Research Fellows

Our research environment is complemented by a constant flow of Postdoctoral Researchers
These positions are often funded by successful grant applications across a variety of sources (for the list of current openings see here). 

 

Enrico Carlet  Enrico Carlet

PhD in Economics at the University of Padua (2022)

enrico.carlet@unipd.it

Research Interests:
Organizational resilience
SME resilience and vulnerability
Sustainability–resilience interplay
Arts markets and organizations
Hybrid work
Organizing in crisis contexts

    
    
    
    
Silvia Civitella  Silvia Civitella

silvia.civitella@unipd.it

Research Interests:
Organized Crime
Italian Mafias
Intelligence

    
    
    
    
 Carla Quinci  Marli Fernandes

Phd in Economics, Nova School of Business and Economics (2024)

marli.fernandes@unipd.it

Research Interests:
Applied Microeconomics
Political Economy
Public Economics    

    
    
    
Duccio Gamanossi  Duccio Gamanossi degl'Innocenti

Phd in Economics, IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca (2017)

duccio.gamanossi@unipd.it

Research Interests:
Taxation
Political Economy
Policy Evaluation

    
    
    
    
Gema Lax Martinez   Gema Lax Martinez

PhD in Economics at University of Lausanne (2023)

gema.laxmartinez@unipd.it

Research Project:
Misurare e valutare la sostenibilità / Evaluating Sustainability (SSD: ECON-01/A Economia Politica).

    
    
    
    
AQSA MANZOOR  Aqsa Manzoor

PhD in Models for Economics and Finance, La Sapienza University of Rome (2025)

aqsa.manzoor@unipd.it

Research Interests:
ESG Disclosure, ESG Performance, and Corporate Sustainability
Sustainable Corporate Finance and Capital Markets
Textual Analysis, ESG Credibility, and Financial Communication    

    
    
    
    
 Alessandra Moresi  Alessandra Moresi

PhD at the University of Torino
(2024)

alessandra.moresi@unipd.it

Research Interests:
Applied Economics
Political Economy
Gender Economics

    
    
    
    
Edoardo Maria Pivotti  Edoardo Maria Pivotti

edoardomaria.pivotti@unipd.it

Research Interests:
Cultural and Creative Industries
Digital Transformation
Emerging Businesses

    
    
    
    
Lorena Popescu  

Lorena Popescu

Phd in Economics and Statistics, Università degli Studi Milano Bicocca (2025)

lorena.popescu@unipd.it

Research Interests:
Health Economics
Environmental Economics
Energy Poverty

    
    
    
    
Umutcan Salman  Umutcan Salman

umutcan.salman@unipd.it

Research Interests:
Microeconomics Theory
Market Design
Matching Theory

    
    
    
    
Luca Sandrini  Luca Sandrini

PhD in Economics at the University of Padua
(2020)

luca.sandrini@unipd.it

Research Interests:
Applied Theory - Industrial Organisation
Economics of Innovation (Patents and Licensing)
Economics of Digital Markets
Industrial Relations

    
    
    
    
Ana Sina  Ana Sina

PhD in Finance, University of Reading (2026)

ana.sina@unipd.it

Research Interests:
Banking
Systemic Risk
Climate Finance

    
    
    
    

LEONARDO VARGIU

  

Leonardo Vargiu

Phd in Urban Studies and Regional Science, Gran Sasso Science Institute (2024)

leonardo.vargiu@unipd.it

Research Interests:
Regional Economics
Innovation
Applied Economics