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Filippo Sbrana (Milan 1973) is Associate Professor of Economic History at the University for Foreigners of Perugia, in the Department of International Human and Social Sciences, where he also serves as Research Delegate, and has obtained the National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor in the same field. He is also Associate Researcher at the Institute of Mediterranean History of the National Research Council (ISEM - CNR).

Author of over 50 scientific publications (including 4 monographs and 3 special journal issues), he is a member of the Academic Board of the PhD programme in "Frontiers Sciences in Sustainability, Diplomacy, and International Cooperation” and of the Scientific Committee for the "Diplomacy and International Cooperation" curriculum, 40th cycle, academic year 2024-2025. He is also an Associate Researcher on the international research project "Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time (DEPOT)", funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), involving 33 universities and partner organisations in Europe, the USA, and Canada. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Global Trade, Ethics and Law and of Frontiers in Public Health, and serves on the Scientific Committee of the journals Umbria contemporanea and Perusia, as well as the History and Globalization series of the Perugia Stranieri University Press.

He was Scientific Coordinator at the Luigi Einaudi Institute Foundation for Banking, Financial and Insurance Studies.

He has collaborated, and continues to collaborate, with various newspapers (Sole 24 Ore, Italypost, La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno) and periodicals (including the journal il Mulino) on topics relating to history, economics, and current affairs.

His most recent publication is F. Sbrana (ed.), Mezzogiorno: quale storia, quale futuro?, special issue of “Storia economica”, no. 1/2025.

His latest book, "Nord contro Sud. La grande frattura dell'Italia repubblicana" (Carocci 2023, 2nd reprint 2025), received the 2024 Diego Tajani National Prize (Mezzogiorno section) and special jury mentions at the 2024 Giuseppe Galasso Prize and the 2023 Sele d'Oro Prize.

He has been engaged in research activities for over twenty years at universities, foundations, and research centres, both public and private. His research has focused on the North/South divide in Italy, the so-called "Northern Question," the banking and financial sector, public intervention in the economy, foreign trade, the dynamics of deindustrialization, and the representation of interests (trade unions and employers' associations). In his publications, he has often explored the interconnections between economic events and political and social factors. He has also highlighted the paths of key figures such as Guido Carli and Pasquale Saraceno. He is currently working in particular on the North, South, regional economies, and differentiated autonomy; deindustrialization; inequalities; migration; and the international dimension of the Italian economy.

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Filippo Sbrana (Milan 1973) is associate professor of economic history at the University for Foreigners of Perugia and research delegate of the Department of International Human and Social Sciences. He is the author of over 50 scientific publications (including 4 books and 3 special issues of journals) and has been a speaker at more than 100 seminars and conferences.

He has been involved for over twenty years in research activities conducted at universities, foundations and research centres, both public and private. He is Associate Researcher of the Institute of Mediterranean History of the National Research Council (ISEM - CNR) and of the International Research Project "Deindustrialization and the politics of our time (Depot)" directed by Steven High (Concordia University, Canada). He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Global Trade, Ethics and Law and of Frontiers in Public Health. He is also a member of the scientific committee of the scientific journals Umbria contemporanea, Perusia and of the History and globalization series of the Perugia Stranieri University Press. He was scientific coordinator of the Luigi Einaudi Institute Foundation for banking, financial and insurance studies.

His studies have so far mainly focused on a few topics: the banking and financial sector, public intervention in the economy, foreign trade, interest representation (workers' unions and employers' representatives), the North/South divide in Italy , the northern question, the events related to deindustrialization. In his publications he has often investigated the connections between economic facts and political and social aspects. He also focused on the careers of some significant figures such as Guido Carli and Pasquale Saraceno. He is currently working on the international projection of the Italian economy, on the northern question and Southern Italy, and on deindustrialization. 

The latest publication is F. Sbrana (ed.), Mezzogiorno: quale storia, quale futuro?, special issue of “Storia economica”, no. 1/2025. 

Latest book "Nord contro Sud. La grande frattura dell'Italia repubblicana" (Carocci 2023), for wich he received the 2024 Diego Tajani national Prize (Mezzogiorno section) and special mentions from the jury at the 2024 Giuseppe Galasso Prize and the 2023 Sele d'oro Prize.

ERC sectors: ERCSH1_16 Historical economics; quantitative economic history; institutional economics; economic systemsSH6_9 Modern and contemporary historySH6_12 Social and economic history