Personale docente

Academic Positions

• 2019-present | Associate Professor of Economics of Financial Intermediation, Department of Economics and Management, University of Parma (Italy).
• 2007-2019 | Assistant Professor of Economics of Financial Intermediation, Department of Economics and Management, University of Parma (Italy).
• 2003-2007 | Research Scholarship, Department of Economics (University of Parma), for a research project on financial and non-financial criteria for investment evaluation.

November 2024-present: President of the bachelor's degree in Economics and Management of Sustainable Food Value Chains.

A.Y. 2023/2024: Vice President of the bachelor's degree in Food system: management, sustainability and technologies.

2018-2023: Vice President of the master's degree in International Business and Development.

Education

• 2005 Ph.D. in Financial Markets and Intermediaries, University of Bologna, Ph.D. Thesis: Equo e redditizio: obiettivi sociali e obiettivi finanziari nella valutazione degli investimenti (Social and Financial Objectives in Investment Evaluation).
• 2001 Degree in Business Administration, University of Parma, Degree Thesis: Performance dei fondi comuni di investimento ed interferenze fiscali (Mutual Funds Performance and Tax Interference).
• 2003-2007 Research Scholarship, Department of Economics (University of Parma), for a research on financial and non-financial criteria for investments evaluation.

Partner of ADEIMF (Italian Academic Association of financial markets and institutions studies) (www.adeimf.it).

Main Research Areas

2013-present | Microfinance and social exclusion in the EU.

2011-2017 | Financial education, gender gap, young adults.

2006-2007 | Impact of donors’ funds on microfinance institutions in a post-catastrophe environment.

2005-2008 | The financial infrastructure of enterprise networks.

2002-2007 | Financial and non-financial criteria for investment evaluation.

Publications:
https://air.unipr.it/browse?type=author&authority=rp01650&sort_by=2&order=DESC 

Main Research Projects

2017-2020 | Measuring Microfinance Impact in the EU. Policy Recommendations for Financial and Social Inclusion (MeMI). Member of the local unit at University of Parma. Principal contractor: Università Cattolica di Piacenza. Funded by EIB University Research Sponsorship (Eiburs). Call for Proposals: Impact of microfinance on financial and social inclusion in Europe. Supervisor: European Investment Fund.

2006-2007 |The impact of external funds on microfinance institutions in a post-emergency environment (Tsunami in Sri Lanka, 2004), Funded by Consorzio Etimos, Dipartimento di Economia dell’Università di Parma and Dipartimento della Protezione Civile.

2005-2008 | FIRB Smefin - Ridisegno dell’infrastruttura finanziaria delle reti di imprese. Partners: Università degli Studi di Trento (PI), Modena, Parma, Padova, Verona, Urbino. Member of the local unit on “Model for SMEs financial analysis and planning and credit rating procedures”, coordinator Prof. Giulio Tagliavini.