Alfio Puglisi

Alfio Puglisi joined King’s College London in 2017. He studies the interaction of political and economic systems of financial innovations (i.e Blockchain applications for financial services). He is also interested in how scholars construct explanations and make inferences in the social sciences.

He teaches International Economics at Fordham University and is an advisor to regulatory bodies, start-ups and investment funds working in the distributed ledger technologies (DLT) space.

Prior to joining King’s College, he worked at the European Banking Authority as a Policy Analyst in the Financial Innovation Unit.

Education

• Master of Science - MS UCL (2015 — 2016)
• Master of Arts (MA) with honours in Economics The University of Edinburgh (2011 — 2015)
• Scientific High School Diploma Liceo Scientifico Michele Amari (2006 — 2011)

Companies

• Assistant Professor Instituto Superior Técnico (2022)
• Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant King's College London (2018 — 2021)
• DPhil Candidate King's College London (2017 — 2021)
• Lecturer In Economics Fordham University (2019 — 2021)
• Policy Advisor to the House of Commons, Treasury Committee on Crypto-Assets King's College London (2018 — 2018)
• Policy Analyst European Banking Authority (2017 — 2017)
• Equity Analyst Eram Capital (2016 — 2017)
• Associate Researcher European Commission (2016 — 2016)
• Vice-President University of Edinburgh Economics Society (2012 — 2013)