Professor Fabrizio Carmignani is a Professor of Economics and Dean (Academic) at Griffith Business School, having served as Head of the Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics. His research is in the broad field of applied macroeconomics and applied econometrics, with publications in the areas of conflict economics, tourism economics, policy modelling, spatial econometrics, and the economics of natural resources. He is a regular contributor to various media outlets, where he writes and speaks about fiscal and monetary policy issues in Australia and overseas. Fabrizio holds a PhD from the University of Glasgow and a Research Doctorate from the Universita' Cattolica in Milano.
Marco Faravelli is an associate professor of economics at the University of Queensland. His primary field of interest lies at the intersection between experimental and political economics, where he applies experimental methods, in the lab, online, and in the field to study various social and political issues. Marco is mostly interested in voting, an area which he has also studied theoretically and empirically, having been awarded three ARC Discovery grants over the last eight years. Before a distinguished academic career at UQ, he received his PhD from the University of Edinburg and worked at the University of St Andrews.