BIO
Alessio Fornasin (1962) is a Research Associate in Demography at the University of Udine (Italy) and at the University of Trieste (Italy). His main research interests are historical demography and economic history. His recent areas of work include the spatial analysis of economic and demographic phenomena in historical perspective; the demography of war, in particular WWI, and health issues in past populations. Currently President of SIDeS, the Italian Society of Historical Demography, he is author of more than 150 scientific works.