Lucio Baccaro (born in 1966 in Alberobello, Italy)[1] is an Italian political economist and professor of Comparative Macro-Sociology at the University of Geneva.
In 2017, he succeeded Wolfgang Streeck to become director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies next to Jens Beckert.
[2] His research lies in the fields of comparative political economy and industrial relations, focusing on growth models in the European Union.
Baccaro obtained a Laurea in philosophy with summa cum laude from the University of Rome, La Sapienza, followed by an MBA.
He earned a Doctorate in Labor Law and Industrial Relations from the University of Pavia, Italy, in 1997 and a PhD in Management and Political Science from MIT in 1999.