Maria Patrizia VITTORIA is Senior Researcher at the CNR/IRISS since 2001. Graduated in Industrial Economics, her research interests include New Firms’ formation, Knowledge Networks as new economic institutions, and Informal Urban Communities in local development frameworks.

She is currently engaged in research activities aimed at integrating models for urban development with the contribution provided by informal and participatory labor.

She is coordinator of the Working Group for the analysis, classification and valorization of Iriss publications and third mission activities in the framework of the CNR participation to the VQR/Anvur 2020-24.

She has published more than 50 articles and book chapters. Among others, she has published in the following journals: Entrepreneurship & Regional Development: An International Journal (Routledge, Taylor&Francis Group); Social Network Analysis and Mining (SNAM) (Springer); World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development (WRSTSD) (Inder Science Enterprises Ltd); L’Industria (il Mulino); Economia e Politica Industriale (Franco Angeli).