PhD in Economics

PhD in
Economics

Calls for applications

Cycle 41 (a.y. 2025/26)

The Call for application for 41st cycle (a.y. 2025/2026) is now online. 

Deadine for application is May, 7 2025 1PM (Italian Time).

For further information, please read our F.A.Q. or contact the PhD Office, only at phd.application@unive.it.

The PhD program aims to prepare a selected group of students for an academic career, as well as for positions in research sectors of international organizations, public institutions, private companies, central banks, and financial institutions.

We particularly welcome highly motivated students with a strong background in Economics, Econometrics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics or other quantitative fields who seek guidance to develop as researchers in Economics, Econometrics, or Finance in our Department.

The wide range of research interests and the international reputation of Ca’ Foscari’s faculty in economics and quantitative fields, along with the rich program of internationally renowned seminars and workshops organized by the department, provide students with a stimulating environment throughout their PhD studies. Students receive appropriate support, including financial aid, to participate in international conferences and workshops and to compete in the international job market.

Notices

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PhD overview

In partnership with Eurizon Asset Management

The partnership with Eurizon Asset Management is defined as "Dottorato Industriale". The "Dottorato Industriale" is a method of collaboration between the University and labour market, defined by the Ministerial Decree of 14 December 2021 n. 226.
This type of collaboration allows companies to train, strengthening their skills, their permanent employees as part of a PhD course.
The company interested in the "Dottorato Industriale" must be engaged in research activities, possibly attested by patents and technical-scientific publications.
The training is developed jointly by the company and the Faculty of the PhD programme involved and includes both the attendance of university courses and research activity. The doctoral student is supervised by two supervisors, one in the academia and one within the company.

Educational aims

The PhD programme offers advanced training in the areas of economic and financial sciences, with a particular specialisation in quantitative and qualitative analysis of the numerous aspects and issues within financial-economic systems, at both a microeconomic level (how markets, economic organisations and businesses function, and predictions on their trends and prospects) and a macroeconomic level (issues regarding economic cycles and unemployment, and the impact of specific social and economic factors).

The programme is taught entirely in English.

Research themes

  • Microeconomics;
  • Economic theory;
  • Public economics;
  • Experimental economics;
  • Behavioral economics;
  • Health economics;
  • Economics of ageing;
  • Labour economics;
  • Development economics;
  • Macroeconomics;
  • Finance;
  • Financial economics

 

  • Economics of natural resources and climate change;
  • Environmental economics;
  • Regional economics;
  • Econometrics;
  • Financial econometrics;
  • Time series econometrics;
  • Bayesian econometrics;
  • Microeconometrics;
  • Network econometrics;
  • Quantitative finance;
  • Mathematical economics;
  • Computational economics;
  • Economic statistics

Professional profiles

Professional profiles obtainable by the program are typically those needed to work in academic departments, mainly in economics and finance; national and international organizations conducting economic research for various purposes, like Ministries, national and super-national Central Banks, financial and economic bodies of the EU, international organizations like OECD, World Bank, etc.; financial private institutes, like banks, insurance companies, investment and retirements funds; other public and private organizations requiring expert knowledge in economics, like those offering service professions in consulting, market research, management, economic journalism.

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