Alessandro Rizzello currently teaches Social and Sustainable Finance at the University Magna Græcia of Catanzaro. His research interests include sustainable finance, social impact investing, social impact bond, and Crowdfunding of Social Ventures. He is a co-author in the following main recent publications: "Sustainable Financial Partnerships for the SDGs: The Case of Social Impact Bonds" (2020 - Sustainability, 12(13), 5362); “Business Models for Sustainable Finance: The Case Study of Social Impact Bonds”. (2019 - Sustainability, 11(7), 1887); “Crowdfunding for the development of smart cities” (2018 - Business Horizons, 61(4), 501-509), and “An alternative finance approach for a more sustainable financial system” (in Thomas Walker et al. – 2018 - (Eds): Designing a Sustainable Financial System - pp. 17-63. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham); "Impact Investing: a model and research agenda" (2016 - in Routledge handbook of social and sustainable finance).