BARBERA Carmela

Academic Position: Assistant Professor at the Department of Management, University of Bergamo.

Education: PhD in Management and Innovation at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan (2017), Graduate Degree in Economics and Management of Public Administration and International Institutions at Bocconi University, Milan (2011).

Areas of Research: Accounting systems’ roles in shaping governmental responses to crises and austerity, public sector financial resilience and citizen-government interaction for public service planning, provision and evaluation.

Publications and Acknowledgements: She has published articles in high-impact international journals, such as Public Administration, Public Administration Review, Public Management Review, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, Contemporary Accounting Research, Financial Accountability and Management, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, International Review of Administrative Sciences, Public Mony and Management.

Professional Activities: Member of the Advisory Board of the International Journal of Public Sector Management (from 2023); Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Accounting Association (EAA) Annual Congress (from 2019); Member of the Editorial Board of Azienda Pubblica and of the International Journal of Public Sector Management.

Teaching: Teaches courses in "Contabilità e Bilancio" (Financial Accounting) - 87140 (EN), "Public Value Creation and Reporting" - 179005-eng, and "Principi di management e analisi sociale" (Principles of management and social analysis) at the Department of Management. Teacher within the Executive Course Management, Innovation, Leadership and Digitalisation of Public Administrations (LEAD-PA) (2024, 2025), teacher within the Executvie Course “Management of Cooperatives” (2023-2024).