The University of Pisa was established in the 12th Century. It includes 11 faculties and 50 departments. Its lecturers amount to 1767, and its students to more than 50.000 (more than 1000 PhD students). The Department of Economic Sciences of Pisa University (DSE) was established in 1988, as a transformation of the Institute of Economic Sciences created at the beginnings of the 1950s. The DSE gathers all researchers in economics of Pisa University (a total of 39). Research is inspired by methodological pluralism. Topics of research range from theoretical to applied economics and to historical approaches to economic facts and theories. The most important research areas are the following: growth theory, inequality, macroeconomics, mathematical economics, econometrics, public intervention into the economy, sustainable economic development, history of economic theories and economic institutions.