Jack Birner is a full research professor at the University College in Maastricht and an associate professor of economics at the Department of Sociology, at the University of Trento. Previously, he held a position as an assistant professor at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, and was visiting professor at the Université Aix-Marseille, in Aix-en-Provence, at the International Center for Economic Research (ICER) in Turin, at the Université Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, and at the George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Jack Birner has published several books and scientific articles, participated in international research projects, and was the national coordinator of a MIUR (Italian ministry of academic education and research) co-financed research project.