Niccolò Invidia

Niccolò Invidia, (Varese, 13 November 1989) is an Italian politician and member of the Chamber of Deputies.^[1]

Niccolò Invidia
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 March 2018
Constituency	Varese
Personal details
Born	(1989-11-13) 13 November 1989 (age 35) Varese, Italy
Political party	Five Star Movement
Alma mater	Catholic University of the Sacred Heart University of Groningen SIOI
Occupation	Politician, researcher

Biography

Invidia graduated the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan and then the University of Groningen (the Netherlands).

He then has worked for the Rathenau Instituut, the Millennium Project and then at the European Parliament^[2]

Political career

Activist since 2012, Invidia is elected with the Five Star Movement at the Parliament in the elections of 2018. He is currently party leader in the Labour committee^[3] and coordinates the Space and Innovation parliamentary intergroups,^[4][5] at the Chamber of Deputies . He is also member of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly^[6]

Invidia embraces a post-ideological approach to politics. He focuses his interest on innovation, space and work. He strongly believes in the potential of accelerating technologies and supports transhumanist ideas.

In the Italian parliament Niccolò Invidia has proposed a reform of the technical vocational schools, a proposal for the work sector in the gig economy, the introduction of the DESI Index (Digital Economy and Society Index) as economic measurement that supports the GDP,^[7][8] a proposal for the introduction of a permanent parliamentary committee on Innovation, a reform aiming to collect in digital form the signatures in support of a referendum.^[9]