Department of Excellence

What are the Departments fo Excellence?

The Departments of Excellence represent an innovative intervention with substantial financial support provided by Law 232 of 2016 (2017 budget law). The intervention aims to identify and finance, on a five-year basis and within the framework of the 14 CUN areas, the top 180 Departments of State Universities. These are Departments distinguished by the quality of their research output and the quality of their development projects, with an annual budget of 271 million euros allocated to them.

The DEMS (Department of Economics, Management and Statistics) has been selected among the Departments of Excellence for both the 2018-2022 and the 2023-2027 periods. Below are the most relevant details regarding both projects.

Steering committee

  • Matteo Maria Pelagatti (project coordinator)
  • Alessandro Santoro
  • Piergiovanna Natale
  • Andrea Ongaro
  • Salvatore Torrisi
  • Matteo Manera
  • Claudio Morana
  • Aldo Solari

Recruited personnel

  • Pietro BATTISTON (RTD-A SECS-P/01) from 01/11/2018 to 30/11/2019
  • Elena Francesca MESCHI (associate professor SECS-P/01) since 17/12/2018
  • Matteo BORROTTI (RTD-B SECS-S/01) since 02/01/2019
  • Riccardo GHIDONI (RTD-A SECS-P/01) from 01/02/2019 to 08/09/2021
  • Giovanni Camillo PELOSI (Technician D) since 11/02/2019
  • Lorena Maria D’AGOSTINO (RTD-B SECS-P/08) since 01/03/2019
  • Sara GIUNTI (post-doc) since 01/04/2019
  • Koray AKTAS (post-doc) since 01/04/2019
  • Alice ALBONICO (RTD-B SECS-P/01) since 01/10/2019
  • Tommaso RIGON (RTD-A SECS-S/01) since 01/10/2020
  • Roberto ASCARI (RTD-A SECS-S/01) since 01/03/2022

Official documents (in Italian)

Steering committee

  • Leo Ferraris (project coordinator)
  • Matteo Manera
  • Mariapia Mendola
  • Claudio Morana
  • Piegiovanna Natale
  • Andrea Ongaro
  • Matteo Maria Pelagatti
  • Salvatore Torrisi

Recruited personnel

  • Laura Benedan (project executive)

Official documents (in Italian)