Nicola Lacetera is a Professor in the Department of Economics at University of Bologna. His research explores questions related to behavioural and health economics, and has studied altruistic giving, decision-making behind blood and organ donation, and more.

Dr. Lacetera is also affiliated to the National Bureau of Economic Research, CESIfo, J-PAL’s Science for Progress Initiative, the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, and the Gender and the Economy Institute at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. He received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.