Riccardo Puglisi was formerly a visiting lecturer in quantitative methods at the Political Science Department of MIT. An alumnus of Ghislieri College, he holds a MSc in Economics from LSE and a PhD (dottorato) in Public Finance from the University of Pavia. He is nearing completion of a PhD in Economics at the LSE.

His main research interests are the political behaviour of mass media, the informational role of private campaign finance and the welfare analysis of the privatisation and regulation of public utilities. He works as an editorialist for Il Sole 24 Ore, the leading Italian financial newspaper.