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Aleksandra Torbica

Department of Social and Political Sciences
Associate Professor
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I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Political Sciences (SPS) at Bocconi University, where I also serve as Director of the MSc in Government and International Organisations (MSc GIO). I am currently President of the European Health Economics Association (EuHEA). From 2016 to 2022, I was Director of the Centre for Research on Health and Social Care Management (CERGAS) at Bocconi University. Prior to that, until 2015, I served as Director of the Master in International Healthcare Management, Economics and Policy (MIHMEP) at SDA Bocconi School of Management.

I hold an MSc in International Healthcare Management, Economics and Policy and a PhD in Public Management. During my academic career, I was a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York, following the award of the prestigious Alan Williams Fellowship. My main areas of research and teaching include health economics, public and healthcare management, methodological issues in performance measurement, and the use of performance information in decision-making. I have co-authored numerous articles in leading international journals in health economics, healthcare management, and health policy, and I have led a wide range of international and European research projects.

About

As trained researcher interested in health and healthcare, I am driven by passion to generate knowledge to create tangible social impacts. I am motivated by desire to contribute, to give, to reconcile divisions. I believe that creating bridges between different disciplines and methodologies is the only way to understand complex phenomena.  I am a mother of two,  mountain lover, passionate about skiing, hiking, ashtanga yoga, travel and good food.  

Research Interests

My research interests are found on the intersection between three disciplines applied to health and healthcare: policy, economics and management. I am interested in exploring different methodologies stemming from these disciplines to investigate how economic evaluation analysis can influence and shape decision-making processes at macro (policy) and micro (management) levels in different contexts. My research interests revolve around: (i) the use and impact of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) on decision making in healthcare and (ii) methodological issues in estimating outcomes and costs of healthcare technologies/programs/services; (iii) governance of healthcare systems and (iv) evaluation of health policy and programs Over the past few years, I have become increasingly interested in exploring new research avenues in the arena of global public health, and more specifically conducting policy-relevant research in low- and middle-income countries.

Teaching

20514
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
30152
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
10911
ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF HEALTH CARE PROGRAMMES
10482
HEALTH ECONOMICS
20508
GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: TRENDS AND CAREERS
41033
POPULATION DYNAMICS
Past years teaching

Additional teachings info

I have an extensive teaching record at all levels—undergraduate, graduate, master’s, and PhD—covering a wide range of subjects closely related to my research areas. A key distinctive feature of all my courses is the systematic integration of theoretical knowledge with practical examples drawn from my own research and real-world experience. Core paradigms and principles are consistently complemented by concrete case studies and applied examples, designed to help students grasp the practical value and real-world relevance of the concepts they are learning.