- Structural dynamics and the wealth of nations. Luigi Pasinetti's system of economic theory Cardinale, Ivano; Galbraith, James and Scazzieri, Roberto. 2024. Structural dynamics and the wealth of nations. Luigi Pasinetti's system of economic theory. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 69, pp. 692-698. ISSN 0954-349X
- Political economy revisited: structures and objectives at the systemic level Cardinale, Ivano and Scazzieri, Roberto. 2024. Political economy revisited: structures and objectives at the systemic level. Economia Politica. Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, 41(1), pp. 153-171. ISSN 1120-2890
- The EU's vulnerability to gas price and supply shocks: The role of mismatches between policy beliefs and changing international gas markets Cardinale, Roberto; Cardinale, Ivano and Zupic, Ivan. 2024. The EU's vulnerability to gas price and supply shocks: The role of mismatches between policy beliefs and changing international gas markets. Energy Economics, 131, 107383. ISSN 0140-9883
- Technological, economic and sociopolitical conditions for the energy transition [Rendere possibile la transizione energetica: condizioni tecnologiche, economiche e sociopolitiche] Cardinale, Ivano. 2023. Technological, economic and sociopolitical conditions for the energy transition [Rendere possibile la transizione energetica: condizioni tecnologiche, economiche e sociopolitiche]. CiMET Policy Brief, 9/2023. ISSN 2281-5023
- Architectures of production and industrial dynamics: A task-function theory of structural change Cardinale, Ivano and Scazzieri, Roberto. 2023. Architectures of production and industrial dynamics: A task-function theory of structural change. L'industria. Review of Industrial Economics and Policy, 2023(4), pp. 559-582. ISSN 0019-7416
- Vulnerability, resilience and ‘systemic interest’: a connectivity approach Cardinale, Ivano. 2022. Vulnerability, resilience and ‘systemic interest’: a connectivity approach. Networks and Spatial Economics, 22(3), pp. 691-707. ISSN 1566-113X
- Vulnerability, Resilience and Complex Structures: A Connectivity Perspective Cardinale, Ivano; Reggiani, Aura and Scazzieri, Roberto. 2022. Vulnerability, Resilience and Complex Structures: A Connectivity Perspective. Networks and Spatial Economics, 22(3), pp. 409-413. ISSN 1566-113X
- Generalising the political economy of structural change: A Structural Political Economy approach Cardinale, Ivano and Landesmann, Michael. 2022. Generalising the political economy of structural change: A Structural Political Economy approach. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 61, pp. 546-558. ISSN 0954-349X
- Structures and transformations: heuristics of economic change Cardinale, Ivano and Scazzieri, Roberto. 2022. Structures and transformations: heuristics of economic change. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 61, pp. 467-473. ISSN 0954-349X
- On means and ends in structural economic analysis: broadening the field of enquiry Cardinale, Ivano. 2022. On means and ends in structural economic analysis: broadening the field of enquiry. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 61, pp. 450-457. ISSN 0954-349X
- Structural change and development in the Italian South as a matter of systemic interest Cardinale, Ivano. 2021. Structural change and development in the Italian South as a matter of systemic interest. L'industria. Review of Industrial Economics and Policy, 42(2), pp. 193-205. ISSN 0019-7416
- From dishwashing to dishwasher cooking: on social positioning and how users are drawn towards alternative uses of existing technology Cardinale, Ivano and Runde, Jochen. 2021. From dishwashing to dishwasher cooking: on social positioning and how users are drawn towards alternative uses of existing technology. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 45(4), pp. 613-630. ISSN 0309-166X
- Productive interdependencies, interests and systemic conditions: Elements for a political economy of industrial structures Cardinale, Ivano and Scazzieri, Roberto. 2020. Productive interdependencies, interests and systemic conditions: Elements for a political economy of industrial structures. L'industria. Review of Industrial Economics and Policy, 41(1), pp. 21-50. ISSN 0019-7416
- Structural Political Economy: particular interests, systemic interests, and the structure of division of labour Cardinale, Ivano. 2020. Structural Political Economy: particular interests, systemic interests, and the structure of division of labour. Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Rendiconti della Classe di Scienze Morali, Storiche e Filologiche, 31, pp. 257-274. ISSN 0391-8181
- Explaining Structural Change: Actions and Transformations Cardinale, Ivano and Scazzieri, Roberto. 2019. Explaining Structural Change: Actions and Transformations. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 51, pp. 393-404. ISSN 0954-349X
- Sul ritorno dell'economia politica Cardinale, Ivano and Scazzieri, Roberto. 2019. Sul ritorno dell'economia politica. Istituto Lombardo - Accademia di Scienze e Lettere - Rendiconti di Lettere, 150, pp. 69-91. ISSN 2384-9150
- On action, embeddedness, and institutional change Cardinale, Ivano. 2019. On action, embeddedness, and institutional change. Academy of Management Review, 44(3), pp. 673-700. ISSN 0363-7425
- Microfoundations of Institutions and the Theory of Action Cardinale, Ivano. 2019. Microfoundations of Institutions and the Theory of Action. Academy of Management Review, 44(2), pp. 467-470. ISSN 0363-7425
- A Bridge over Troubled Water: A Structural Political Economy of Vertical Integration Cardinale, Ivano. 2018. A Bridge over Troubled Water: A Structural Political Economy of Vertical Integration. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 46, pp. 172-179. ISSN 0954-349X
- Beyond Constraining and Enabling: Toward New Microfoundations for Institutional Theory Cardinale, Ivano. 2018. Beyond Constraining and Enabling: Toward New Microfoundations for Institutional Theory. Academy of Management Review, 43(1), pp. 132-155. ISSN 0363-7425
- Beyond “Austerity vs. Expansion”: Elements for a Structural Theory of Liquidity Policy Cardinale, Ivano and Scazzieri, R. 2017. Beyond “Austerity vs. Expansion”: Elements for a Structural Theory of Liquidity Policy. Revue d'économie industrielle, 160, pp. 107-136. ISSN 0154-3229
- Structural liquidity: The money-industry nexus Cardinale, Ivano and Scazzieri, R. 2016. Structural liquidity: The money-industry nexus. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 39, pp. 46-53. ISSN 0954-349X
- Economic interdependencies and political conflict: The political economy of taxation in eighteenth-century Britain Cardinale, Ivano and Coffman, D. 2014. Economic interdependencies and political conflict: The political economy of taxation in eighteenth-century Britain. Economia Politica. Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, 31(3), pp. 277-300. ISSN 1120-2890
Professor Ivano Cardinale
Ivano is developing a structural approach to political economy, drawing on economic and social theory
Staff details
Position
Head of Department, Professor
Department
Institute of Management Studies
i.cardinale (@gold.ac.uk)
Goldsmiths Research Centres/Groups
I joined Goldsmiths from the University of Cambridge, where I held a Junior Research Fellowship at Emmanuel College.
My research, which I describe as Structural Political Economy, draws on economic theory, political economy and social theory. It reinterprets how material, social and cognitive structures shape political-economic conflicts and are shaped by them in turn, also depending on actors’ representation of structures and of their positions therein.
For my pioneering contribution to Structural Political Economy, I was awarded the "Feltrinelli Giovani" Prize 2022 for the Social Sciences, the leading prize for Italian researchers under 40, by Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
I am Head of the Institute of Management Studies.
I have founded and I direct the Structural Economic Analysis Unit.
I am Editor-in-Chief of Structural Change and Economic Dynamics.
Academic qualifications
- PhD, University of Cambridge
Featured publications
2024:
Collective objectives, particular objectives, and structural conditions: On Pasinetti's natural economic system and the “institutional problem”
Structural Change and Economic Dynamics
2024:
The EU's vulnerability to gas price and supply shocks: The role of mismatches between policy beliefs and changing international gas markets
Energy Economics
2018:
Beyond Constraining and Enabling: Toward New Microfoundations for Institutional Theory
Academy of Management Review
2022:
Generalising the Political Economy of Structural Change: A Structural Political Economy Approach
Structural Change and Economic Dynamics (with M. Landesmann)
2018:
A Bridge over Troubled Water: A Structural Political Economy of Vertical Integration
Structural Change and Economic Dynamics
Grants and awards
2022:
"Feltrinelli Giovani" Prize for the Social Sciences
The leading prize for Italian researchers under the age of 40. Awarded by Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in the presence of the President of the Republic.
2021:
Guest Faculty, LILA, Harvard University
Learning Innovation Laboratory, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
2020:
“30 Papers in 30 Years” Anniversary Collection of Structural Change and Economic Dynamics
My article “A Bridge over Troubled Water” (2018) was selected for this anniversary collection, which features articles by distinguished scholars including several Nobel Prize winners.
2019:
Political Economy Research Fellowship
With a grant from the Independent Social Research Foundation
2016:
Life Membership
Clare Hall, Cambridge
2016:
Visiting Fellowship
Clare Hall, Cambridge
2012:
Junior Research Fellowship (Mead Fellowship in Economics)
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
2009:
Benavitch Scholarship
St Catharine's College, Cambridge
2008:
Doris Woodall Scholarship
Girton College, Cambridge
2008:
John Elliott Cairnes Award
Girton College, Cambridge
Publications and research outputs
Book
- Structural Political Economy: Rethinking the Economic Foundations of Conflict and Compromise Cardinale, Ivano. 2025. Structural Political Economy: Rethinking the Economic Foundations of Conflict and Compromise. London: Routledge.
Edited Book
- Periodic Crises of Overproduction (1913) by Albert Aftalion Cardinale, Ivano; Coffman, D'Maris and Scazzieri, Roberto, eds. 2026. Periodic Crises of Overproduction (1913) by Albert Aftalion. London: Anthem Press. ISBN 9781839983641
- The Palgrave Handbook of Political Economy Cardinale, Ivano and Scazzieri, Roberto, eds. 2018. The Palgrave Handbook of Political Economy. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137442543
- The Political Economy of the Eurozone Cardinale, Ivano; Coffman, D'Maris and Scazzieri, Roberto, eds. 2017. The Political Economy of the Eurozone. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316403730
Book Section
- Industrial development and the growth process: a structural framework Cardinale, Ivano and Scazzieri, Roberto. 2023. Industrial development and the growth process: a structural framework. In: Patrizio Bianchi; Sandrine Labory and Philip R. Tomlinson, eds. Handbook of Industrial Development. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 403-424. ISBN 9781800379084
- Political Economy as Theory of Society Cardinale, Ivano and Scazzieri, Roberto. 2018. Political Economy as Theory of Society. In: Ivano Cardinale and Roberto Scazzieri, eds. The Palgrave Handbook of Political Economy. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 787-815. ISBN 978-1-137-44254-3
- Political Economy: Outlining a Field Cardinale, Ivano and Scazzieri, Roberto. 2018. Political Economy: Outlining a Field. In: Ivano Cardinale and Roberto Scazzieri, eds. The Palgrave Handbook of Political Economy. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-25. ISBN 978-1-137-44254-3
Article
- The Complexity of Human Space: Multi-layered Networks and the Relativity of Distance Cardinale, Ivano and Scazzieri, Roberto. 2025. The Complexity of Human Space: Multi-layered Networks and the Relativity of Distance. Networks and Spatial Economics, ISSN 1566-113X
- Workshop on “Complexity in Socio-Economic Systems: The Connectivity Approach” Cardinale, Ivano; Reggiani, Aura and Scazzieri, Roberto. 2024. Workshop on “Complexity in Socio-Economic Systems: The Connectivity Approach”. Annales. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of Bologna. Classis Scientiarum Moralium, 2, pp. 67-71. ISSN 2389-6116
- Collective objectives, particular objectives, and structural conditions: On Pasinetti’s natural economic system and the “institutional problem” Cardinale, Ivano. 2024. Collective objectives, particular objectives, and structural conditions: On Pasinetti’s natural economic system and the “institutional problem”. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 70, pp. 202-210. ISSN 0954-349X
