Federico Atzori, Ph.D.

Behavioral science & economics

pronunciation: /feˈdeːriko aˈzoːri/

*surname refers to an ancient village in the Judicate of Cagliari

"An economist who enjoys putting people in weird decision-making situations, building oTree experiments that are way more complex than they need to be, and running everything on servers that only crash at the worst possible moment."

I'm a behavioral scientist who studies how people actually behave when they face incentives, norms, and strategic interactions. Over the years, I've worked with lab (yes, also programming skills) and field experiments to unpack the mechanics of human cooperation and conflict. My compass sits between Microeconomics, Game Theory, Behavioral and Experimental Economics, driven by a stubborn curiosity for how social norms emerge, shape choices, and sometimes tilt the entire game.

Current affiliations

Postdoctoral Fellow at CIMEO, Sapienza University
Post-Doctoral Fellow at Dept. of Economics and Business Sciences, University of Cagliari
Post-Doctoral Fellow at CRENoS, University of Cagliari and Sassari

Research interests

Behavioral & experimental economics — social norms, pro-social behaviors, risk attitudes, civil economy, gender, religion
Microeconomics — game theory
Sociology — economic sociology, embeddedness, social capital, informal economy
Psychology — economic psychology, groups & organizations

Selected working papers

Title	Authors	Repo
Creative Minds in the Age of AI	Atzori F., Corazzini L., Guarnieri A. (2025)	CRENoS
When Giving Justifies Gambling	Ballicu G., Atzori F., Pelligra V. (2025)	SSRN
Under Big Gods' Eyes	Atzori F., Ballicu G., Pelligra V. (2025)	CRENoS

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Sardinia (/sɑːrˈdɪniə) — second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily. Inhabited since the Paleolithic era (~20,000-10,000 years ago). For some, the mythical Atlantis.

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