Stefano Zamagni is Professor of Economics (and former dean of the economics faculty) at the University of Bologna and Member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (since 2019 President of the Academy).

He is also member of the board of LUMSA University, Rome; member of scientific board of the doctoral program in economics at the Catholic University of Argentina; co-editor of Economia Politica, a quarterly review published by Il Mulino; member of the editorial boards of Sociologia, Migration Studies and Diritti umani e diritto internazionale; associate editor, International Review of Economics; fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences; fellow of the Academy of Sciences of Bologna, Modena and Milan; member of the academic committee of Human Development, Capability and Poverty International Research Center at Harvard University; former president of Agenzia per le ONLUS (Italian Charity Commission); Doctor honoris causa, Charles University, Prague; “Cardinal Raùl Silva Henrìquez” Medal, Universidad Catòlica Silva Henrìquez, Santiago Chile (2011); Honorary Degree in economics, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid (2010); 18th annual Premio Internazionale per il Dialogo fra i popoli e le loro Culture; International Prize on “Economics and Society”, Centesimus Annus Foudation, Vatican City (2013); Premio San Benedetto, Fondazione Sublancense, Subiaco (2013); member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Since 2013 – Doctor H.C. in Political Economy, Universidad de Cordoba (Argentina), 2014. Doctor H.C. in Economics; Universidad Catolica de Cordoba (Argentina), 2014; “Vera e Stefano Zamagni professorship in development economics” Johns Hopkins University, SAIS Europe, 2016.

He is author of numerous books and journal articles on welfare economics, theory of consumer behavior, social choice theory, economic epistemology, ethics, history of economic thought and civil economy