Bernardo Caldarola is an applied economist, working as researcher at the United Nations University - UNU MERIT in Maastricht. Previously, he worked as postdoctoral researcher at the Enrico Fermi Research Center in Rome. He received a PhD in Science and Technology Policy from the Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex (Brighton, UK).

His research examines transformation of economic structures, aiming to understand the impact of technology on the process of structural change with a particular interest in its inclusiveness and sustainability. His research bridges several academic fields, such as development economics, economic geography and economic complexity.

He has also collaborated with several international organizations and research centres, including the former UK Department for International Development, the Institute of Development Studies and the International Fund for Agricultural Development.

	Selected publications by Bernardo Caldarola
Articles (journal, professional, popular)
Caldarola, Bernardo, Marco Grazzi, Martina Occelli & Marco Sanfilippo, 2023, Mobile internet, skills and structural transformation in Rwanda, Research Policy, 52(10): 104871-, DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2023.104871, More information
Caldarola, Bernardo & Steve Sorrel, 2022, Do teleworkers travel less? Evidence from the English National Travel Survey, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 159: 282-303, DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2022.03.026, More information
External working papers
Caldarola, Bernardo, Dario Mazzilli, Aurelio Patelli & Angelica Sbardella, 2023, Economic complexity and the sustainability transition: A review of data, methods, and literature, More information
Caldarola, Bernardo, 2022, Structural change (s) in Ghana: A comparison between the trade, formal and informal sectors, More information
Caldarola, Bernardo, 2022, Mobile Internet Adoption and Inclusive Structural Change: Evidence from Nigerian Non-Farming Enterprises, More information
Theses
Caldarola, Bernardo, 2023, Drivers and impacts of structural change in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from households and firms, PhD in Science and Technology Policy Studies, University of Sussex Business School, Science Policy Research Unit, More information