Archibugi graduated with an Economics degree at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" with Federico Caffè, and obtained a D.Phil.

[10] He therefore endorsed other quasi-judicial instruments for human rights protection such as the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and the Opinion Tribunals.

[13] This will jeopardize the standard of livings of Europeans in key areas such as medical research, information technologies and knowledge intensive industries.

Archibugi has urged for substantial revisions to European immigration policy in order to accommodate at least two million qualified students in science, engineering from developing countries in a decade.

[14] By combining the two perspectives, Archibugi argued that to get out of a crisis, a country must make a major effort to enter into emerging industries.

He has several brothers and sisters including film director Francesca Archibugi and political scientist Mathias Koenig-Archibugi.