Paola Avallone is Director of Research of the National Research Council of Italy at the Institute of History of Mediterranean Europe. From January 2025 is Director of Institute of History of Mediterranean Europe (ISEM) – Italian National Council of Research (CNR). She carries out teaching activities in Economic History of the Department of Economic Sciences and Statistics of the Federico II University. From 2023 is Responsible of ISEM-CNR Research Unit of the national Project PRIN2022 PNRR WWS (Winds, Waves and Storms): historical data and modern quantitative approaches to uncover the long-term strategies to prevent and mitigate climate risks in the European seas (15th-19th centuries). From 2023 is PI of International Research Project Network of transnational relations and cultural transfer between Buda and Naples from 14th to 18th century, bilateral agreement CNR and Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS). She is a member of the teaching staff of the doctoral course in “Mediterranean Studies. History, Law & Economics” at the Department of Law of LUMSA University. She teaches Economic History at University of Naples “Federico II”. She specializes in the Economic History of Southern Italy between the 16th and 19th centuries with special attention to banking, insurance, local institutions, and the mobility of people and goods.