A. (Arianna) Rotulo, Dr

Dr. Arianna Rotulo (PhD, MSc)

Sustainable Health Department, Campus Fryslan, University of Groningen

Email: a.rotulo rug.nl | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8752-6889

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arirotulo/

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Arianna-Rotulo

Profile

      Dr. Arianna Rotulo is Assistant Professor in Public Health Policy at the University of Groningen – Campus Fryslan.

She got her PhD from Queen Mary University of London in 2022 with a research project on the effects of fiscal decentralization on equitable access to healthcare services.

Arianna combines econometrics, economic geography, and the political economy of health to understand the role of public health policies and health care services in the distribution and development of avoidable health and health care disparities. Currently she is interested in interdisciplinary research on fiscal decentralisation, health systems preparedness, international health governance, and degrowth.

She is part of an international team based at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, working on the project ‘IMF and Health Care Reforms in Europe’, funded by ELIDEK. Between 2021 and 2022 she acted as a consultant to the San Gallicano Institute on how to improve the welfare of the vulnerable population of Rome, within the Mi.Fa.Bene project, involving the Municipality of Rome, the Italian Ministry of Interior, and the European Commission.

Arianna also sits on the Board of the International Association of Health Policy in Europe (IAHPE).

At the University of Groningen, Arianna coordinates the Global Equity and Resilient Health Systems course, the Political Economy and Degrowth course, and teaches Principles of Economics for the award-winning BSc programme Global Responsibility and Leadership.

Grants

• 2021 ELIDEK (GR): IMF and Health Care Reforms in Europe
• 2019 UKRI Overseas Institutional Visit (UK): Three months grant for research abroad
• 2017 ESRC LISS-DTP (UK): The Effects of Fiscal Decentralisation on Access to Care and Healthcare Disparities: International Evidence and the Italian Experience

Employment History

• 09/2022 – Present Assistant Professor (Research and teaching) University of Groningen, Campus Fryslan, Netherlands

• 03/2022 – Present Senior Researcher ‘IMF and Health Care Reforms in Europe’ (Research) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
• 09/2021 – 09/2022 Consultant on social policies and inequalities on Mi.Fa.Bene Project (Consultancy) Rome Municipality, San Gallicano Institute, European Commission

• 07/2021 – 08/2022 MSc Module Leader & Lecturer of Health Systems Policy and Performance (Teaching) Queen Mary University of London, UK

• 09/2017 – 05/2022 PhD Candidate in Primary Care and Public Health (Research) Queen Mary University of London, UK

• 01/2021 – 08/2022 Lecturer (Teaching) University of Groningen, Campus Fryslan, Netherlands

• 10/2017 – 07/2021 Teaching Assistant of Health Systems Policy and Practice (Teaching) Queen Mary University of London, UK

• 01/2020 – 03/2021 Research Associate (Research) KEPY (Centre for Research on Health Policy), Thessaloniki, Greece

• 07/2016 – 10/2017 Research Assistant (Research)                               IHPEH (International Health and Political Economy of Health), UK
• 09/2016 – 09/2017 Section Editor (Research)
  IPPR Public Policy (UCL Journal of Public Policy), UK
• 02/2016 – 07/2016 Policy Report Co-Editor (Research) 
  Polygeia (Cambridge University Health Policy Think Tank), UK
• 07/2015 – 05/2016 Health Policy Research Intern (Research)
  Queen Mary University of London, UK

Publications

Journal articles

• Rotulo A, Kondilis E, Thwe T, Gautam S, Torcu O, Summer School Students, Gallo V. Mind the Gap: Data availability during the COVID-19 pandemic, an international comparative appraisal – PLOS Global Public Health - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001148
• Rotulo A. Decentralised autonomy: how regions feather their own nests - Epidemiologia & Prevention https://doi.org/10.19191/EP23.1-2.A609.022
• Rotulo A, Blandina M, Filippon J, Kondilis E. The effect of health sector fiscal decentralisation on health outcomes, healthcare, and spatial inequities: a systematic review of evidence – International Journal of Health Services– under review
• Morrone A, Buonomini AR, Sannella A, Pimpinelli F, Rotulo A. Unequal access to testing and vaccination services for the homenelss and undocumented population during COVID-19 pandemic – International Journal of Public Health – https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604851
• Rotulo A , Paraskevopoulou C, Kondilis E. The effects of health sector fiscal decentralisation on availability, accessibility, and utilisation of healthcare services: A panel data analysis – International Journal of Health Policy and Management – https://dx.doi.org/10.34172/ijhpm.2021.163
• Russo G, Silva TJ, Gassasse Z, Filippon J, Rotulo A, Kondilis E. The impact of economic recession on health workers. Findings from a systematic review and best-fit framework synthesis of the evidence from the last fifty years – Health Policy and Planning; https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czaa180
• Rotulo A , Kondilis E, Epstein M. Fiscal Federalism vs Fiscal Decentralisation in healthcare: A Conceptual Framework – Hyppokratia – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34239287/

Book chapters

• Rotulo A , Blandina M, Barria S, Kondilis E. ‘Healthcare and COVID-19 privatization by stealth’, in Labontè, R (ed.) Global Health Watch 6 – In the Shadow of the Pandemic. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN: 9781913441265

Reports

• Kondilis E, Pantoularis I, Makridou E, Rotulo A, Seretis S, Benos A. Critical assessment of preparedness and policies addressing the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) pandemic: International and Greek experience – KEPY report 2020.2 - https://www.healthpolicycenter.gr/el/topics/primary-health-care/sars-cov-2

Conference presentations

• Rotulo A . Social inequalities between Italians and foreigners or between rich and poor? – Oral presentation at The Phenomenon of Migration Between Past and Future, Siracusa (Sicily) February 2022
• Rotulo A . COVID-19 and migration: pandemic risk management – Oral presentation at The Phenomenon of Migration Between Past and Future, Siracusa (Sicily) February 2022
• Rotulo A . Inequities and inequalities before and after COVID-19: an evaluation of Italian and international experiences – oral presentation at COVID-19 and Fragilities: The inequality virus against the PNRR, Rome, July 2021
• Rotulo A . Kondilis E. What is Fiscal Decentralisation and how does it impact on health and healthcare inequities? A systematic review of evidence – oral presentation at International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (IIPPE) Conference Lille (France), July 2019
• Rotulo A . Unpacking Federalism and Decentralisation in Health Care: A Narrative Review on Concepts – oral presentation at International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (IIPPE) Conference Pula (Croatia), September 2018
• Rotulo A . Fragmentation of Healthcare Services: evidence of Fiscal Federalism and Fiscal Decentralisation from the English, Italian, and Spanish NHS - oral presentation at International Association of Health Policy in Europe (IAHPE), September 2017

Education

• 2017 – 2022 PhD in Primary Care and Public Health – Queen Mary University of London
• 2016 – 2017 MSc in Public Policy – University College London (UCL)
• 2014 – 2015 MSc in Global Health, Law, and Governance – Queen Mary University of London
• 2009 – 2013 BA in Humanities (Distinction) – La Sapienza University of Rome

Research Skills

• Quantitative Methods Software packages: Eviews, Stata, RStudio, ArcGis packages

Analysis: Panel data; Time-series; Cross-section analysis; Difference-in-Differences; ARDL

• Qualitative Methods Software packages: Nvivo; Atlas.ti

Analysis: Thematic analysis; Content Analysis; Systematic Review; Political Theory

Public Engagement

• Early Career Executive Board Member at IAHPE – International Association of Health Policy in Europe
• Member of Political Economy of Health Working Group at IIPPE – International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy
• Member of People’s Health Movement (PHM) UK
• Faculty Member at Summer School in Sustainable Health – University of Groningen

Languages

• Italian (Native proficiency) English (Full professional proficiency); Spanish (Professional working proficiency); French (Limited working proficiency).