Meeting our faculty: Prof. Taddei

Filippo Taddei is the new full-time junior economist at SAIS Bologna, succeeding Çiğdem Akin, who is teaching at SAIS DC now.

Prof. Taddei will be teaching two courses that most students take while at SAIS. Worth getting to know!

Have a look at his latest work, published in the Journal of International Economics: "International capital flows and credit market imperfections: A tale of two frictions".

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What courses are you teaching?
Macroeconomics and International Monetary Theory

Your degrees?

Ph.D, M.Phil and M.A. from Columbia University; Laurea, University of Bologna

Where have you taught?
I have taught at a few places. I started at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University, where I worked for two years. Then I moved to the Collegio Carlo Alberto in Torino, a new research center established in 2005, where I taught Macro and International Economics for 5 years.

How long have you been teaching at SAIS Bologna?
I taught International Monetary Theory last year, but my real start is this term.

A link to a recent publication by you?
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1535575/2imperfections.pdf

Anything special about SAIS Bologna?
Like many of our students, I'm new to the place, but so far it's all very interesting.

Anything special about Bologna?
It's a good representation of Italy. It has a lot of potential, but it's not clear whether it will take full advantage of it.

Your favorite book?
It's an Italian novel by Calvino: "Il cavaliere inesistente" ("The Nonexistent Knight").

Hobby?
Soccer. Definitely soccer.

A quote?

"Intelligence is one of the most overrated virtues in human history."

What is unique about SAIS?

What makes SAIS different?

That's a question we want every prospective applicant to ask. And you should expect an answer.

There are lots of excellent graduate programs in international relations. Some will suit candidates better than others. It's important if you're checking out universities to find out what makes them tick, how they are similar and how they differ.

We have taken a stab at defining what differentiates SAIS in a 20-page brochure that you can see here.

Here is what we think makes SAIS unique:

• A permanent foothold on three continents with campuses in Bologna, Washington and Nanjing
• Interdisciplinary depth and solid training in economics
• An intimate, supportive and diverse learning community

As SAIS Dean Vali Nasr put it: "SAIS is unique in that its academic mission straddles the boundaries of intellectual discourse and the professional world."

The brochure will give you a taste of SAIS's academic options and requirements, its different degrees, the dual-degree possibilities, the breadth of our faculty's expertise, student life and the many types of careers that graduates choose.

Some of our readers may recognize the woman in the blue blouse on the cover of the brochure. It is Chidiogo Akunyili, a SAIS Bologna graduate who was featured in this post as well as this video.

After she graduated from SAIS in May, Chidiogo joined strategy consultants Roland Berger and is currently on assignment in Nigeria.

Nelson Graves