Assistant Professor in Public Policy, Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge

Alessio Terzi is an economist working at the intersection of academia, think-tanks, and policy. He is Assistant Professor at the Bennett School of Public Policy, Cambridge, where he also directs the MPhil in Public Policy, and is an Adjunct Professor in Economics at Sciences Po. He is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Equitable Transition.

Over more than five years, he was an Economist at the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission, where he worked on competitiveness, industrial policy, beyond GDP, and the macroeconomics of the European Green Deal. Prior to that, he was a Fellow at Bruegel, the leading European economic think-tank, and a Fulbright Scholar at the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University. He has work experience from the European Central Bank and BMI Research (Fitch Ratings). He has also taught at HEC Paris and Sciences Po Lille. His 2022 book ‘Growth for Good: Reshaping Capitalism to Save Humanity from Climate Catastrophe’ (Harvard University Press) was a Financial Times summer reading favourite and a Foreign Affairs best book of the year.

Alessio carried out his studies at the London School of Economics, Bocconi University, the Hertie School, and Dartmouth College. His policy work and commentaries have been featured on leading media outlets including the Financial Times, The New York Times, BBC World News, and Bloomberg.