Giulio Caperna is a researcher and statistician at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy. Before joining COIN, Giulio worked at the University of Padua as Post-Doc researcher where he taught statistics and construction of composite indicators. Before taking his PhD in Statistical Science at the University of Padua, he worked as data-manager and data-analyst in a medical department in Rome. Giulio studied Statistical Science and Demography at the “Sapienza” University of Rome. His main research interests include the methodology of composite indicators, as well as its use for the description of complex concepts such as civic participation and well-being.