Academic profile
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Dr Davide Luca is an Associate Professor of Economic Geography. His research is interdisciplinary, cutting across Economic Geography, Political Economy, and Public Policy. Before joining Cambridge University, Dr Davide Luca was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and worked for the European Commission. He holds a PhD in Economic Geography from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he is a Visiting Fellow. More information about him can be found on his website: https://davideluca.com/. |
Teaching
Paper 7 – Regional Economics and Policy PGR05 – Place-based Policy |
Research interests
| Davide’s research explores the growing patterns of territorial inequality that have been opening up across many advanced economies in the forms of regional as well as urban-rural divides. He focuses on three main interrelated areas of inquiry: (1) Analysing whether spatial inequality is driven only by market forces or also government interventions. Relatedly, he is also interested in evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of place-based public policies. (2) Exploring the consequences of spatial inequality on political discontent and protests. (3) Understanding how place characteristics shape short- and long-term individual outlooks, behaviours, policy preferences and socioeconomic outcomes. |
Category/Classification
| Economic Geography, Political Economy, Public Policy, Regional inequalities, Urban-rural divides |