation, in: N. F. Dotti (Ed.), Learning from implementation and evaluation of the EU Cohesion Policy: Lessons from a research-policy dialogue, RSA Research Network on Cohesion Policy, EU
Sirtori, Emanuela & Silvia Vignetti, 2011, Infrastructure investment opportunities in the New EU Member States: the role of regional policies, in: M. Florio (ed), Public Investment Growth and Fiscal Constraints – Challenges for the EU New Member States, Edward Elgar, UK
External working papers
Colnot, L & Emanuela Sirtori, 2022, Identifying regional transformations: the impacts of megatrends, CSIL Working paper 1/2020, More information
Theses
Sirtori, Emanuela, 2022, LED there be light The evolution in LED technology and dynamics of entry into the LED lighting market, PhD dissertation Maastricht University