Francesco C. Billari (born 13 October 1970) is an Italian sociologist and demographer, and the Rector of Bocconi University in Milan, as well as Professor of Demography in the Department of Social and Political Sciences[1][2][3] He graduated from Bocconi University with a degree in Political Economy in 1994, with a specialization in Statistics and Operations Research.
In 1997 he was a Doctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, and obtained a PhD in demography from the University of Padua (Department of Statistical Sciences) in 1998.
At Bocconi he has also held the roles of Dean for Development, in charge of Alumni relations and Fundraising, founding Director of the Carlo F. Dondena Center for Research[5] on Social Dynamics and Public Policy, Director of the Master of Science in Economic and Social Sciences when it was launched, Dean of the Faculty and Deputy Rector.
On 27 June 2022 he has been appointed by the Bocconi board Rector of the University for the 2022/2024 two-year period; he took office on 1 November 2022, at the end of Gianmario Verona's six-year Rectorship.
[9] He also received an Honorary Doctorate from the Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences and Communication from Université Catholique de Louvain (2013).