Augusto Cerqua, PhD. He is Assistant Professor (RTDA) in Economic Statistics at Sapienza, University of Rome, Department of Social and Economic Sciences. He was a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Westminster (United Kingdom) and Visiting PhD student at the Department of Economics, University College London (United Kingdom). He is author and co-author of various articles and international publications. His research interests range from the evaluation of regional policies and labor policies to the economic issues of environment and tourism.