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  • Course

    PhD

  • Area

    Social Sciences

  • Department

    Economics, Engineering, Business and Society

  • Duration

    3 years

  • Language

    Italian

The PhD program in “Economics, Management, and Quantitative Methods” offers an advanced training program in the economic, business, and mathematical-statistical areas for profiles capable of understanding the challenges facing today’s economy: the socio-environmental sustainability of economic development and the use of natural resources; the transformation of production, consumption, labor, and markets as a result of innovation. The PhD program brings together the knowledge of the College’s faculty in 3 curricula:

  • Economics and Agri-food Policy: Specializing in the economic analysis of agri-food systems, the policies directed towards them, and their interdependencies with overall economic development at the global and local levels;
  • Management: Specializing in the study of corporate governance and strategy, models of excellence for digital competition, environmental, ethical, and social responsibility of companies, technological innovation, digital transformation, new circular business models, and quality management;
  • Economics and Statistics: Specializing in the study and analysis, through economic and statistical-econometric theories, models, and methods, of socio-economic and monetary-financial phenomena at the macro, meso, and microeconomic levels.

The three curricula are grounded in an interdisciplinary education focusing on cutting-edge economic theories and the shared use of quantitative methods as a tool for data analysis and interpretation, which is essential for conducting research and finding solutions to economic, business, and public policy problems.

 

PhD Coordinator: Prof. Giulio Guarini – giulioguarini@unitus.it

 

 

 

 

  • Objectives

    The objective of the PhD program in Economics, Management, and Quantitative Methods is to equip doctoral students with the skills and knowledge necessary to conduct theoretical and applied economic research at universities, research institutes, and international organizations, as well as to hold managerial positions of responsibility in national and international public and private entities. To this end, the training program pays particular attention to the acquisition by doctoral students of theoretical tools and quantitative and qualitative analysis methodologies in the economic field.

    From a training perspective, the specific objectives are: 1) to propose alternative thematic developments of particular relevance, which offer graduates the opportunity to apply the skills and analytical tools acquired to specific problems; 2) to provide doctoral students with the abilities, skills, and critical thinking necessary to adapt theoretical hypotheses and methodological approaches to different circumstances, also identifying original and innovative application methods; 3) to build a network of relationships within the doctoral program and the faculty, as well as externally with the academic world, businesses, public administrations, and international organizations to enhance the skills acquired in the job market.

  • Career opportunities

    The PhD program aims to train highly skilled and specialized professionals who can fill managerial or executive roles in public institutions and businesses, or pursue research and teaching activities at universities and other national and international institutions.

    With regard to career opportunities in the public sector and private industry, graduates of the PhD program will be able to:

    • Provide consulting services to public institutions and international organizations in the formulation and evaluation of policies and intervention programs;
    • Design and manage the development of territories and rural areas, and support the formulation of related economic policies;
    • Prepare, evaluate, and monitor investment projects;
    • Occupy roles as high-level analysts or directors and managerial positions in functions such as production, marketing, quality, and sales;
    • Assist small and medium-sized enterprises in addressing the challenges of ecological transition and digital transformation.

  • Admission requirements

    To participate in the competition, candidates must hold a specialized degree, or alternatively, a master’s degree, an old-regime degree, or an equivalent foreign academic qualification recognized as suitable for participation in the competition. Graduating students may also submit an application, provided that they undertake to complete their specialized/master’s degree examination, or obtain an equivalent foreign academic qualification by the following October.

  • Contacts and references

    Coordinator

    • Prof. Giulio Guarini (Università degli studi della Tuscia, DEIM)

    email: giulioguarini@unitus.it

     

     

    Vice-coordinator

    • Prof.ssa Barbara Pancino (Università degli studi della Tuscia, DEIM)

    email: bpancino@unitus.it

    Curriculum advisor for Agricultural Economics and Policy


    • Prof. Simone Severini (Università degli studi della Tuscia, DAFNE)

    email: severini@unitus.it

     

     

    Curriculum advisor for management

    • Prof. Alessandro Ruggieri (Università degli studi della Tuscia, DEIM)

    email: ruggieri@unitus.it

    Curriculum advisor for economics and statistics

    • Prof. Luca Secondi (Università degli studi della Tuscia, DEIM)

    email: secondi@unitus.it

    PhD student representative

    • Dott.ssa Federica Martignani (Università degli studi della Tuscia, DEIM)

    email: federica.martignani@unitus.it

    Organizational staff


    • Dott.ssa Chiara Grazini (Università degli studi della Tuscia, DEIM)

    email: c.grazini@unitus.it

     

    • Dott. Luigi Biagini (Università degli studi della Tuscia, DAFNE)

    email: l.biagini@unitus.it

     

     

    Administrative assistant

    • Sig. Marco Passarelli (Università degli studi della Tuscia, DEIM)

    email: marco.passarelli@unitus.it

  • Academic board and other bodies

    Academic board and other bodies

  • Statutes

    University regulations for PhD programs

    Internal regulations

  • Call for applications

    Call for applications and enrollment guidelines here.

  • Research Topics

    Research Topics

    The design and implementation of the training and research program for PhD students should take into account two crucial factors that significantly impact the PhD curriculum:

    • the heterogeneity of PhD students’ backgrounds and the Master’s degree obtained;
    • the organisation of the PhD course into three curricula:
      • Economics and Agri-food Policy;
      • Management;
      • Economics and Statistics.

    Economics and Agri-food Policy curriculum:  it emphasises the economic analysis of agri-food systems, with a focus on the policies that influence this sector and on their interdependencies with overall economic development at both global and local levels. Scientific research in the agri-food sector aims to address strategic challenges facing our societies, such as food supply security and quality, land use governance, ecological transition, and rural area development.

    Management curriculum: it aims to develop the theoretical and methodological skills necessary to understand and manage business phenomena and new challenges that companies face. It seeks to offer a multidisciplinary learning program related to managerial studies across different research areas, including corporate governance and strategy, models of excellence for global competition, corporate environmental, ethical, and social responsibility, technological innovation, digital transformation, new circular business models, and quality management.

    Economics and Statistics curriculum: it specialises in the study and analysis of socio-economic and monetary-financial phenomena at macro, meso, and microeconomic levels, using theories, models, and economic and statistical-econometric methods. The topics addressed, which are relevant to academia as well as institutions, the productive system, and civil society, consider major contemporary economic challenges. Crucial issues include sustainable development in its various forms, social inclusion, and innovation, along with their policy implications.

    Considering the wide range and heterogeneity of the research topics, doctoral training should be framed in personalised training and research programmes led by a supervisor. Each PhD student will be accompanied in his training and research by a supervisor who acts as advisor for the thesis.

    After admission to the PhD course, the doctoral board assigns each candidate a supervisor and a research topic. The supervisor facilitates the PhD student’s integration into the program, oversees their scientific progress, and guides them in preparing their annual program of training and research activities as well as their thesis, ensuring the quality of their work. During the first year, personal annual programs are aimed at acquiring credits in Master’s-level courses for uncovered areas and at tailoring a schedule of advanced courses in subsequent years, either at the doctoral institution or at other institutions in Italy and abroad, to support the development of the research project leading to the final thesis.

  • Training activities

    Trainings activities

    At the beginning of each academic year, the PhD students, in agreement with their supervisor, propose the annual program of activities, divided into two sections: training activities and research activities. The program, signed by the supervisor, is submitted to the doctoral board for approval.

    The training activities are structured into courses, seminars, internships, workshops, participation in research centres and laboratories both within and outside the Department, attendance of English language courses, training and teaching activities, and preparation of the PhD thesis.

    The training activities are categorised: a) “institutional activities”, which are mandatory for all PhD students; b) “curricular activities”, which are mandatory only for PhD students enrolled in a specific curriculum; c) “optional activities,” not mandatory and suggested to them by the doctoral board, the organisational staff, or its members; d) “individual activities,” agreed upon with the supervisor and approved by the doctoral board as part of the PhD student’s annual activity program. Institutional and curricular activities are approved by the doctoral board or, in urgent cases, communicated to the PhD students by decision of the coordinator, subject to ratification by the board. Institutional or curricular activities include seminars and training courses offered by the PhD program and scheduled at the beginning of each academic year. Training activities may be conducted in collaboration with other PhD programs. Seminars are conducted by members of the doctoral board, national or international experts and academics, and practitioners from companies and organisations whose activities align with the PhD program’s objectives. Internships and training courses take place at public or private institutions, national or international research centres, and laboratories. The doctoral board selects training courses from those offered within the University of Tuscia or affiliated institutions. Specific courses are held at the PhD program’s location by members of the doctoral board, as well as national and international experts and academics. PhD students may contribute to the training program by conducting seminars on topics within their expertise, following an invitation from the coordinator, which is contingent upon the supervisor’s approval.

    At the beginning of each academic year, the doctoral board organises seminars and courses structured in ECTS credits. The calendar is sent to PhD students and is available on the website. During the academic year, the programme may be modified in a non-substantial way by additional short courses and seminars conducted at both the doctoral school and other institutions.

    In addition to the program of institutional and curricular courses mentioned above, the PhD students’ preparation will also focus on:

    • Linguistics skills: PhD students will attend a B2-level course in written and spoken English, utilising the resources of the language services unit and/or other training activities provided by the University. The course aims to strengthen the students’ incoming linguistic skills. Additionally, training will be provided not only at a theoretical level but also practically to ensure that PhD students can effectively use scientific and economic English both orally and in writing.
    • ITC skills: The training for PhD students to acquire ITC skills will cover two areas: i), seminars and courses to increase skills about tools and languages for statistical data analysis, such as Matlab, R, and Stata; ii) seminars to improve the skills for data visualisation, exploratory analysis, data processing and transformation, structured document writing, and managing the workflow of writing a scientific article.

     

    Schedule of Training program for PhD students (Academic Year 2023/2024)

    In the Academic Year 2023/2024, the doctoral board has planned the following training program:

    • February 12, 2024 – Seminar “Quality of Life (QOL) in Visegrad Group (V4) countries” – visiting professor Anna Dybala (Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce, Polonia)
    • February – March 2024 – Course “Elementi di statistica per le analisi di mercato” (20 hours) – Dr. Ilaria Benedetti, i.benedetti@unitus.it (University of Tuscia, Viterbo):
      February 21 (4 hours)
      February 28 (4 hours)
      March 6 (4 hours)
      March 13 (4 hours)
      March 20 (4 hours)
    • March 2024– Course “Applicazioni di microeconometria per l’economia agroalimentare” (48 hours) – Prof. Luigi Cembalo (University of Naples Federico II)
      March 11 (4 hours)
      March 13 (3 hours)
      March 14 (3 hours)
      March 18 (4 hours)
      March 20 (4 hours)
      March 21 (2 hours)
      April 3 (4 hours)
      April 4 (3 hours)
      April 8 (4 hours)
      April 10 (4 hours)
      April 11 (3 hours)
      April 15 (4 hours)
      April 17 (4 hours)
      April 18 (2 hours)
    • March 12, 2024 – Seminar “Circular economy, decarbonisation, just transition: an integrated vision” – Dr. Luca Meini (Head of Sustainability Initiatives and Circular Economy, Innovability ENEL Holding)
    • March 27, 2024 – Seminar “Insights into waste framework directive and battery regulation: EU policies for sustainable waste management and innovation in the battery sector” – Dr. Mattia Pellegrini (Head of Unit DG ENV, European Commission)
    • April – May 2024 – Course “Policies for sustainable (food) value chains” (12 hours):

    April 12 aprile – lesson “European Green Deal and Farm to Fork Strategy” – Prof. Barbara Pancino, bpancino@unitus.it (University of Tuscia, Viterbo)

    April 19 – lesson “Il marketing e la comunicazione della sostenibilità” – Prof. Michela Piccarozzi, piccarozzi@unitus.it (University of Tuscia, Viterbo)

    May 3 – lesson “Sustainable food consumption” – Prof. Christina Strotmann (Münster University of Applied Sciences, Germany)

    May 10 – lesson “Food waste” – Prof. Clara Cicatiello, cicatiello@unitus.it (University of Tuscia, Viterbo)

    • April 12, 2024 – Seminar “Enhancing Efficiency and Productivity Methods for Ph.D. Students” – visiting professor Alisa Lāce (College of Business Administration di Riga, Latvia)
    • April 16, 2024 – Seminar “Fundamentals of data science with R” – visiting professors Jose-Maria Montero e Gema Fernandez-Aviles Calderon (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)
    • April 19, 2024 – Seminar “A multidisciplinary perspective on the science and practice of management: organisational management, management of tourism services and quality of life management” – visiting professors Norina Popovici and Dorinela Mancu (Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania)
    • April – May 2024 – Course “Econometria applicata a contesti agroalimentari” (48 hours) – Prof. Francesco Caracciolo (University of Naples Federico II)
      April 30 (4 hours)
      May 3 (4 hours)
      May 6 (2 hours)
      May 8 (4 hours)
      May 10 (4 hours)
      May 14 (4 hours)
      May 15 (2 hours)
      May 17 (4 hours)
      May 21 (4 hours)
      May 22 (2 hours)
      May 24 (4 hours)
      May 28 (4 hours)
      May 29 (2 hours)
      May 31 (4 hours)
    • May 2024 – Course “Programmazione Matematica per le analisi ex-ante in economia e politica agraria” (12,5 hours) – Prof. Raffaele Cortigniani, cortignani@unitus.it (University of Tuscia, Viterbo)
      May 2 (2,5 hours)
      May 9 (2,5 hours)
      May 16 (2,5 hours)
      May 23 (2,5 hours)
      May 30 (2,5 hours)
    • May 15, 2024 – Seminar “Selected effects of direct foreign investment and their evaluation and measurement possibilities within the regional business environment” – visiting professor Sylvie B. Kotíková (Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, Czech Republic)
    • May 16, 2024 – Seminar “Methodological problems of contemporary economics – challenges and dilemmas” – visiting professor Beata Rogowska (Jan Kochanowski University at Kielce, Poland)
    • May 16, 2024 – Seminar “Analysis of the psychological aspects of financial decision-making” – visiting professor Angelika Pienias (Jan Kochanowski University at Kielce, Poland)
    • May 27, 2024 – Seminar “Agriculture and food-security related issues at the multilateral trading system” and “Characteristics of small-scale farming in LATAM: the case of the central area of Chile” – visiting professor Sofia Boza (Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Chile to the WTO)
    • June 2024 – Course “Machine Learning: new tricks for econometrics” (28 hours) – Prof. Gary Thompson (University of Arizona, US)
      June 10 (4 hours)
      June 11 (4 hours)
      June 12 (4 hours)
      June 13 (4 hours)
      June 14 (4 hours)
      June 17 (4 hours)
      June 18 (4 hours)
    • June 17, 2024 – Seminar “Application of psychometric tools in business practice on the example of Mental Toughness Questionnaire” – visiting professor Małgorzata Smolska (University of Szczecin, Poland)
    • July 2024 – Course “Valuing Ecosystems services provided by agri-food and forestry systems. How to do in practice?” (6 hours) – Prof. Francisco Alcòn (Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spagna) and Prof. Emanuele Blasi, e.blasi@unitus.it (University of Tuscia, Viterbo)
    • July 19, 2024 – Seminar “How to estimate the environmental value of agroecosystems. Theory and main economic concepts” (3 hours)
    • July 26, 2024 – Seminar “Valuing ecosystem services for integrate agroforestry sustainability assessment. Case studies, and practical research development” (3 hours)
    • July – October 2024 – Course “FINANCIAL INNOVATION 2024” (21 hours)

    July 25, 2024 – lessons “Climate Change negotiations e Megatrend” and “La finanza a sostegno della transizione” – Prof. Giuseppe Galloppo, galloppo@unitus.it (University of Tuscia, Viterbo) (3 hours)

    September 9, 2024 – lesson “ESG finance: new topics” – Dr. Alessandra Ortolano, alessandra.ortolano@unitus.it (University of Tuscia, Viterbo) (3 hours)

    September 20, 2024 – lesson “Allocating to real and alternative assets. Commodity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and private debt. A framework for investors” – Prof. Anna Maria D’Arcangelis, adarcangelis@unitus.it (University of Tuscia, Viterbo) (3 hours)

    October 10, 2024 – lesson “AI applications in finance” – Prof. Anna Maria D’Arcangelis, adarcangelis@unitus.it (University of Tuscia, Viterbo) (3 hours)

    October 11, 2024 – lesson “Sustainable debt: the green bond market” – Dr. Alessandra Ortolano, alessandra.ortolano@unitus.it (University of Tuscia Viterbo) (3 hours)

    October 17, 2024 – lesson “Biodiversity Risk: a new Frontier in ESG investing” – Prof. Anna Maria D’Arcangelis, adarcangelis@unitus.it (University of Tuscia, Viterbo) (3 hours)

    October 18, 2024 – lesson “The evolution of credit risk perception: how CDS spread determinants have been changing over time” – Dr Alessandra Ortolano, alessandra.ortolano@unitus.it (University of Tuscia, Viterbo) (3 hours)

    • September 26-27, 2024 – Course “Rendicontazione di sostenibilità e profili di assurance” (10 hours)

    September 26, 2024 – lesson “Comunicazione aziendale e sostenibilità” – Dr. Alessandra Stefanoni, stefanoniale@unitus.it (University of Tuscia) (3 hours)

    September 26, 2024 – lesson “La rendicontazione di sostenibilità” – Dr. Ilaria Elisa Vannini (University di Florence) (3 hours)

    September 27, 2024 – lesson “Assurance e sostenibilità: principi e metodologie per l’attestazione dei risultati non finanziari” – Dr. Fabrizio Rossi, fabrizio.rossi@unitus.it (University of Tuscia) (3 hours)

    • October 24, 2024 – Seminar “Return policy of the European Union with special emphasis on the activities of the FRONTEX agency” – visiting professor Aleksandra Kusztal (Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach, Poland)

  • Internationalisation

    Foreign Academics

    The doctoral board is integrated by foreign academics:

    • OREIRO José Luis (University of Brasilia, Brasil)
    • SÆBØ Øystein (University of Agder, Norway)
    • THOMPSON Gary (University of Arizona, US)

    The presence of high international profiles allows one to keep pace with international research trends, tools and innovations. At the same time, this presence ensures and facilitates comparisons with PhD programs at foreign universities.

     

    Courses and seminars conducted by foreign academics

    The PhD program offers advanced courses and seminars conducted by members of high academic profiles from leading international universities.

    In the academic year 2023/2024, the following courses and seminars were conducted:

    • Courses
      • “Machine Learning: new tricks for econometrics” (28 hours) – Prof. Gary Thompson (University of Arizona, US) (Poster)
    • Seminars
      • “Quality of Life (QOL) in Visegrad Group (V4) countries” – visiting professor Anna Dybala (Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce, Poland) – February 12, 2024
      • “Enhancing Efficiency and Productivity Methods for Ph.D. Students” – visiting professor Alisa Lāce (College of Business Administration di Riga, Latvia) – April 12, 2024
      • “Fundamentals of data science with R” – visiting professors Jose-Maria Montero and Gema Fernandez-Aviles Calderon (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) – April 16, 2024
      • “A multidisciplinary perspective on the science and practice of management: organisational management, management of tourism services and quality of life management” – visiting professors Norina Popovici and Dorinela Mancu (Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania) – April 19, 2024
      • “Selected effects of direct foreign investment and their evaluation and measurement possibilities within the regional business environment” – visiting professor Sylvie B. Kotíková (Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, Czech Republic) – May 15, 2024
      • “Methodological problems of contemporary economics – challenges and dilemmas” – visiting professor Beata Rogowska (Jan Kochanowski University at Kielce, Poland) – May 16, 2024
      • “Analysis of the psychological aspects of financial decision-making” – visiting professor Angelika Pienias (Jan Kochanowski University at Kielce, Poland) – May 16, 2024
      • “Agriculture and food-security related issues at the multilateral trading system” – visiting professor Sofia Boza (Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Chile to the WTO) – May 27, 2024
      • “Characteristics of small-scale farming in LATAM: the case of the central area of Chile” – visiting professor Sofia Boza (Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Chile to the WTO) – May 27, 2024
      • “Application of psychometric tools in business practice on the example of Mental Toughness Questionnaire” – visiting professor Małgorzata Smolska (University of Szczecin, Poland) – June 17, 2024
      • “Return policy of the European Union with special emphasis on the activities of the FRONTEX agency” – visiting professor Aleksandra Kusztal (Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach, Poland) – October 24, 2024

     

    Visiting and Mobility

    Language skills and ability to operate effectively in the international research context are fundamental skills for a researcher. Therefore, each student must complete a mandatory research period of at least six months at a foreign institution. The duration of this period, the institution(s) where the research activities will take place, and the specific activities to be undertaken must be agreed upon with the supervisor and the coordinator or the doctoral board.

    For the areas of interest of the PhD program, relationships are active with the following institutions:

    • Albania
      • University of Tirana
      • International Academic Research Center USC
      • Mediterranean University of Albania
      • Agricultural University of Tirana
    • Armenia
      • International Scientific-Educational Center of NAS RA
    • Azerbaijan
      • Baku Business University
      • Azerbaijan University
    • Brazil
      • University of Campinas
    • China
      • China Agricultural University
    • France
      • Université Côte d’Azur
    • Ghana
      • Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies
      • Methodist University College
    • Israel
      • Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
      • The Jerusalem College of Technology
    • Mexico
      • Universidad de Guadalajara
    • Nepal
      • Mid-Western University
    • Slovakia
      • University of Economics in Bratislava
    • Russia
      • Ural Federal University
      • State University – Higher School of Economics in Nizhny Novgorod
      • Russian New University
      • Russian State University for the Humanities
      • International Jewish Institute of Economics Law and Finance
      • National Research University Higher School of Economics HSE
    • Serbia
      • Educons University
    • Tunisia
      • The University of Sfax
    • Stati Uniti d’America
      • The University of Massachusetts Amherst
      • Viterbo University
      • University of Baltimore
      • University of Arizona

     

    Collaboration with Foreign Universities – “Sandwich” PhD program

     

    The “sandwich” PhD program is open to students from universities and research institutions within an agreement signed with UNITUS. Each year, based on the availability of funds provided by UNITUS academics, one or more positions may be advertised for qualified researchers. The term “sandwich” refers to the requirement that selected candidates must spend at least 12 months of the three-year program in Italy (potentially divided into two or three periods, preferably in the second and third years) while the remaining activities are conducted remotely. During their time in Italy, PhD students will receive a monthly allowance to cover part of their accommodation and living expenses.

    Currently, the University of Tuscia has signed agreements with Hanoi University (Vietnam) and the University of Sfax (Tunisia).

  • Minimum annual requirements and allocation of training ETCS credits

    The activity conducted by the PhD students is evaluated each year through a training and research credit system established by the doctoral board. With different thresholds depending on the year of the doctoral course attended, the student is required to overcome a minimum target of credits.

    The doctoral board, on March 21, 2022, established, according to the article 10 of the Internal Regulations of the PhD course in Economics, Management, and Quantitative Methods, these minimum requirements:

    • To be admitted to the second year, PhD students must obtain at least 40 credits during their first year, including a minimum of 4 credits in research activities.
    • To be admitted to the third year, PhD students must obtain at least 80 credits during their first two years, including a minimum of 14 credits in research activities.
    • To be admitted to the third year, PhD students must obtain at least 180 credits over the three years, including a minimum of 84 credits in research activities.

     

    Table of Credit Allocation for PhD Activities

PhD Students

  • Cycle XXXIX

    CECCARELLI Valentina
    Sustainable human development and energy transition
    Supervisor: Giulio Guarini – Tiziana Laureti

    DELUSSU Anna Maria
    Development and implementation of innovative methodologies and solutions for sustainable and circular ports
    Supervisor: Enrico Maria Mosconi – Cristian Chiavetta – Roberta De Carolis

    EL BAYAR Mariam
    Behavioural study of connectedness and spill-over among fintech, green bonds and commodities during crisis
    Supervisor: Giuseppe Galloppo – Mouna Boujelbène

    MONTINI Fiore
    Industrial symbiosis in ports’ industrial areas
    Supervisor: Enrico Maria Mosconi – R. De Carolis

    GIOVANNELLI Maria Chiara
    The start-up and development phases of the proposed candidacy of Viterbo as the European Capital of Culture 2033
    Supervisor: Chiara Oldani

    SPADANUDA Giusy
    Policies against illegal work and caporalato: effects on the agricultural sector and complementarity with the CAP 2023-2027
    Supervisor: Francesca Giarè – Luca Cacchiarelli

    STELLA Mattia
    From the Farm Accountability Data Network (FADN) to the Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN). Voluntary market analysis of carbon credits derived from Carbon-farming practices, credit register and proposals for C-farming credit certification methodologies
    Supervisor: Luca Cesaro – Luigi Biagini

    THI NGUYET Trang
    Circular economy and resource efficiency: Innovations in food packaging and distribution
    Supervisor: Simone Severini – Luigi Biagini

  • Cycle XXXVIII

    BRUNO Alessandro Lanfranco
    Circularity in the construction industry. A waste management model from C&D
    Supervisor: Alessandro Ruggieri – Stefano Poponi

    CORRADO Angela
    Accounting innovation, organisational change and strengthening governance in public administrations in the light of the single accrual-based economic and wealth accounting system: a possible challenge?
    Supervisor: Vincenzo Sforza

    GIORDANI Giorgia
    “Why do farmers fail to comply with the employment standards of the Social Conditionality?” – Identification and classification of the reasons underlying the choice of Italian farmers to adhere or not to the employment standards provided for by the new social conditionality, introduced with the CAP 2023-2027
    Supervisor: Francesca Giarè – Simone Severini

    MATACERA Alessio
    Best practice, principles, and methods to develop Information system models for the Management of environmental aspects and sustainability reports for organizations by the study of Mondoconvenienza
    Supervisor: Enrico Maria Mosconi

    PIETRANGELI Francesca
    To evaluate the efficiency of local policies for the ecological transition and the economic development of marginal areas
    Supervisor: Barbara Pancino – Silvio Franco

    POMPONI Tommaso
    Complementarities, synergies and management models of public policies for ecological transition with special reference to the agro-food sector
    Supervisor: Roberto Henke – Alessandro Sorrentino

    ROMANO Sara
    Sustainability of cocoa production in Ghana
    Supervisor: Anna Carbone- Federica Demaria

    STURLA Alberto
    Assessment of the potential contribution of bio-districts to local and farm development
    Supervisor: Giulio Guarini – Laura Viganò

    TAMBORRINO Camilla
    The experimental approach for the evaluation of Producer Organisations (POs) in the olive sector
    Supervisor: Luca Cacchiarelli – Alessandro Sorrentino – Roberto Henke

    TARANTINO Maria Rita
    European strategies for packaging in the transition to a circular economy: innovation, production, and consumption in the value chain
    Supervisor: Enrico Maria Mosconi

    YU Mengting
    Evaluation of Innovations to Tackle Food Waste in the Food Service Sector with a focus on the out-of-home dining sector: statistical approaches and quantitative methods for data mining
    Supervisor: Clara Cicatiello – Luca Secondi

  • Cycle XXXVII

    ANGELONI Annalisa
    Biofertilizers, circular economy and the short supply chain in rural communities. A comparison between the case of Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy) and that of Flanders (Belgium)
    Supervisor: Cecilia Silvestri – Federica Cisilino

    BIAGETTI Elisa
    The ecological balance in agriculture: opportunities and constraints for Economic exploitation of environmental performance in the agri-food sector
    Supervisor: Silvio Franco

    GALEOTTI Sofia
    THE ROLE OF ITALIAN LAWMs IN THE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION PROCESS TO CLIMATE CHANGE: AN ANALYSIS FOR FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
    Supervisor: Raffaella Zucaro – Luca Cacchiarelli

    MARTIGNANI Federica
    Exploring Italian farmers’ participation in eco-schemes: a discrete choice experiment
    Supervisor: Alessandro Sorrentino

    PIETRANGELI Roberta
    Sustainability and actors of the agri-food chain, food loss and waste (FLW) and quality standards, unfair practices that occur among actors of the agri-food chain
    Supervisor: Clara Cicatiello

    PROVENZANO Mariagrazia
    Exploitation of the olive-oil sector waste: a new circular business model
    Supervisor: Alessandro Ruggieri

    RICCIARDI Gabriella
    Exploitation of sustainable spatial development models through European rural development policies
    Supervisor: Anna Carbone – Raffaella Di Napoli

    TOLA Francesco
    Green markets, circular economy for shipbuilding and ship dismantling industry
    Supervisor: Enrico Maria Mosconi

  • Cycle XXXVI

    BASSET Francesco
    Methodological approaches to evaluating the impacts of Social Farming
    Supervisor: Saverio Senni – Francesca Giarè

    BUTTINELLI Rebecca
    Assessing The Economic Relevance and Productivity of Agricultural Inputs in Italian Farms Through Quantitative Analyses
    Supervisor: Raffaele Cortignani – Gabriele Dono

    CAGNETTI Chiara
    The development of Agriculture 4.0 in Italy: an empirical analysis of the factors of adoption of digital technologies in the agricultural sector
    Supervisor: Alessio Maria Braccini – Luca Cesaro

    FORCINA Barbara
    Governance and transition challenges in localised agri-food systems: the cases of processing tomato supply chains in Spain and Italy
    Supervisor: Luca Cacchiarelli – Francesco Mantino

    MAGGIORANI Marco
    The quality of financial reporting and statutory audit in public and private administrations
    Supervisor: Vincenzo Sforza – Riccardo Cimini

    MAZZOLI Enrico
    Different Shades of Green: Unveiling Opportunities and Challenges of Green Growth Solutions in Developing Countries
    Supervisor: Giacomo Branca – Paolo D’Odorico

    PINCA Vittoria
    The Role of Neglected and Underutilized Species in Building the Resilience of Poor Mountain Communities. Two Case Studies from Western Nepal
    Supervisor: Simone Severini – Sara Savastano (IFAD)

Alumni

  • Cycle XXXV

    MALUCCIO Saverio
    The voluntary market for forest carbon credits: an analysis of the Italian market
    Supervisor: Simone Severini – Luca Cesaro
    Email: saverio.maluccio@crea.gov.it

    MELONI Cesare
    Does an income gap exist between rural and non-rural households in Europe?
    Supervisor: Simone Severini
    Email: melonicesare94@gmail.com

    NATALI Fabiana
    The economic policy of sustainable production and consumption: case studies on fishery resources from the Mediterranean Sea
    Supervisor: Giacomo Branca
    Email: fabiana.natali@libero.it

    PACCHERA Francesco
    A Circular Tool for the relaunch of the agri-food sector
    Supervisor: Alessandro Ruggieri
    Email: francesco.pacchera@unitus.it

    PIERANGELI Fabio
    AN ASSESSMENT OF THE REDISTRIBUTIVE IMPACT OF THE REFORM OF DIRECT PAYMENTS IN ITALY IN 2026
    Supervisor: Alessandro Sorrentino – Maria Rosaria Pupo D’Andrea
    Email: fabio.pierangeli@crea.gov.it

    SPASIANO Andrea
    Citizens and stakeholders’ engagement for monitoring and awareness of hydrological cycle
    Supervisor: Alessio Maria Braccini – Salvatore Grimaldi
    Email: and.spasiano@gmail.com

    PALUMBO Luigi
    Web scraping data for socio-economic research
    Supervisor: Tiziana Laureti
    Email: luigi.palumbo@unitus.it

  • Cycle XXXIV

    FORTUNATI Simona
    From CSR to the circular economy in the cosmetics industry
    Supervisor: Alessandro Ruggieri – Enrico Maria Mosconi
    Email: simonafortunati@unitus.it

    GALLUZZO Nicola
    Agri-environmental measures and technical efficiency: a multidimensional analysis on Italian cereal farms
    Supervisor: Simone Severini

    GRAZINI Chiara
    Energy poverty as a capability deprivation: Empirical evidence for Italian households
    Supervisor: Giuseppe Garofalo – Giulio Guarini
    Email: c.grazini@unitus.it

    LAI Mara
    Development of the club supply chains in the fruit sector: governance and organisation, farmers’ participation and risk of unfair practices
    Supervisor: Alessandro Sorrentino – Gaetana Petriccione
    Email: mara.lai@crea.gov.it / maralairrn@gmail.com

    MANGANIELLO Veronica
    Water resources in the circular economy: the reuse of purified wastewater between potentialities and limits
    Supervisor: Gabriele Dono – Raffaella Zucaro
    Email: veronica.manganiello@gmail.com

    MONFELI Giorgio
    Analysis of the intensification processes in agricultural production: the case of the conversion from annual to multi-annual crops in northern Lazio
    Supervisor: Simone Severini
    Email: g.monfeli@unitus.it

    ROSSI Eleonora Sofia
    Investigating social preferences on the agri-food environmental sustainability: an assessment based on stated preference methods
    Supervisor: Alessandro Sorrentino – Emanuele Blasi
    Email: e.s.rossi@unitus.it

    TRAVERSO Lorenzo
    Sustainable Bioenergy Production on Underutilized lands in Europe: An Economic Perspective
    Supervisor: Giacomo Branca
    Email: ltraverso@unitus.it

    RUBERTO Myriam
    Analysis of the intensification processes in agricultural production: the case of the conversion from annual to multi-annual crops in northern Lazio
    Supervisor: Giacomo Branca – Raffaella Zucaro
    Email: myriam.ruberto@unitus.it

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