Simone RIGHI

Qualifica
Docente a contratto
Telefono
041 234 6915
E-mail
simone.righi@unive.it
SSD
METODI MATEMATICI DELL'ECONOMIA E DELLE SCIENZE ATTUARIALI E FINANZIARIE [SECS-S/06]
Sito web
www.unive.it/persone/simone.righi (scheda personale)
Research Institute
Research Institute for Complexity

Education:

  • Ph.D. in Economics, University of Namur (2012) - TITLE: "Essays in Information Aggregation and Political Economics"
  • M.Sc. in Economics and Management of Networks and Innovation, Cum Laude, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (2006)
  • B.A. in Economics, Networks and Innovation, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (2003)

Previous Jobs:

  • Senior Assistant Professor - Ca'Foscari University of Venice - Department of Economics (2020-2023)
  • Lecturer in Financial Computing - University College London - Financial Computing and Analytics Group (2018-2020)
  • Fixed Term Assistant Professor - University of Bologna (2016-2018)
  • Post-Doc in Economics - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (2015-2016)
  • Research Fellow - Hungarian Academy of Sciences - Research Center for Education and Network Studies (2012-2014)
  • Research Assistant - University of Namur (2007-2009)
  • Research Assistant - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and MediaConTech S.p.a. (2005-2007)

Teaching (before ca'foscari):

  • Lecturer Market Microstructure, University College London (from 2018-2019)
  • Lecturer History of Consumption and Marketing Models, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (2017-2018)
  • Lecturer of 1 teaching module Data Analysis Laboratory (MOOC module), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (2016) 
  • Expert Lectures Food Economics - University of Bologna (2016)

Academic Qualifications:

  • Italian qualification as Full Professor in Mathematical Methods for Economics, Finance and actuarial sciences (Section 13/D4) (Since 06/2022) 
  • Italian qualification as Associate Professor in Mathematical Methods for Economics, Finance and actuarial sciences (Section 13/D4) (Since 01/2022) 
  • Italian qualification as Associate Professor in Political Economics (Section 13/A1) and Economic Policy (Section 13/A2) (Since 01/2020)
  • French qualification to the functions of Maître de conférences in Economic Sciences (Section 05) (Since 02/2014, renewed in 2018)

Recent Grants:

  • At the frontier of agent-based modelling: a new data driven framework for policy design toward sustainable and resilient economies, Funder: Progetti di Ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale - PRIN 2020 (PI: Luca Riccetti, UNIMC). Activity Period: 04/2022-04/2025. Role: Co-Investigator
  • Decentralized Platform Economics: Optimal Incentives and Structure, Funder: Center for Blockchain Technologies, Activity Period: 07/2019-01/2020. Role: Principal Investigator
  • Digitalisation in the Automotive Supply Chain in Mexico (PI: Jorge Carreto Sanginés, UNAM), Funder: National Autonomous University of Mexico Research Fund, Activity Period 01/2020-01/2023, Role: Co-Investigator
  • Digital Toolbox to assess and visualize development practices in open-source distributed ledger platforms (PI: Fabio Caccioli, UCL), Funder: Center for Blockchain Technologies, Activity Period 07/2019-01/2020, Role: Co-Investigator
  • Incentives and Governance Model for Decentralized Exchanges Operating in the Crypo-Asset Ecosystem (PI: Giacomo Livan, UCL), Funder: Center for Blockchain Technologies, Activity Period 07/2019-01/2020, Role: Co-Investigator
  • Data driven methodologies to study social capital and its role for economic growth (PI: Marco Mamei, UNIMORE), Funder: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (FAR), Activity Period: 09/2019-09/2021, Role: External Collaborator
  • Information and education to sustainability (PI: Marco Setti), Funder: Emilia Romagna Region. Activity Period: 09/2017-09/2018. Role: Co-Investigator
  • Gossip, Reputation, and Cooperation: Building Blocks of Social Order (PI: Karoly Takacs), FUNDER: OTKA (Hungary), Activity Period: 06/2014-06/2018. Role: Co-Investigator

Research Visits:

  • ESCP-Europe, Paris Campus (2013 & 2014 - 5 months total)
  • ETH Zurich (2021 - Short visiting)