Economics and Finance

Economics and Finance at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano is jointly run by the Universities of Trento and the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.

Economics and Finance at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano includes one year of core courses as well as individualized training depending on the specific research interests and objectives of the PhD student as recommended by the supervisor. Topic-specific individual tutoring and mentoring, as well as funding for research stays abroad are special components of our programme.

Key facts

PhD students will be introduced to specific research areas of the faculty, including Economic Policy Analysis, Financial Markets and Regulation, and Quantitative Methods and Analysis of Big Data and have the opportunity to be involved in research projects in these and other areas. Our international faculty provides a variety of research opportunities.

Research topics include:

• Economic development and institutions; monetary and fiscal policies; economic choices and energy transition; financial risk management; international businesses and markets; investment and optimization tools; the evaluation of public policies; behavioral economics and economic decisions.
• The themes of contemporary sociological research, including the analysis of social and demographic change; state and market: comparative studies; welfare and social policies; studies of social inequalities (class, cohort, gender, sociology of education) and social stratification;
• The study and implementation, with a view to economic, environmental and social sustainability, of economic development models, models and tools for the management of natural resources, models and tools for the management of businesses, institutions, organizations and profit and non-profit organizations.