The Initiative
The Junior Fellows Initiative is intended for graduate students who want to continue their studies with a Ph.D. in Economics or Finance and pursue an academic career.
It offers the possibility to improve quantitative and analytical skills and to get first-hand experience in the practice of economic research. Junior fellows attend seminars and extra classes, discuss with CSEF and visiting researchers in weekly meetings, and participate in the academic activities at CSEF.
The scientific coordinators of the initiative are Dr. Elia Sartori and Prof. Marco Pagnozzi.
Cohort 2024
| Mentor | Research interest | ||
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Andrea Campanile | Alberto Zazzaro Tommaso Oliviero |
Banking Finance |
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Beatrice De Magistris | Marco Pagnozzi Monica Langella |
Microeconomics Labor Economics |
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Nicola Fiore | Annalisa Scognamiglio Armando Miano |
Applied Econometrics |
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Ashwini Kanwar | Mattea Stein | Development Economics Financial Economics |
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Flavia Lanzetta | Lorenzo Pandolfi Valeria Zurla |
Macroeconomics Applied Economics |
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Gabriele Paternò | Maria Gabriella Graziano Pietro Salmaso |
Matching Theory Economic Theory Information Economics |
Cohort 2025
| Mentor | Research interest | ||
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Aniello Ammutinato | Saverio Simonelli Riccardo Silvestrini |
Macroeconomics |
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Vincenzo Gargiulo | Roberto Nisticò Monica Langella |
Labor economics Mechanism Design |
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Filomena Imbriano | Marco Pagnozzi Pietro Dall’Ara |
Microeconomics |
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Mattia Pellegrino | Antonio Acconcia Annalisa Scognamiglio |
Econometrics Applied economics |
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Luca Pirozzi | Marco Pagano Lorenzo Pandolfi |
Finance and Labor Financial economics |
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Anna Scarpati | Alberto Zazzaro Immacolata Marino |
Banking Econometrics |











