Giacomo Benati

Giacomo Benati

Researcher Ramon i Cajal program

ORCID: 0000-0003-2555-3122

Contact Information
Department of Economic History, Institutions and Policy and World Economy
Departament d'història, econòmica, institucions, política i economia mundial Diagonal, 690

giacomo.benati(a)ub.edu

Academic training

History of the Archaeological and Artistic Heritage . University of Turin . 13/03/2014 . (Ph.D.)
Archaeology and Cultures of the Ancient World . University of Bologna . 11/10/2010 . (Official Master)

Teaching imparted (last 5 years)

Institucions, Capacitat Estatal i Creixement Econòmic (University Master's Degree) - Història Econòmica - Universidad de Barcelona.
ECONOMIC HISTORY TOPICS 2: MARKET FORMATION IN HISTORY (University Master's Degree) - Master Institutions and Political Economy - Universidad de Barcelona.
Temes d'Història Econòmica II: la Formació de Mercats en la Història (University Master's Degree) - Institucions i Economia Política / Institutions and Political Economy - Universidad de Barcelona.
Economic History II: Institutions and the formation of state capacity (University Master's Degree) - Master Institutions and Political Economy - Universidad de Barcelona.

Research interests

Violence, Standards of Living and Development in Pre-Industrial Societies: New Bioarchaeological Proxies
The Rise of Political Institutions and Property Rights
Long-term political and economic development in past societies

Participation in Projects (last 6 years)

Ayuda María Zambrano para la atracción de talento internacional . 2022 - 2024 . Ref.MZ205 . Ministerio de Universidades . PI: Giacomo Benati
Capacidad estatal en América Latina (1870-2020): indicadores, causas y consecuencias . 2022 - 2026 . Ref.PID2021-125901NB-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación . PI: Alfonso Herranz Loncan; Sergio Espuelas Barroso
Economic History and Development (Industry, Business, Sustainability) . 2022 - 2026 . Ref.2021 SGR 00762 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Alfonso Herranz Loncan
Contracte del Programa Ramón y Cajal 2023 . 2025 - 2029 . Ref.RYC2023-045299-I . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . PI: Giacomo Benati

Relevant publications (Journal Publications and Other publications - last 6 years)

Benati, G.; Guerriero, C. (2021). Climate Change and State Evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - PNAS, 118 . https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020893118 . ISSN: 0027-8424
Benati, G.; Guerriero, C.; Zaina, F. (2021). The Economic and Institutional Determinants of Trade Expansion in Bronze Age Greater Mesopotamia. Journal of Archaeological Science, 131 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105398 . ISSN: 0305-4403
Benati, G.; Guerriero, C. (2022). The Origins of the State: Technology, Cooperation and Institutions. Journal Of Institutional Economics, 18, pp. 29 - 43 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744137420000569 . ISSN: 1744-1374
Benati, G., Guerriero, C., Zaina, F. (2022). The Origins of Political Institutions and Property Rights. Journal of Comparative Economics, 50(4), pp. 946 - 968 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0147-5967
Baten, J. ; Benati, G. ; Soltysiak, A (2023). Violence Trends in the Ancient Middle East between 12,000 and 400 BCE. Nature Human Behaviour, 7, pp. 2064 - 2073 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2397-3374

Conferences and Participations in Congresses (last 6 years)

Baten, J.; Benati, G.; Sołtysiak, A. (2022). A Game of Bones: Security, State Capacity and Nutritional Welfare in the Middle East, 10.000-400 BCE. (Presentation of communication) . XIX World Economic History Congress, Paris . FRANCE
Benati, G. (2021). The Use of Bioarchaeological Data in Economics. (Invited conference) . Seminar on Bioarchaeology of the Near East - Warsaw University . POLAND
Benati, G. (2024). The Origins of Culture. (Presentation of communication) . Democracy and History . Londres . ENGLAND
Benati, G.; Guerriero, C. (2023). Climate Change and State-Building in the World's Most Agricultural Countries. (Presentation of communication) . 27th SIOE meeting . Frankfurt . GERMANY
Benati, G.; Fochesato, M. (2025). The Future of the Past: Towards an Economic History of the Ancient World. (Chair of session) . World Economic History Congress . Lund . SWEDEN