PhD Students 39th cycle

Ammr Mohamed AbdelSayed is PhD Student at the University of Bologna - Department of Management.
He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Turin and a Master's degree in Management for Social Economy from the University of Bologna - Campus of Forlì.

Over the years, he has dedicated considerable time to volunteering within associations that support second-generation migrants, and he has gained experience working in the cooperation and the public administration sectors.

Supervisor: Daniela Bolzani; co-supervisor: Paolo Ferri.

PNRR Extended Partnerships scholarship financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) - Extended Partnerships PE09 - GRINS.

Analysis of governance and organizational models and measurement and managerial management tools in different contexts of public services, with particular reference to social cohesion and inclusion: the role of entrepreneurship.

Elisa Baldazzi is PhD Student at the University of Bologna - Department of Economics.
She graduated with a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Bologna, with a final dissertation entitled "Perception of Corruption: Survey-based Evidence from Italy". During her master's degree, she gained internship experience as a Research Assistant analyzing the dynamics of vote-buying and corruption from a microeconomic perspective.
She is interested in issues of social inequality, with a focus on gender gap and discrimination in education.

Supervisor: Pietro Biroli; co-supervisor: Giuseppe Pignataro.

PNRR scholarship ex D.M. 118/2023 - Public Administration financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) Mission 4, Component 1, Investment 4.1 (DM 118/2023) - Public Administration.

Quantitative methods for the formulation and design of public policies: development of analytical skills aimed at defining problems, identifying solutions, and evaluating policies with potential applications to combat gender inequalities in the formation of human capital

Michele Bartolini is PhD Student at the University of Bologna - Department of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati". Strong passion for economic policy and public policy evaluation. Throughout his academic career, he has tried to explore and deepen the relationships between politics and economics, and how these have an influence on people's lives and societies.
He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Roma Tre. Subsequently, he completed his Master's degree in Economics at the University of Bologna. During this period he was particularly interested in public economics and welfare systems, with a specific focus on public pension systems.
As a PhD student at the University of Bologna, his current research focuses on the adequacy and financial sustainability of public pension systems. His ambition is to contribute to the development of reform proposals and corrective measures for pension systems, aimed at improving their sustainability in the long run.

Supervisor: Carlo Mazzaferro; co-supervisor: Mario Mazzocchi.

PNRR scholarship ex D.M. 118/2023 - Public Administration financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) Mission 4, Component 1, Investment 4.1 (DM 118/2023) - Public Administration.

Quantitative methods for the development of short and medium-long term indicators to evaluate the adequacy, sustainability and neutrality of public pension systems.

Leonardo Becarelli is a PhD Student at the University of Bologna - Department of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati". With the topic "Quantitative Methods to support public policy decisions", his research topics concern the use of machine learning models for the extraction and analysis of unstructured data aimed at supporting policymakers and financial institutions.

After graduating with a bachelor's degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Bologna, he received a master's degree in Statistics, Economics, and Business - Business Analytics Curriculum from the University of Bologna with the thesis "Leveraging Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers for Sentiment Analysis of SEC Filings".

Supervisor: Luca Trapin; co-supervisor: Mario Mazzocchi.

PNRR scholarship ex D.M. 118/2023 - Public Administration financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) Mission 4, Component 1, Investment 4.1 (DM 118/2023) - Public Administration.

Quantitative Methods to support public policy decisions

Mattia Bottino is PhD Student at the University of Bologna - Department of Political and Social Sciences. He holds a MA in International Relations and a BA in Political, Social and International Sciences from the University of Bologna. He has obtained a one-year master’s degree in Participatory Processes, Communities and Networks of Proximity from the University of Bologna and Fondazione per l’Innovazione Urbana. He is Junior Researcher and member of the Research Group Institutional Innovation and Participatory Democracy at the Institute for Comparative Federalism of Eurac Research (Bolzano/Bozen).

His research builds upon the topics of deliberative democracy, and participatory public policymaking, with a special focus on Latin America and Europe. Additional fields of his interest comprise minority rights, federalism, and nationalism studies.  

Supervisor: Sabrina Ragone; co-supervisor: Michela Ceccorulli.

PNRR scholarship ex D.M. 118/2023 - Public Administration financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) Mission 4, Component 1, Investment 4.1 (DM 118/2023) - Public Administration.

Political and sociological analysis of the most relevant critical issues/innovations/changes in the design, regulation, evaluation and management of policies in the context of PPAA. In particular: multilevel management and regulatory response to crises in the migration, economic, health/pandemic, educational fields at national, European or global level.

Alessia Broka is PhD student at the University of Bologna - Department of Economics. She obtained her master's degree in Statistics, Economics and Business, curriculum of quantitative methods for economic decisions , with a thesis entitled "Rural-urban analysis in poverty mapping: an application to Austrian EU-SILC data", developed at the Austrian research institute for economics "WIFO". Her field is quantitative methods for the formulation and design of public policies with potential applications to the measurement of social inequality from a multidimensional perspective and the analysis of policies aimed at reducing inequality and poverty.

 Supervisor: Giuseppe Pignataro; co-supervisor: Luca Bonacini.

PNRR scholarship ex D.M. 118/2023 - Public Administration financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) Mission 4, Component 1, Investment 4.1 (DM 118/2023) - Public Administration.

Quantitative methods for the formulation and design of public policies: development of analytical skills aimed at defining problems, identifying solutions, and evaluating policies with potential applications to: a) the measurement of social inequalities from a multidimensional perspective and the analysis of policies aimed at reducing inequalities and poverty.

Stefania Colacicco is PhD Student at the University of Bologna - Department of Management. She got her bachelor's degree in "Economics and Business" at University of Bologna, Forlì campus, and her master's degree in "Management and Finance" at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan campus. She used to work for Investment Banks and for multinational consulting firms for five years, in addition to gaining an experience in London. Her passion for public finance and her social commitment have motivated Stefania to secure a candidacy for the PhD in Public Governance, Management and Policy. 
Thanks to her academic background and skills, she is confident she can contribute significantly to creating value in a sustainable way by analyzing various models and tools, with a particular focus on measuring their performance. The academic reputation of the University of Bologna, both nationally and internationally, along with the quality of the faculty involved in the program, played a decisive role in her decision.

Supervisor: Federica Bandini; co-supervisor: Massimiliano Marzo.

PNRR Extended Partnerships scholarship financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) - Extended Partnerships PE09 - GRINS.

Analysis of governance and organizational models and measurement and managerial management tools in different public service contexts, with particular reference to performance measurement in social services.

Mario De Rosa is PhD Student at the University of Bologna - Department of Political and Social Sciences.
He obtained, also at the Alma Mater, the Bachelor's degree in Political, Social and International Sciences (SPOSI), the Master's degree in Politics, Administration and Organization (PAO) and obtained the certification for the Minor "The Challenge of Climate Change".
His main research interests are in Public Administration and Public Policy.

Supervisor: Federico Toth; co-supervisor: Michela Ceccorulli.

PNRR scholarship ex D.M. 118/2023 - Public Administration financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) Mission 4, Component 1, Investment 4.1 (DM 118/2023) - Public Administration.

Political and sociological analysis of the most relevant critical issues/innovations/changes in the design, regulation, evaluation and management of policies in the context of PPAA. In particular: the transformations of PAs post New Public Management, in particular the introduction of lean management principles and tools in the public sector.

Anna Fasoli is PhD Student at the University of Bologna - Department of Political and Social Sciences. She has a Master's Degree in Management of Social Economy from the same University and a sociological background. Scholarship title: “Politological and sociological analysis of the most relevant critical issues/innovations/changes in planning, regulating, evaluating, managing policies in the field of PPAA”. Passionate about Third Sector Organisations and public policy, she presents a research project on “Amministrazione Condivisa” (Shared Administration), aimed at analysing and evaluating the collaborative procedures (co-planning and co-design) experimented in Italy following the Third Sector Reform in 2016.  

Supervisor: Andrea Bassi; co-supervisor: Michela Ceccorulli.

PNRR scholarship ex D.M. 118/2023 - Public Administration financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) Mission 4, Component 1, Investment 4.1 (DM 118/2023) - Public Administration.

Political and sociological analysis of the most relevant critical issues/innovations/changes in the design, regulation, evaluation and management of policies in the context of PPAA.

Claudia Garofoli is PhD Student at the University of Bologna – Department of Statistic Sciences “Paolo Fortunati”.
In 2023 she obtained a master’s degree in "Economics and Public Policy" at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
The theme of the call to which she has been assigned is the "Development of statistical models for the design of marketing tools and the definition of commercial policies" in collaboration with Coop Alleanza 3.0.
The objectives of her research are the development of statistical methods to support the implementation of public policies to reduce the environmental impact of purchases, promote healthier consumption and ensure greater economic and social sustainability.
Other research interests concern the study of social inequalities and the distribution of income through the use of linear models, discrete choice models and counterfactual analysis through the use of STATA software.

Supervisor: Martin Forster; co-supervisor: Beatrice Biondi.

PNRR scholarship ex D.M. 117/2023 financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 3.3 (DM 117/2023) and by Coop Alleanza 3.0.

Development of statistical models for the design of marketing tools and the definition of commercial policies.

Viola Maone is PhD Student at the University of Bologna - Department of Economics. In 2022, she received her master's degree in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Bologna. She then worked as a research fellow for the project "MinUTo - On the role of parental beliefs, preferences and engagement on children outcomes." She now holds a doctoral fellowship aimed at the application of quantitative methods for the design and evaluation of public policies. In particular, she works on issues of environmental economics and their connection with behavioral sciences, beginning with the role social norms in individual attitudes and beliefs.

Supervisor: Alessandro Tavoni; co-supevisor: Riccardo Ghidoni.

PNRR scholarship ex D.M. 118/2023 - Public Administration financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) Mission 4, Component 1, Investment 4.1 (DM 118/2023) - Public Administration.

Quantitative methods for the formulation and design of public policies: development of analytical skills aimed at defining problems, identifying solutions, and evaluating policies with potential applications to the analysis of social norms in support of the ecological transition.

Anna Maschietto is PhD student at the University of Bologna - Department of Political and Social Sciences. She worked for several years as a social worker supporting people in vulnerable conditions in their path to reintegration into the job market. As a PhD student, her research interest is the analysis of public policies to reflect on the distance between norms and practices and on the opportunity to best use the discretionary space of front line workers in policy implementation processes in order to more solid achievement of project objectives. Also investigate whether the informal practices, tools and methods that are generated in this space can become structured and shared.

Supervisor: Cristina Dallara; co-supervisor: Daniela Bolzani.

PNRR scholarship ex D.M. 118/2023 - Public Administration financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) Mission 4, Component 1, Investment 4.1 (DM 118/2023) - Public Administration.

Political and sociological analysis of the most relevant critical issues/innovations/changes in the design, regulation, evaluation and management of policies in the context of PPAA. In particular: determinants of the success or failure of public policies.

Simonetta Mascia is PhD student at the University of Bologna - Department of Management. She obtained a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business Management from the University of Cagliari and a Master's degree in Economics and Accounting from the University of Bologna. Her research interests relate to the areas of Public Management, Financial Vulnerability of local authorities, Governance and Organizational models, Measurement and Management tools in different contexts of public services.

Supervisor: Ileana Steccolini; co-supervisor: Emanuele Padovani.

PNRR scholarship ex D.M. 118/2023 - Public Administration financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) Mission 4, Component 1, Investment 4.1 (DM 118/2023) - Public Administration.

Analysis of governance and organizational models and measurement and managerial management tools in different public service contexts, with particular reference to the financial fragility and vulnerability of local governments.

Alice Mozzoni is PhD Student at the University of Bologna - Department of Management. After obtaining her Bachelor's degree in International and Diplomatic Sciences and her Master's degree in Social Economy Management, both earned at the University of Bologna, her research objective is to map, in the most specific and up-to-date manner, the various models of public service delivery, starting from the social and healthcare sector, with the aim of identifying the most effective and efficient model. Through a research grant focusing on the Analysis of Governance Models, Organizational Structures, and Managerial Measurement Tools in different public service contexts, with particular reference to: b) Models of public governance in the social and healthcare services, she will analyze the models of public service delivery in Italy, starting at the local level, in order to assess their performance.

Supervisor: Federica Bandini; co-supervisor: Emanuele Padovani.

PNRR Extended Partnerships scholarship financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) - Extended Partnerships PE09 - GRINS.

Analysis of governance and organizational models and measurement and managerial management tools in different contexts of public services, with particular reference to public governance models of social and health services

Andrea Roncadori is PhD Student at the University of Bologna - Department of Management (DISA).
He is a specialist in Health Economics & Outcome Research (HEOR) for the IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori "Dino Amadori" - IRST and collaborates with the hospital sector of the Emilia-Romagna Region. In the past, he has worked in the Healthcare department of the CINECA inter-university consortium after some experiences between CROs and pharmaceutical companies.
He holds a Master's Degree in Health Economics, Management and Policy and a Bachelor's Degree in Statistics and Social Research from the University of Bologna.
After years of work experience in the pre-marketing phase of clinical research, he focused his research interest on the study of outcomes in the diagnostic-clinical pathway of cancer patients, on public governance models of social and health services and on the evaluation of health technologies in a value-oriented perspective.

Supervisor: Emanuele Padovani; co-supervisor: Federica Bandini.

Analysis of governance and organizational models and measurement and managerial management tools in different contexts of public services, with particular reference to public governance models of social and health services

Stanislav Russo is a PhD student at the University of Bologna - Department of Management (DISA). He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Management and a Master's degree in Business and Administration. His main research goals are to improve his skills in scientific research, implement his academic background and investigate the national and international healthcare context with the ultimate goal of proposing more efficient, effective and sustainable care and treatment models.

Supervisor: Emanuele Padovani; co-supervisor: Viola Damen.

PNRR scholarship ex D.M. 117/2023 financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 3.3 (DM 117/2023) and by the Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute.

Study and evaluation of innovative models for governing and monitoring the surgical patient's path.

Cristina Specchi is PhD Student at the University of Bologna – Department of Economics. She is graduated in Economics and Political Economy from the University of Bologna.
Her research interests encompass the study on inequality of opportunities and their measurement, as well as effective public policies to contrast them. Her main focus regards educational and economic inequalities, and the role of information in reducing them, with insights to individual preferences and attitudes.
She is involved in projects that analyze these dynamics through surveys, and examine public policies related to the right of education in the Italian context.

Supervisor: Giuseppe Pignataro; co-supervisor: Luca Bonacini.

PNRR Extended Partnerships scholarship financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) - Extended Partnerships PE09 - GRINS.

Quantitative methods for the formulation and design of public policies: development of analytical skills aimed at defining problems, identifying solutions, and evaluating policies with potential applications to the measurement of social inequalities from a multidimensional perspective and to the analysis of policies aimed at reducing of inequalities and poverty.

Francesca Teston is PhD Student at the University of Bologna - Department of Management. Her research concerns management control and performance measurement and is aimed at assessing the cost-effectiveness and quality of public long term care.
Her commitment to research is strongly linked to operations, as she is responsible for management control and accreditation at the care home “ASP Umberto I”.
She holds a bachelor's degree in "Business Administration and Management" and a master's degree in "Economics and Management of Government and International Organizations “ both achieved at Bocconi University in Milan. She has been involved in management of European funds, communication and research on local development in Italy and abroad (South Tyrol, Germany, United States).

Supervisor: Emanuele Padovani; co-supervisor: Federica Bandini.

Analysis of governance and organizational models and measurement and managerial management tools in different public service contexts, with particular reference to performance measurement in social services

Maria Tremuli is PhD Student at the University of Bologna - Department of Economics. After studying Economics and Business Management at the University of Trieste, she obtained her Master's Degree in Resource Economics and Sustainable Development at the University of Bologna, and then embarked on her research career.

The focus of investigation is on the circular economy and, in particular, quantitative methods for the formulation and design of public policies to analyse the effect of structural changes, global dynamics and spillovers on innovation capabilities.

The research object is international trade and in particular which international trade agreements are effective policies to promote the circular economy. An analysis of current trade flows aims to reconstruct the global production chain, classifying states and sectors and thus assessing their participation in global value chains.

Supervisor: Antonio Minniti; co-supervisor: Stefano Antonio Bolatto.

PNRR Extended Partnerships scholarship financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) - Extended Partnerships PE09 - GRINS.

Quantitative methods for the formulation and design of public policies: development of analytical skills aimed at defining problems, identifying solutions, and evaluating policies with potential applications to the measurement of social inequalities from a multidimensional perspective and the analysis of policies aimed at reducing inequalities and poverty.

Luca Villani is PhD Student at the University of Bologna - Department of Political and Social Sciences.
His research interests revolve around the evaluation of public policies, particularly those related to the educational system. Specifically, his research focuses on analyzing the inequalities within the educational system, the right to education in a broad sense, the meritocratic system underlying it, and the impacts associated with residency. Through a quantitative approach, his objective is to operationalize an evaluation function for the effectiveness of the education system, examining the effects of current measures aimed at reducing inequalities.
Previously, his research has centered on the working system, specifically the four-day workweek. He earned a bachelor's degree in International and Diplomatic Sciences at the Forlì campus of the University of Bologna and a Master's degree with honors in Political Administration and Organization, also at the University of Bologna.
From his curriculum, a diverse professional career is evident, with predominant experiences in the restaurant sector during his years of study and as a tax operator at a Tax Assistance Center (CAF).

Supervisor: Loris Vergolini; co-supervisor: Michela Ceccorulli.

PNRR scholarship ex D.M. 118/2023 - Public Administration financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) Mission 4, Component 1, Investment 4.1 (DM 118/2023) - Public Administration.

Political and sociological analysis of the most relevant critical issues/innovations/changes in the design, regulation, evaluation and management of policies in the context of PPAA. In particular: development of innovative methodologies and tools for monitoring the implementation phases of policy interventions, for the design and governance of implementation structures and for the evaluation of interventions in relation to the objectives".

Raushan Yerbolatkyzy is PhD Student at the University of Bologna, Department of Sociology and Business Law. As part of her PhD journey in Public GoMaP, she will work on the NextGenerationEU funded project, researching 'The costs and benefits of integrated pathways for rare diseases: evidence from the Bologna Metropolitan Area'.
After completing her bachelor's degree at Eötvös Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary, Raushan subsequently pursued her master's studies in International Relations with a curriculum in International Economic Relations at the University of Macerata in Italy. Her professional trajectory includes an experience as a project coordinator with a focus on investment, economics, and public finance.

Supervisor: Claudio Paolucci; co-supervisor: Luca Sangiorgi. 

Scholarship funded from the European Union-NextGenerationEU to be valid on National Recovery Plan and Resilience (PNRR) Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 3.3 (Ministerial Decree 117/2023) and by the Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute.

The costs and benefits of integrated pathways for rare diseases: evidence from the Bologna Metropolitan Area.

Ying Yu is PhD student at the University of Bologna - Department of Economics. She holds a bachelor's degree in Finance from the Chinese University of Hongkong, Shenzhen and a master's degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Zurich. Her main research interests focus on industrial economics, competition policy, and gender economics. Her research objective is to use economic tools to conduct ex-post evaluation of the decisions of the competition authorities and assessments of the impact of specific national as well as supranational competition policies. 

Supervisor: Elena Argentesi; co-supervisor: Alessia Marrazzo.

PNRR scholarship ex D.M. 117/2023 financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 3.3 (DM 117/2023) and by Learlab s.r.l..

Impact evaluation of specific national and/or supranational competition policies