Institute for Economic Research (IRE)

Address: Via Maderno 24, CP 4361, CH-6904 Lugano
Telephone: +41 58 666 46 61
Fax: +41 58 666 46 62
Email: ire.eco@usi.ch
Url: www.ire.eco.usi.ch

The Institute for Economic Research (IRE) conducts research in the field of regional economics and urban development, with a view to developing knowledge, economic teorie and models, as well a sto testing new analytical tools. A vital component of IRE´s activities consists in the training of researchers and the transfer of knowledge to students.
Specific themes of IRE´s research actually include regional and urban development, regional innovation and competitiveness, the trans-border labour market, trans-alpine freight transport and urban and tourist mobility, as well as the economics of tourism destinations. Traditionally, IRE has been a point of reference for applied research in Ticino, providing its services and support to public and private institutions and to business and industry as a whole. To do so, IRE has created the Centre for the Observation of Economic Dynamics (CODE) which monitors trends and structural dynamics of the Canton´s economy from and interregional perspective. CODE integrate observatories of the labor market, trans-Alpine transport and international tourism.


Staff:
Rico Maggi (Direttore)
Letizia Tronnolone (Manager d’istituto)
Sara Pianta (Segretaria amministrativa)
Louise Brandberg Realini (Architetto)
Judit Zoltan (Assistente dottoranda)
Daniele Mantegazzi (Assistente dottorando)
Alessandra Motz (Collaboratrice)
Federica Rossi (Collaboratrice)
Tatjana Ibraimovic (Dottoranda)
Natalia Tretyakevich (Dottoranda)
Claudia Scholz (Dottoranda/architetto)
Alessandro Airaldi (Dottorando)
Davide Arioldi (Dottorando)
Moreno Baruffini (Dottorando)
Igor Sarman (Dottorando)
Stefano Scagnolari (Dottorando)
Valentina Mini (Post Doc)
Gianni Guglielmetti (Ricercatore)
Caroline Sophie Sturm (Student Assistant)
Reka Sarolta Taskai (Student Assistant)
Ana Vela Gajon (Student Assistant)