Prof. Giorgio Vittadini is a full professor in Methodological Statistics at the University of Milan-Bicocca and CRISP. His main research interests are Multivariate Analysis, Structural and Latent Variables Models, Evaluation Problems in the field of Public Utility Services (with particular reference to Education and Health) and Human Capital estimation. He published in international journals such as Multivariate Behavioural Research, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Journal of Educational and Behavioural Statistics, Economic Modelling, Journal of Economic Surveys, Econometric Reviews and Computational Statistics & Data Analysis.