Introduction
Felice Simonelli is a Senior Research Fellow and Head of Policy Evaluation at CEPS. He is also an Associate Researcher at the Research Centre in Industrial Organization and Finance of LUISS “Guido Carli” University (Rome).
Expert in better regulation, analysis of public policies and business competitiveness with over ten years of professional experience, Felice provided research and advisory services to various public institutions, trade associations, and private companies. He completed many research projects in the field of impact assessment, policy evaluation and competitiveness analysis for EU institutions.
With regard to impact assessments, he was part, inter alia, of the CEPS team conducting a study on a possible furniture product initiative for DG ENTR, a study on the structures of excise duty on alcohol and alcoholic beverages and a study on the general arrangements for excise duty for DG TAXUD, and a study on the EIB external lending mandate for DG ECFIN. He also managed a study on the reform of the EU InfoSoc Directive for the European Parliament. With regard to evaluation, he was the manager of the study on aggressive tax planning for DG TAXUD, the interim evaluation of ISA2 programme for DG DIGT, the mid-term evaluation of the Hercule III Programme for OLAF, and the implementation assessment of the InfoSoc Directive for the European Parliament. With regard to business competitiveness, he took part and managed several edition of the study on energy prices and costs in energy intensive industries for DG GROW, the Cumulative Cost Assessment of the EU aluminium, ceramics, glass and steel industries for DG GROW/ENTR and the study on the competitiveness of the renewable energy sector for DG ENER. He also took part in many other policy evaluation assignments for DG GROW, DG FISMA, DG TAXUD, DG ECFIN, EASME and the European Parliament.
He has extensive experience in data collection and analysis across EU countries, including conducting interviews and surveys and planning stakeholder consultations on behalf of the European Commission. He was part of the team conducting open public consultations in several large better regulation studies.
Felice was a Visiting Ph.D. Student at The Buchmann Faculty of Law (Tel Aviv University) and a Visiting Researcher at Berkeley Law (University of California) and published several papers on refereed journals. He holds a Ph.D. in Law and Economics from LUISS University, an LL.M. cum laude in Law and Economics from Erasmus University of Rotterdam and from Ghent University, a M.Sc. cum laude in Law and Economics and a Bachelor cum laude in Economics and Business from LUISS.
Expert
Felice Simonelli is a Senior Research Fellow and Head of Policy Evaluation at CEPS. He is also an Associate Researcher at the Research Centre in Industrial Organization and Finance of LUISS “Guido Carli” University (Rome).
Expert in better regulation, analysis of public policies and business competitiveness with over ten years of professional experience, Felice provided research and advisory services to various public institutions, trade associations, and private companies. He completed many research projects in the field of impact assessment, policy evaluation and competitiveness analysis for EU institutions.
With regard to impact assessments, he was part, inter alia, of the CEPS team conducting a study on a possible furniture product initiative for DG ENTR, a study on the structures of excise duty on alcohol and alcoholic beverages and a study on the general arrangements for excise duty for DG TAXUD, and a study on the EIB external lending mandate for DG ECFIN. He also managed a study on the reform of the EU InfoSoc Directive for the European Parliament. With regard to evaluation, he was the manager of the study on aggressive tax planning for DG TAXUD, the interim evaluation of ISA2 programme for DG DIGT, the mid-term evaluation of the Hercule III Programme for OLAF, and the implementation assessment of the InfoSoc Directive for the European Parliament. With regard to business competitiveness, he took part and managed several edition of the study on energy prices and costs in energy intensive industries for DG GROW, the Cumulative Cost Assessment of the EU aluminium, ceramics, glass and steel industries for DG GROW/ENTR and the study on the competitiveness of the renewable energy sector for DG ENER. He also took part in many other policy evaluation assignments for DG GROW, DG FISMA, DG TAXUD, DG ECFIN, EASME and the European Parliament.
He has extensive experience in data collection and analysis across EU countries, including conducting interviews and surveys and planning stakeholder consultations on behalf of the European Commission. He was part of the team conducting open public consultations in several large better regulation studies.
Felice was a Visiting Ph.D. Student at The Buchmann Faculty of Law (Tel Aviv University) and a Visiting Researcher at Berkeley Law (University of California) and published several papers on refereed journals. He holds a Ph.D. in Law and Economics from LUISS University, an LL.M. cum laude in Law and Economics from Erasmus University of Rotterdam and from Ghent University, a M.Sc. cum laude in Law and Economics and a Bachelor cum laude in Economics and Business from LUISS.
Fields of expertise: e-Transformation / e-Governance, Environmental policy / climate change, Evidence for policy / knowledge valorization, Monitoring and evaluation, Policy design and delivery, Science policy, technology and innovation policy, Sustainable Development Goals