PhD Course Faculty

Prof. Valeria Andreoni
vandreoni@ucc.ie 
Full Professor in Sustainable Business - Economics
University of College Cork, Cork, Ireland

SHORT BIO

Is AIB Professor in Sustainable Business at University College Cork (Ireland), Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and trained facilitator for the 2030 SDGs Game. She holds a PhD in Economics from University of Bologna (Italy) and a Master in Ecological Economics and Environmental Management from Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain). Her expertise focuses on Ecological Economics, Energy Economics and Degrowth. She is author of peer-reviewed papers and European Commission reports. Prior to her academic appointments, she has been working for the Joint Research Center of European Commission and for the EuroMediterranean Center on Climate Change.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Energy Economics, Ecological Economics, Just Transition, Degrowth 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Andreoni, V., 2025. Drivers of water use change: A multiscale integrated analysis for 13 European countries. Environmental Science & Policy 170, 104117. 

Andreoni, V., 2024. Energy poverty in EU: Using regional climatic conditions and incidence of electricity prices to map vulnerability areas across 214 NUTS2 European regions. World Development Sustainability 4, 100146. 

Andreoni, V., Richard, A., 2023. Exploring the interconnected nature of the sustainable development goals: the 2030 SDGs Game as a pedagogical tool for interdisciplinary education. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 25, 21–42.

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Prof. Silvia Battino
sbattino@uniss.it
Associate Professor of Economic and Political Geography
Department of Economics and Business - University of Sassari 

SHORT BIO

Silvia Battino is an Associate Professor of Economic and Political Geography at the University of Sassari. His research interests and main publications focus on the relationship between tourism and space in relation to local development, territorial cohesion, environmental impacts, sustainability policies, and alternative choices. His other research interests lie in studying urban systems and sustainable policies in transport and energy.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Economic geography, Geography of transport and logistics, Sustainable tourism and local development, Sustainability policies, Environmental impacts.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Battino, S., Borruso, G., n.d. Insularità, accessibilità e sistema di trasporto. Il caso della Sardegna tra connessioni esterne e interne nel modello di sviluppo dei corridoi di trasporto.

Ladu, M., Battino, S., Balletto, G., Amaro García, A., 2023. Green Infrastructure and Slow Tourism: A Methodological Approach for Mining Heritage Accessibility in the Sulcis-Iglesiente Bioregion (Sardinia, Italy). Sustainability 15, 4665. 

Battino, S., Leonisio, M. del M.M., 2022. Port Authorities and smartness: the training policies of Spain’s smart ports. J-READING Journal of Research and Didactics in Geography 2.

WORKING PAPERS

• “Understanding overtourism. A methodological perspective on Mediterranean islands. The case of Sardinia Region, Italy” (with G. Balletto, M. Ladu, M. Attard), under review
• Sustainability and air mobility. An insular perspective”, under review
• “Imaginarios turísticos en la era post Covid. Caso de estudio de las Islas Canarias – España” (with A. Amaro García), under review
• “La comida Slow Food como recurso turístico: construcción de imaginarios y experiencias urbanas en la ciudad de Cancun (Mexico)” (with B. García García)

PHD SUPERVISION

Stefano Carboni – XXXVII cycle – Post-doc at School of Business University of Skövde (co-supervised with Prof. B. Brundu) 

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Prof. Juan Gabriel Brida

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Prof. Brunella Brundu
brundubr@uniss.it
Associate Professor of Economic and Political Geography
Department of Economics and Business - University of Sassari 

SHORT BIO

Brunella Brundu is Associate Professor at the University of Sassari. The scientific work and related publications focus on topics such as urban and territorial analysis, the emerging functions of smart cities, the evolution of tourism, inner areas, territorial capital, landscape planning, and Free Zones, considered at both global and local scales. These themes are explored through the tools provided by Geomatics. Environmental sustainability is a cross-cutting and essential element throughout all lines of research.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Urban Free Zones, Cold Ironing, Green Ports and Sustainability, Marinas, Yachting, Reshoring. 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Brundu, B., Carboni, S., 2024. Cold Ironing: An Analysis of Policies and Its Implementation in Europe with a Focus on the Italian Context and the Future Prospects in Sardinia, in: Gervasi, O., Murgante, B., Garau, C., Taniar, D., C. Rocha, A.M.A., Faginas Lago, M.N. (Eds.), Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2024 Workshops. Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham, pp. 299–310. 

Brundu, B., Battino, S., Carboni, S., 2023. Smart Touristic Ports – The Emergence of Sustainable Marinas from Smart Conversion. What Future for Sardinians Ports, in: Gervasi, O., Murgante, B., Rocha, A.M.A.C., Garau, C., Scorza, F., Karaca, Y., Torre, C.M. (Eds.), Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2023 Workshops, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham, pp. 37–50. 

Brundu, B., 2022. Modelli per l’analisi dei paesaggi economici: gli esempi delle città turistiche di Alghero e Olbia (Nord-Sardegna). Bollettino dell’Associazione Italiana di Cartografia

WORKING PAPERS

• “Porti Franchi & Zone Franche Urbane: Un’analisi geoeconomica per lo sviluppo territoriale delle aree economicamente svantaggiate attraverso le aree defiscalizzate”, (with Stefano Carboni), under review.
• “La sostenibilità nella Blue Economy. Brevi considerazioni sul turismo nautico in Sardegna”, (with Donatella Carboni), under review.
• Empirical Analysis for Future Excellence Tourism Policies: The Case of Arzachena (Sardinia, Italy)” (with Donatella Carboni and Sonia Malvica), accepted at ICCSA 2025.

PHD SUPERVISION

Stefano Carboni – XXXVII cycle – Post-doc at School of Business University of Skövde (co-supervised with Prof. S. Battino) 

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Prof. Oliviero Carboni
ocarboni@uniss.it
Associate Professor of Political Economy
Department of Economics and Business - University of Sassari 
CRENoS - Centre for North South Economic Research

SHORT BIO

Oliviero A. Carboni is associate professor at the University of Sassari (Italy), Department of Economics and Business. He has research interest in the quantitative econometric modelling of firms’ choices including behavioural, geographical and microeconomic aspects into this modelling. He also has published in several journals including Information Economics and Policy, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Journal of Policy Modeling, Journal of Technology Transfer, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, The Review of Regional Studies, Metroeconomica, International Review of Applied Economics, Mathematics and Financial Economics, International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Social Indicators Research, The Journal of Economic Studies, Applied Economics, R&D Management, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Economic Modelling, International Game Theory Review, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Econometric modelling, Firm behaviour, Innovation choices, Policy evaluation models.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Carboni, O.A., Russu, P., 2024. Complementarities in R&D and Innovation Decisions: An Enquiry on an Extensive Sample of Latin American Companies. Int. J. Innovation Technol. Management 21, 2450051. 

Carboni, O.A., Medda, G., 2024. Endogenous Innovation and Export Performance in Firms. JAES 19, 48. 

Carboni, O.A., Medda, G., 2021. External R&D and product innovation: Is over-outsourcing an issue? Economic Modelling 103, 105601. 

Carboni, O.A., Russu, P., 2021. Taxation, Corruption and Punishment: Integrating Evolutionary Game into the Optimal Control of Government Policy. Int. Game Theory Rev. 23, 2050019. 

Carboni, O.A., 2017. The effect of public support on investment and R&D: An empirical evaluation on European manufacturing firms. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 117, 282–295. 

WORKING PAPERS

• “Public Support for R&D: What Do We Learn from Latin American Companies”

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Prof. Katia Corsi
kcorsi@uniss.it
Full Professor of Business Administration
Department of Economics and Business - University of Sassari 

SHORT BIO

Katia Corsi is a Full Professor of Business Administration at the University of Sassari, Department of Economics and Business (DISEA). She currently teaches Accounting Standards and Advanced tools for planning and control in the Master’s Degree and Management Control in the Bachelor's Degree. In the past, she has also been a Researcher at Marche Polytechnic University, a Researcher at Urbino University, an Adjunct Professor at Pisa University and a Visiting Researcher at Université Catholique de Lille. Her research interests and major publications are mainly related to International Accounting Standards, Management Control Tools, Accounting Information Systems, and several issues regarding sustainability. She has published numerous articles in prestigious accounting journals (among others, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Meditari Accountancy Research). She is the Principal Investigator of project research PRIN_PNRR 2022 “Carbon Accounting PracTices in lIsted cOmpaNies: multifaced analysis of accounting for climate change and environmental disclosure improvement (CAPTION)” and coordinator of Research Project “Circular Economy in the Sardinian Textile sector: circular business models and applications of new technologies - ECOTESS, as part of the research program "MICS - Circular and Sustainable Made in Italy by Milan Polytechnic, funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU (2024)

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Sustainability business model, Sustainability management control tools, New technologies for accounting and management, Non-financial disclosure, Carbon accounting, Integrating thinking. 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Bartolacci, F., Bellucci, M., Corsi, K., Soverchia, M., 2023. Untangling sustainability reporting: theoretical approaches informing non-financial disclosure. Economia Aziendale Online - 14, 1107–1139. 

Lardo, A., Corsi, K., Varma, A., Mancini, D., 2022. Exploring blockchain in the accounting domain: a bibliometric analysis. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 35, 204–233. 

Corsi, K., Arru, B., 2020. Role and implementation of sustainability management control tools: critical aspects in the Italian context. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 34, 29–56. 

WORKING PAPERS

• “Carbon accounting practices in research: a framework from a systematic literature review” (with Polo C., Ezza A., Pischedda G.) accepted at Fifth Annual Conference of ASFAAG, London, 2025
• “Exploring Firm Reaction to Sustainability Pressures and its Impact on Management Control Tools in a stone district” (with Presti C., Rigolini A.) accepted at XIV Workshop of The Management Control Journal Teramo, 2025
• “Exploring the transition to circular economy in the textile industry for SMEs: a qualitative study” (with Balzani L., Ezza A., Polo C., Pischedda G.) accepted at IPDMC, Porto, 2025

PHD SUPERVISION

Luca Balzani – XXXVII cycle – Post-doc at the University of Sassari 
Sofia Siotto – XXXIX cycle (co-supervised with Prof. L. Marinò) 

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Prof. Luca Deidda
deidda@uniss.it
Full Professor of Political Economy
Department of Economics and Business - University of Sassari 
CRENoS - Centre for North South Economic Research

SHORT BIO

I am a full professor of Economics at the Università di Sassari and a research affiliate at CRENoS. Previously, I held academic positions at SOAS and at Queen Mary College, University of London. My current research focuses on financial systems' stability and regulation; credit markets under asymmetric information; macroeconomics with financial frictions; pandemic, firm's organization and incentive schemes in the labor market.  In the past, I worked on financial development and economic growth and on signalling mechanisms in markets with adverse selection. I hold a Laurea in Economia e Commercio from Università di Pisa and Scuola Sant ‘Anna di Pisa, an MSc in Economics from LSE, a Ph.D. in Economics from SOAS, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Scuola Sant'Anna di Pisa. More information about my academic profile and research can be found on my webpage.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Financial systems’ stability; Credit markets under asymmetric information; Financial frictions and macroeconomics; Incentive schemes in labor markets. 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Deidda, L.G., Panetti, E., 2025. Bank recovery and resolution planning, liquidity management and fragility. Journal of Financial Stability 78, 101395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2025.101395

Arca, P., Atzeni, G., Deidda, L.G., Forthcoming. Asset Exemption in Bankruptcy, Access to and Cost of Credit. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Arca, P., Atzeni, G., Deidda, L., 2023. The signaling role of trade credit: Evidence from a counterfactual analysis. Journal of Corporate Finance 80, 102414. 

WORKING PAPERS

• Skill-biased remote work and incentives, WP CRENoS n. 25.05, (with Fabio Cerina and Simone Nobili) 

PHD SUPERVISION

Simone Nobili - XXXVI cycle - Post-doc at Mercatorum University and CRENoS
Nicola Pischedda – XXXIX cycle (co-supervised with Prof. G. Atzeni - University of Sassari) 
Giommaria Spano - XXXVI cycle - Post-doc at University of Sassari and CRENoS

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Prof. Claudio Detotto
detotto_c@univ-corse.fr
Associate Professor of Economics - University of Corsica

SHORT BIO

After completing my Master’s degree in Economics at Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona, Spain) in 2007, I earned my PhD in 2010 from the University of Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy), with a dissertation titled "Social and Economic Costs of Crime in Italy." From March 2010 to August 2015, I was affiliated with the University of Sassari (Sardinia, Italy), initially as a postdoctoral researcher and later as a fixed-term researcher (Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato, RTD). In 2015, I joined the University of Corsica as an Associate Professor (Maître deConférences) in Economics. My research focuses on three main areas that I have developed throughout my academic career: empirical legal studies, productivity analysis, and regional economics. 

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Education Economics, Efficiency analysis, Housing market, Law & Economics, Regional Economics. 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Addessi, W., Biagi, B., Ciucci, L., Detotto, C., Pulina, M., 2025. Exploring the misalignment between HEIs’ educational offerings and the local economy in low(er) income regions. Regional Studies 59, 2358827. 

Ascione, G.S., Ciucci, L., Detotto, C., Sterzi, V., 2024. University patent litigation in the United States: Do we have a problem? Research Policy 53, 104909. 

Biagi, B., Ciucci, L., Detotto, C., Pulina, M., 2024. Do diverse degree courses matter for university attractiveness? Ann Reg Sci 72, 1189–1229. 

Detotto, C., Marselli, R., McCannon, B.C., Vannini, M., 2024. Experts and arbitration outcomes: Insights from public procurement contract disputes. 

WORKING PAPERS

• “Terror and Turnout: The Impact of Terrorism During the Years of Lead” (with C. Caporali & F. Crudu), Working Paper CRENoS No. 202426
• “Bargaining power: Do individuals outperform groups?” (with L. Ciucci & S. Caudill), Working Paper CRENoS No. 202419

PHD SUPERVISION

N’guetta Ange Phalonne Tiemele - XL cycle (co-supervised with Prof. M. Meleddu) 

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Prof. Nicoletta Fadda
nfadda@uniss.it
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Department of Economics and Business - University of Sassari 

SHORT BIO

Nicoletta Fadda is Associate Professor of Business Administration and Accounting at the University of Sassari. She earned her PhD in Business Administration and Accounting in 2013 from the University of Pisa. Prior to her current role, she held positions as Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Sassari and was a Visiting PhD Student at the University of Southern Denmark. Her research interests span entrepreneurship, hospitality and tourism management, governance networks, performance measurement, higher education, and healthcare and public management. She adopts both qualitative and quantitative methods and has contributed to several research projects, publishing numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Governance networks, performance measurement, entrepreneurial orientation, sustainable business models, healthcare management and carbon accounting. 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Giovanelli, L., Rotondo, F., Fadda, N., 2024. Management training programs in healthcare: effectiveness factors, challenges and outcomes. BMC Health Services Research 24, 904. 

Rotondo, F., Fadda, N., Ezza, A., Giovanelli, L., 2025. The impact of sustainability orientation on performance in higher education. An empirical longitudinal investigation. Journal of Cleaner Production 504, 145429. 

Rotondo, F., Giovanelli, L., Marinò, L., Fadda, N., 2022. What combined diversity conditions of board directors lead to financial sustainability? A fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis of Italian universities. Studies in Higher Education 47, 2287–2309. 

WORKING PAPERS

• “Effectiveness factors and dysfunctional consequences of performance measurement systems developed in multilevel governance health systems” (with F. Rotondo, L. Giovanelli & R. Mannion). IRSPM Conference 2025
• “Sustainability and Entrepreneurial Orientation as Drivers of SMEs’ Performance in the Agricultural Sector”
• “Exploring Carbon Accounting Practices among Italian Listed Firms” 

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Prof. Marius Dan Gavriletea
marius.gavriletea@ubbcluj.ro 
Professor of Finance
Babeș-Bolyai University - Faculty of Business, Business Department

SHORT BIO

Marius Dan Gavriletea is a Professor of Finance at the Faculty of Business, Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. His research interests lie at the intersection of insurance and reinsurance markets, risk and catastrophe risk management, climate change impacts on finance, healthcare systems and sustainability in financial systems. He holds a PhD in Finance and completed his habilitation in Finance in 2019. Professor Gavriletea has published extensively in peer-reviewed international journals indexed in Web of Science and Scopus, with over 40 research articles focusing on climate-related financial risks, ESG disclosure, healthcare finance and reinsurance mechanisms. He has led national research grants and participated in academic collaborations and conferences internationally. His work emphasizes the integration of sustainability and climate risk into financial decision-making, including the role of insurance in managing emerging risks. He also serves on editorial boards and is an active reviewer for top journals in finance, insurance, and sustainability..

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Sustainable finance, Environmental economics, Climate risk, Financial development, Insurance markets, Foreign investment, Human capital, Energy efficiency, Digital finance, Economic growth, Healthcare. 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Bayar, Y., Toader, V., Gavriletea, M.D., Yelkesen, O., 2024. Exploring the stock market development and sustainable development nexus: insights from emerging market economies. International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management 17, 1213–1231. 

Bayar, Y., Yelkesen, O., Barry, A.B., Gavriletea, M.D., 2024. Impact of Information and Communication Technologies Penetration on Human Development: Evidence from Economic Community of West African States. Engineering Economics 35, 426–438. 

Bayar, Y., Gavriletea, M.D., Păun, D., 2021. Impact of mobile phones and internet use on financial inclusion: empirical evidence from the EU post-communist countries. Technological and Economic Development of Economy 27, 722–741. 

WORKING PAPERS

• Factors Influencing Attitudes towards International Migrants: Evidence from Germany” (with Ozlem Yorulmaz, O. & Bayar, Y.) under review
• “Impact of Terrorism and Globalization on FDI Inflows: Evidence from Middle East and North Africa” (with Bayar, Y. & Karamıklı, A.)

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Prof. Ludovico Marinò
lmarino@uniss.it
Full Professor of Business Administration
Department of Economics and Business - University of Sassari 

SHORT BIO

Ludovico Marinò is full professor of Business administration at University of Sassari - Department of economics and business (DiSea); since November 2014 till October 2020, he has been the dean of Department. He currently teaches Strategic management in the master degree and financial accounting in the bachelor degree. In past he has been Post-doc Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the University of Pisa. His research interests and major publications are mainly related to public management and public competition both in health care sector and in higher education. He has published numerous books and articles in prestigious journals (among others, Studies in Higher Education and Higher Education).

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Demand-driven funding, Performance funding, carbon accounting, circular business models, sustainability in public sector. 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Fadda, N., Marinò, L., Pischedda, G., Ezza, A., 2022. The effect of performance-oriented funding in higher education: evidence from the staff recruitment budget in Italian higher education. High Educ 83, 1003–1019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-021-00725-4

Pischedda, G., Marinò, L., Corsi, K., 2023. Defensive medicine through the lens of the managerial perspective: a literature review. BMC Health Services Research 23, 1104. 

Rotondo, F., Giovanelli, L., Marinò, L., Fadda, N., 2022. What combined diversity conditions of board directors lead to financial sustainability? A fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis of Italian universities. Studies in Higher Education 47, 2287–2309. 

WORKING PAPERS

• “Mapping the cause-effect relationships of barriers to circular business model transition in the textile and apparel industry: the island context of Sardinia” (with R.B. Santolin, N. Fadda, S. Siotto)
• “The Quest for Sustainability practices in the Italian Higher education system: symbolic or substantial behaviours?” (with K. Corsi, S. Siotto, G. Pischedda)

PHD SUPERVISION

Sofia Siotto – XXXIX cycle (co-supervised with Prof. K. Corsi) 

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Prof. Marta Meleddu
mmeleddu@uniss.it 
Associate Professor of Public Economics
Department of Economics and Business - University of Sassari 

SHORT BIO

Marta Meleddu is Associate Professor of Public Economics at the University of Sassari. She has extensive experience in research and teaching in the fields of environmental economics, tourism economics, and regional development. Her academic career includes national and international collaborations, as well as participation in interdisciplinary projects focusing on sustainability, public policy, and quality of life. She has published in international peer-reviewed journals and serves as principal investigator in a national funded project.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Environmental and Ecological Economics, Tourism and Cultural Economics, Regional Economics, Public Policy, Quality of Life, Socio-Economic Impact Analysis. 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Meleddu, M., Paolini, D., Etcheverry, S.V.P., 2025. The relationship between tourism activity, natural amenities, and second-home development: Insights for Land use planning. Land Use Policy 156, 107602. 

Caria, A., Delogu, M., Meleddu, M., Sotgiu, G., 2024. People inflows as a pandemic trigger: Evidence from a quasi-experimental study. Economics & Human Biology 52, 101341. 

Meleddu, M., Pulina, M., 2024. Assessing complementarity and substitution effects of cultural events in rural communities: insights from a Mediterranean island. J Cult Econ 48, 615–644. 

Meleddu, M., Vecco, M., Mazzanti, M., 2024. The Role of Voluntary Environmental Policies Towards Achieving Circularity. Ecological Economics 219, 108134. 

WORKING PAPERS

• Sanna, E. R. L., & Meleddu, M. (2024). Integrating justice and ecological economics: a theoretical framework and indicator toolkit for analysing conflict in protected areas. Working Paper CRENoS, (2024/13).
• Belmartino, A., & Meleddu, M., (2025). Challenges and drivers of eco-innovation in small farming: a social capital perspective. Accepted to be presented at the 18th Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics.

PHD SUPERVISION

Sandra Valeria Posadas - XXXVII cycle - Member of the Research Group in Economic Dynamics (GIDE) and the Research Group in Tourism Management and Economics (GAET) at UDELAR (co-supervised with Prof. D. Paolini) 
Ester Rita Lucia Sanna – XXXVII cycle 
N’guetta Ange Phalonne Tiemele –XL Cycle (co-supervised with Prof. Detotto – University of Corsica) 

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Prof. Michel Oris
michel.oris@cchs.csic.es
Research Professor at the Spanish Research Council

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M.O. is a research professor at the Spanish Research Council, in the Institute of Economics, Geography and Demography (Madrid), and honorary professor at the University of Geneva. He has been co-director of the Swiss Research cluster "LIVES. Overcoming Vulnerabilities. Life Course Perspectives” (2010-22) and director of the Interefaculty Center for Gerontological Research. He has been president of the Société de Démographie Historique, of the International Association of French-Speaking Demographers, and is now member of the Scientific Council of the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme d'Alsace (Strasbourg), of the Campus Condorcet (Paris), and Executive secretary of the European Society of Historical Demography.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Inequalities, with an emphasis on health and living conditions; Interactions between individual trajectories and the dynamics of social structures, between vulnerabilities and life courses, in the historical and contemporary populations.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Sadeghi, R., Oris, M., Studer, M., 2025. Social differentials in the partnership trajectories of childless women in India. 

Oris, M., Mazzoni, S., Ramiro-Fariñas, D., 2024. Did the 1917–21 economic depression accelerate the epidemiological transition? Milk prices, summer peak of mortality, and food-and-water causes of death in Madrid, Spain. Explorations in Economic History 94, 101613. 

Baeriswyl, M., Oris, M., 2023. Social participation and life satisfaction among older adults: diversity of practices and social inequality in Switzerland. Ageing & Society 43, 1259–1283. 

Oris, M., Baeriswyl, M., Duvoisin, A., Gabriel, R., Girardin, M., Henke, J., Masotti, B., Tholomier, A., Widmer, E., 2023. On the Sociohistorical Construction of Social and Economic Reserves Across the Life Course and on Their Use in Old Age, in: Spini, D., Widmer, E. (Eds.), Withstanding Vulnerability throughout Adult Life: Dynamics of Stressors, Resources, and Reserves. Springer Nature, Singapore, pp. 269–283. 

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Prof. Dimitri Paolini
dpaolini@uniss.it 
Full Professor of Economic Policy
Department of Economics and Business - University of Sassari 
CRENoS - Centre for North South Economic Research

SHORT BIO

Dimitri Paolini is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Sassari. His research focuses on Digital Markets, Industrial Organization, Education and Cultural Economics. He has published in journals such as Information Economics and Policy, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, and Journal of Cultural Economics. He has held visiting positions at Université Catholique de Louvain, University of Luxembourg, and Universidad de la República. He has coordinated international PhD programs and promoted multiple international agreements and collaborations.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Digital markets, Industrial organization, Education economics, Cultural economics. 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Delogu, M., Lagravinese, R., Paolini, D., Resce, G., 2024. Predicting dropout from higher education: Evidence from Italy. Economic Modelling 130, 106583. 

Carroni, E., Paolini, D., 2020. Business models for streaming platforms: Content acquisition, advertising and users. Information Economics and Policy 52, 100877. 

Belleflamme, P., Paolini, D., 2019. Strategic attractiveness and release decisions for cultural goods. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 28, 198–224. 

WORKING PAPERS

• “Pricing Perishable Goods in the Digital Economy”, Mimeo (with Carroni & Paba).
• “TV Digital Transition in Italy and the Impact on Pupils’ Academic Performance”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 17623 (with Caria & Checchi).
• “Country vs. Music: Strategic Incentives of Competing Voters”, Working Paper EP02/2024 (with Battiston, Magnani, Paolini & Rossi).

PHD SUPERVISION

Boris Bilao – XL cycle (co-supervised with Prof. M. Delogu – University of Sassari) 
Riccardo Paba – XXXVIII cycle (co-supervised with Prof. E. Carroni – University of Bologna) 
Sandra Valeria Posadas - XXXVII cycle - Member of the Research Group in Economic Dynamics (GIDE) and the Research Group in Tourism Management and Economics (GAET) at UDELAR (co-supervised with Prof. M. Meleddu) 

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Prof. Marina Pireddu
marina.pireddu@unimib.it 
Associate Professor of Mathematical Methods for Economy, Finance and Actuarial Sciences 
Department of Mathematics and its Applications - University of Milano-Bicocca

SHORT BIO

Marina Pireddu is Associate Professor of Mathematical Methods for Economy, Finance and Actuarial Sciences at the University of Milano-Bicocca. In the past, she was first Post-doc Research Fellow at the University of Firenze and then Assistant Professor at the University of Milano-Bicocca. Her research interests concern mainly the study of complex dynamics, with special emphasis on chaotic phenomena, in discrete- and continuous-time frameworks, both from a theoretical and an applicative viewpoint, but she also worked on General Equilibrium models with restricted participation to the asset market. She has published numerous articles in prestigious applied mathematics and economic journals (among others, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, the Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, and the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization).

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Nonlinear dynamics, Complex phenomena, Evolutionary game theory, Uncertainty, Environmental economics, Epidemiological models.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Bosisio, A., Naimzada, A., Pireddu, M., 2024. Proving chaos for a system of coupled logistic maps: A topological approach. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science 34, 033112. 

Naimzada, A., Pireddu, M., 2024. Comparative dynamics analysis of the environmental policy efficacy in a nonlinear Cournot duopoly with differentiated goods and emission charges. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 131, 107867. 

Pireddu, M., 2021. Chaotic dynamics in the presence of medical malpractice litigation: A topological proof via linked twist maps for two evolutionary game theoretic contexts. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 501, 125224. 

WORKING PAPERS

• “Evolutionary Entry Games in Oligopolies with Differentiated Goods” (with F. Cavalli, A. Naimzada & P. Medeiros), presented at MDEF in September 2024
• “Evolutionary Entry Games in Oligopolies, with Environmental Control under Uncertainty” (with F. Cavalli & A. Naimzada), presented at the workshop “Evolutionary dynamics, game theory and uncertainty in economic modelling: theory and applications” in June 2025
• “An Epidemiological Model with Evolutionary Game Theoretic Aspects and Uncertainty” (with F. Cavalli, A. Naimzada & D. Visetti), accepted for presentation at AMASES 2025

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Prof. Lucia Pozzi
lpozzi@uniss.it
Full Professor of Demography
Department of Economics and Business - University of Sassari 

SHORT BIO

Full professor of Demography at the University of Sassari, where she teaches “Statistics” and “Demography”, since 2005. President of the Italian Society of Historical Demography (S.I.De.S.) between 2006 and 2015, Lucia Pozzi has been President of the European Society of Historical Demography (ESHD) (2020-2022).  Throughout her career, she has always maintained close international collaborations with other European universities, including Queen’s University of Belfast, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and more recently frequent visiting research periods at Queen’s University of Belfast, the Universities of Alicante and Valencia. Her research interests have always focused on historical demographic subjects. 

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Determinants of the health transition process in several European countries, with particular attention to maternal and infant/ child health. 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Pozzi, L., Scalone, F., Raftakis, M., Kennedy, L., 2024. Religious affiliation and child mortality in Ireland: A country-wide analysis based on the 1911 Census. Demographic Research 50, 393–410. 

Scalone, F., Pozzi, L., Kennedy, L., 2023. Religion and Child Death in Ireland’s Industrial Capital: Belfast 1911. Social Science History 47, 425–451. 

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Prof. Manuela Pulina
mpulina@uniss.it 
Full Professor of Applied Economics
Department of Economics and Business - University of Sassari 
CRENoS - Centre for North South Economic Research

SHORT BIO

Manuela Pulina is a full Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Sassari. She holds a PhD in economics and applied econometrics at the University of Southampton (UK). She taught several courses in Applied Econometrics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Political Economics, Public Economics, Natural Capital & Ecosystem Services, and Tourism Economics, at Bachelor, Master (double degrees) and PhD level. In the past, she was a tenured track researcher at the University of Bolzano (Italy). Her current research interests extend to quantitative (parametric & non-parametric) and qualitative methods. Her publications are related to applications in econometrics approaches and mixed methods to welfare economics (e.g. education, health, security) and consumer behaviour. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals. 

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Illegal economies, regional economics, consumer behaviour, qualitative and qualitative analysis. 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Brida, J.G., Olivera, M., Pulina, M., 2025. Determinants of visitors’ flow in Uruguay: A SARIMAX approach. Tourism Economics 13548166251318168. 

Addessi, W., Biagi, B., Ciucci, L., Detotto, C., Pulina, M., 2025. Exploring the misalignment between HEIs’ educational offerings and the local economy in low(er) income regions. Regional Studies 59, 2358827. 

Biagi, B., Ciucci, L., Detotto, C., Pulina, M., 2024. Do diverse degree courses matter for university attractiveness? Ann Reg Sci 72, 1189–1229. 

Meleddu, M., Pulina, M., 2024. Assessing complementarity and substitution effects of cultural events in rural communities: insights from a Mediterranean island. J Cult Econ 48, 615–644. 

WORKING PAPERS

• Biagi, B., Ciucci, L., Detotto, C., & Pulina, M. 2025, August. “Determinants of Student Retention and Entrepreneurial Intentions”. In The 64th ERSA congress.
• Deriu, R., Pulina. M., Salis A., 2025 “Functional Diversification and Social Capital in Organised”
• “Crime: Evidence from a Peripheral Italian Region“, to be submitted to Socio-Economic Review.

PHD SUPERVISION

Alessandro Salis – XXXVII cycle (co-supervised with Prof. L. Corazzini – Ca Foscari University of Venice)
Martìn Olivera - XXXVII cycle - Assistant Researcher at UDELAR (co-supervised with Prof. G. Brida) 

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Prof. Federico Rotondo
frotondo@uniss.it
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences - University of Sassari 

SHORT BIO

Federico Rotondo is an Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Sassari, where he teaches Business Administration, Tourism Management, and Business Strategy and Policy. His main research interests and publications focus on public management, healthcare management, air transport management, tourism management, with reference to networks, corporate governance, and sustainability in the context of higher education.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Airport management, Performance measurement systems in healthcare, Sustainability in higher education institutions. 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Giovanelli, L., Rotondo, F., Ezza, A., Forthcoming. Overcoming ‘departmentalism’ to facilitate SDG achievement: evidence from Italian state universities. Public Money & Management 0, 1–12. 

Rotondo, F., Fadda, N., Ezza, A., Giovanelli, L., 2025. The impact of sustainability orientation on performance in higher education. An empirical longitudinal investigation. Journal of Cleaner Production 504, 145429. 

Giovanelli, L., Rotondo, F., Fadda, N., 2024. Management training programs in healthcare: effectiveness factors, challenges and outcomes. BMC Health Services Research 24, 904. 

WORKING PAPERS

• “The evolution of Italian airport ownership” (with Ison S. and Budd L.), accepted at UTSG 2025, Dublin, 25-27 June
• “Functional and dysfunctional consequences of performance measurement system in multilevel governance health systems” (with Giovanelli L., Fadda N. and Mannion R.) presented at the IRSPM Conference 2025, Bologna, 7-9 April.

PHD SUPERVISION

Cassandra Polo - XXXVI cycle - Post-doc at the University of Sassari (co-supervised with Prof. L. Giovanelli – University of Sassari)

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Prof. Gabriele Ruiu
gruiu@uniss.it
Associate Professor of Social Statistics
Department of Economics and Business - University of Sassari 

SHORT BIO

Gabriele Ruiu is an Associate Professor of Social Statistics at the University of Sassari. He is currently the Secretary of the Italian Society of Historical Demography, Managing Editor of the scientific journal Popolazione e Storia, and Associate Editor of SN Social Sciences and the International Journal of Population Studies. His research interests and major publications primarily focus on historical demography, the history of education, and the history of medicine. He also conducts research on contemporary topics such as climate change perception and its intersection with digital competencies and media usage, student mobility, methods for constructing wellbeing indicators, and the role of religious beliefs in shaping economic and social behaviours.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Seasonality of demography events in the past, quantitative methods in Historical Demography, History of education, Student mobility, Climate Change Perception, Religion and Social Behavior, Methodology for Indicator Construction. 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Ruiu, G., Breschi, M., 2025. “Amour à vendre” in Paris: an empirical analysis of the relationship between grain price and sex work in the first half of the nineteenth century. The History of the Family 30, 285–303. 

Ruiu, M.L., Ruiu, G., Ragnedda, M., 2024. Digital–environmental habitus of families in England in times of pandemic. New Media & Society 26, 6077–6097. 

Genova, V.G., Ruiu, G., Attanasio, M., Ermacora, M., Breschi, M., 2024. Student mobility in Southern Italy: An empirical analysis of preferential patterns. Genus 80, 17. 

Ruiu, G., 2023. Exploring polarisation in economic hardship among Italian macro-regions. Qual Quant 57, 787–817. 

Ruiu, G., Ruiu, M.L., Ragnedda, M., 2022. How the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted the Perception of Climate Change in the UK. American Behavioral Scientist 00027642221085885. 

Ruiu, G., Breschi, M., 2020. Intensity of Agricultural Workload and the Seasonality of Births in Italy. Eur J Population 36, 141–169. 

PHD SUPERVISION

Pietro Mazzette– XXXVIII cycle 
Bakhtawar Nizamani - XXXVIII cycle 

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Prof. Paolo Russu
Full Professor of Mathematical methods of economy, finance and actuarial sciences
Department of Economics and Business - University of Sassari 

SHORT BIO

Paolo Russu is Full Professor of Mathematical methods at the University of Sassari. His research interests and major publications are mainly related to the Dynamical Systems (stability, bifurcations and analysis of complex behaviours) and their applications to the modelling of the evolution of Economic, Social, Biological systems. He has published numerous articles in prestigious journals: International Game Theory Review, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Social Indicators Research, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Structural Change and Economic Dynamic, Ecological Economics, Chaos, Chaos Solitons & Fractals, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, European Economic Review.. 

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Problems of multi-stability (two or more coexisting stable equilibria, or more complex attracting sets) and study of global properties and bifurcations of the basins of attraction. Local and Global indeterminacy in Economic Growth. Evolutionary game in defensive medicine. Mathematical model and optimal control problem in bio-economics.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Delpini, D., Melis, R., Russu, P., 2025. Dynamical analysis of a prey-predator-tourist model: Environmental preferences and optimal fee control. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 191, 115845. 

Antoci, A., Apollonio, M., Russu, P., Scandura, M., 2023a. When humans play evolutionary games with animal species. Ecological Modelling 476, 110221. 

Antoci, A., Galeotti, M., Rabitti, G., Russu, P., 2023b. A coevolution model of defensive medicine, litigation and medical malpractice insurance. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 117, 106935. 

Antoci, A., Borghesi, S., Galeotti, M., Russu, P., 2022. Maladaptation to environmental degradation and the interplay between negative and positive externalities. European Economic Review 143, 104023. 

WORKING PAPERS 

• “The ecology of animal species' behaviours in a Solow-type model” (with A. Antoci and D. Delpini), under review.
• “On the dynamics of green, dirty and relocating firms under the Emissions Trading System”, (with A. Antoci, S. Borghesi, L. Gori, M. Sodini).
• “Coevolutionary Dynamics of Physician and Bacterial Strategies in Antibiotic Resistance: An Evolutionary Game Theory Approach” (with A. Antoci, S. Borghesi, D. Delpini).

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Prof. Giambattista Salinari
gsalinari@uniss.it
Associate Professor of Demography
Department of Economics and Business - University of Sassari 

SHORT BIO

Giambattista Salinari is Associate Professor of Demography at the University of Sassari. He previously held research positions at the European University Institute and at the Department of Statistics "G. Parenti" in Florence. His main research interests lie in the study of mortality, with publications in leading demographic journals, including Demography. 

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Impact of the Great Recession and austerity policies on life expectancy trends, and the deceleration of life expectancy due to austerity measures. 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Carboni, G., Salinari, G., De Santis, G., Benassi, F., 2024. Mortality evolution in Italy: the end of regional convergence? Genus 80, 28.

Salinari, G., Benassi, F., Carboni, G., 2023. The Effect of the Great Recession on Italian Life Expectancy. Popul Res Policy Rev 42, 3. 

Salinari, G., Benassi, F., 2022. The long-term effect of the Great Recession on European mortality. J Popul Res (Canberra) 39, 417–439. 

PHD SUPERVISOR

Gianni Carboni – XXXVI cycle – Post-doc at the University of Sassari
Giuliana Freni – XXXVI cycle – Post-doc at the University of Parma

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Prof. Juan de Dios Tena Horrillo
juande@uniss.it 
Associate Professor of Econometric
Department of Economics and Business - University of Sassari 
Senior Lecturer in Sports Economics and Management - University of Liverpool Management School

SHORT BIO

Juan de Dios Tena Horrillo is an economist specialising in sports economics, applied econometrics, and policy evaluation. He holds a PhD from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and has held academic and research positions across Europe and Latin America. His work applies rigorous empirical methods—particularly causal inference and quasi-experimental designs—to evaluate policies and behaviours in the areas of health, education, and sport. He actively collaborates with international research teams and supervises PhD students working on topics related to public policy, sports management, and performance analysis.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Causal inference and applied econometrics, Education and health economics, Sports economics (particularly football, performance, and decision-making), Public policy evaluation

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Guan, J., Tena, J.D., Forthcoming. On the importance of internet access for children’s health and subjective well-being: the case of China. Applied Economics 0, 1–13. 

Narita, K., Tena, J.D., Detotto, C., 2023. Causal inference with observational data: A tutorial on propensity score analysis. The Leadership Quarterly 34, 101678. 

Sanz, I., Tena, J.D., 2023. Do 2 weeks of instruction time matter? Using a natural experiment to estimate the effect of a calendar change on students’ performance. Kyklos 76, 778–808. 

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Prof. Antonio Usai
ausai@uniss.it
Associate Professor of Economics and Business Management 
Department of Economics and Business - University of Sassari 

SHORT BIO

Antonio Usai is Associate Professor of Economics and Business Management at the University of Sassari. He directs research groups working on issues of innovation and strategic management, tourism management, and innovative and sustainable development strategies for tourist destinations. He is the author of numerous publications and the Founder and CEO of Tourism Plus, a University of Sassari spin-off.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Innovation and strategic management, Tourism management, Innovative and sustainable development strategies for tourist destinations

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Cerchione, R., Centobelli, P., Borin, E., Usai, A., Oropallo, E., 2024. The WISED knowledge-creating company: rethinking SECI model in light of the digital transition. Journal of Knowledge Management 28, 2997–3022. 

Scuotto, V., Tzanidis, T., Usai, A., Quaglia, R., 2023. The digital humanism era triggered by individual creativity. Journal of Business Research 158, 113709. 

Usai, A., Orlando, B., Mazzoleni, A., 2020. Happiness as a driver of entrepreneurial initiative and innovation capital. Journal of Intellectual Capital 21, 1229–1255. 

WORKING PAPERS 

• “Intellectual Capital Perspective on Urban Sophisticate Retailing: A Media Narratives Analysis through Dual Processing Theory” (with international research group);
• “How Does Political Polarisation Affect Employees’ Knowledge Management, Behaviours and Coping Mechanisms in the Workplace?" (with international research group).

PHD SUPERVISION

MD Masud Rana - XXXIX cycle (co-supervised with Prof. D. Porcheddu - University of Sassari) Giorgia Folino – XXXX cycle 

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Prof. Marco Eugenio Carlo Vannini
vannini@uniss.it
Full Professor of Political Economy 
Department of Economics and Business - University of Sassari 

SHORT BIO

Marco Vannini is full professor of economics at the University of Sassari, Department of Economics and Business, where he teaches Microeconomics and Environmental Economics and Planning. He holds a Master of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics and a PhD from the University of Naples. He is a founding member of CRENoS (North-South economic research centre) and currently coordinates the MUR-funded DiSea excellence project 2023-2027. In recent years his research has focused on the efficiency of arbitration as a method of dispute resolution both between private parties and in public procurement. At the same time, he has published several works on the economics of protected areas and created, with other scholars of economics and natural sciences, the School of Ecology and Economics (SEE) that is held annually at the Asinara National Park.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Law and economics (ransom kidnapping, arbitration, public procurement); Environmental Economics (management of protected areas, barriers to green technology adoption, social and environmental conflicts, wildfires). 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & WPs

Detotto, C., Marselli, R., McCannon, B.C., Vannini, M., 2024. Experts and arbitration outcomes: Insights from public procurement contract disputes. Kyklos 77, 922–943. 

Concu, G.B., Atzeni, G., Meleddu, M., Vannini, M., 2020. Policy design for climate change mitigation and adaptation in sheep farming: Insights from a study of the knowledge transfer chain. Environmental Science & Policy 107, 99–113. 

Marselli, R., McCannon, B.C., Vannini, M., 2015. Bargaining in the shadow of arbitration. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 117, 356–368. 

WORKING PAPERS 

• Drivers of intentions and drivers of actions: willingness to participate versus actual participation in fire management in Sardinia, Italy. WP 23_01- CRENoS (with C. Detotto e G. Concu)

PHD SUPERVISION

Matteo Bellinzas – XXXVII cycle