Giorgio Giacomelli
Associate Professor of Practice
Biography
Giorgio is an Associate Professor of Practice in Public Management at the Government, Health & Not for Profit (GHNP) area of SDA Bocconi School of Management.
Since 2013, he has been collaborating with SDA Bocconi, participating in research projects, training, and organizational support for public entities of various levels. His involvement in projects includes the innovation of performance measurement and evaluation systems, personnel management in the public sector, and organizational behavior.
From 2015 to 2019, he conducted research on performance evaluation and employee engagement in public health organizations at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, where he obtained an International PhD in Management in 2018. Giorgio has authored publications on the mentioned research topics in national and international journals, including Azienda Pubblica, Public Administration, Public Management Review, Public Money & Management, International Review of Administrative Sciences, Mecosan, Health Care Management Review, Health Services Management Research.
He contributes to the research activities of SDA Bocconi's PA-POP Lab and PNRR Lab and the OASI Observatory (Observatory on Companies and the Italian Healthcare System). From 2020 to 2022, he served as the Coordinator of the Executive Master in Public Administration Management (EMMAP) and is currently responsible for the course on Public Value & Performance Management within the program. Giorgio is actively involved in national and international networks such as AIDEA (Italian Academy of Business Economics), AIES (Italian Association of Health Economics), PMRA (Public Management Research Association), IRSPM (International Research Society for Public Management). He is currently the principal investigator of the research project MIRROR (Making public education representative to foster inclusive communities), funded under the Inequalities Research 2023 call by Fondazione Cariplo. In 2018, an article he co-authored won the Farmafactoring Best Paper Award in the Healthcare Management category.
Giorgio earned his master's degree in Economics and Management of Public Administrations and International Institutions in 2011 from Università Bocconi and a Ph.D. in Management in 2018 from the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa.
Recent Publications
- 2025
A public performance appraisal for all seasons? A conjoint analysis on performance appraisal design, expected productivity and perceived fairness
GIACOMELLI, G., F. VIDÈ, M. BARBIERI, "A public performance appraisal for all seasons? A conjoint analysis on performance appraisal design, expected productivity and perceived fairness" in IRSPM 2025: Civic engagement and social capital in contemporary public administration: facing the challenges of social equity and environmental sustainability, April 7-9, 2025, Bologna, Italy - 2025
Representative public services: a scoping review on service organization and management factors fostering public schools’ inclusiveness
LUCIANO, L., G. GIACOMELLI, F. VIDÈ, M. BARBIERI, "Representative public services: a scoping review on service organization and management factors fostering public schools’ inclusiveness" in IRSPM 2025: Civic engagement and social capital in contemporary public administration: facing the challenges of social equity and environmental sustainability, April 7-9, 2025, Bologna, Italy - 2025
Pro-Social Rule-Breaking (PSRB) Behaviour by Professional Healthcare Street Level Bureaucrats in France
GEORGESCU, I., F. GRIMA, M. BARREDA, G. GIACOMELLI, Y. BRUNETTO, "Pro-Social Rule-Breaking (PSRB) Behaviour by Professional Healthcare Street Level Bureaucrats in France" in IRSPM 2025: Civic engagement and social capital in contemporary public administration: facing the challenges of social equity and environmental sustainability, April 7-9, 2025, Bologna, Italy - 2025
Meso-level organisational factors influencing healthcare workers’ resilience: evidence from a qualitative study in seven countries
SARTIRANA, M., G. GIACOMELLI, E. TRINCHERO, I. GEORGESCU, "Meso-level organisational factors influencing healthcare workers’ resilience: evidence from a qualitative study in seven countries" in IRSPM 2025: Civic engagement and social capital in contemporary public administration: facing the challenges of social equity and environmental sustainability, April 7-9, 2025, Bologna, Italy - 2025
‘Mind the professional gap’: exploring how doctors experience working in peripheral areas
SARTIRANA, M., G. GIACOMELLI, F. VIDÈ, C. BUONGIORNO SOTTORIVA, "‘Mind the professional gap’: exploring how doctors experience working in peripheral areas", BMC Health Services Research, 2025, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 594 - 2025
Integrating sustainability into local government strategy: a configurational analysis on the role of administrative capacity
ANNESI, N., G. GIACOMELLI, P. GRAGNANI, M. BATTAGLIA, "Integrating sustainability into local government strategy: a configurational analysis on the role of administrative capacity", Public Money & Management, 2025, vol. 45, no. 7, pp. 701-711 - 2025
Meso-organisational determinants of healthcare workers’ resilience: results of a scoping review
OPREA, N., G. GIACOMELLI, M. SARTIRANA, E. TRINCHERO, I. GEORGESCU, "Meso-organisational determinants of healthcare workers’ resilience: results of a scoping review", Health Policy, November 2025, vol. 161, pp. 105412 - 2025
Professionals in Public Services: Profiles and Regulatory Governance
DEL VECCHIO, M., G. GIACOMELLI, M. SARTIRANA, "Professionals in Public Services: Profiles and Regulatory Governance" in Public Administration in Italy: The Science and the Profession., Edoardo Ongaro, Carla Barbati, Fabrizio Di Mascio, Francesco Longo, Alessandro Natalini (Eds.), Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 387-412, 2025 - 2024
Hybridity enabled: A research synthesis of the enabling conditions for hybrid professionalism in healthcare
SARTIRANA, M., G. GIACOMELLI, "Hybridity enabled: A research synthesis of the enabling conditions for hybrid professionalism in healthcare", Health Services Management Research, 2024, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 2-15 - 2024
Unpacking hybridity: Development and first validation of a multidimensional instrument to profile hybrid professionals
COMPAGNI, A., P. R. BOSCOLO, G. GIACOMELLI, M. SARTIRANA, "Unpacking hybridity: Development and first validation of a multidimensional instrument to profile hybrid professionals", Public Administration, 2024, vol. 102, no. 2, pp. 519-539
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Grants & Honors
Best Paper Award (Healthcare Management), AIES - Italian Health Economics Association, 2018
