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QS 2023: Ca' Foscari ranked in 16 subjects
In the QS Subject Ranking 2023, the Department of Economics confirms to be among the top 200 universities in the world for Economics & Econometrics, and ourth in Italy. It also ranks top 200 for Geography, top 300 for Accounting & Finance and top 350 for Law.

Call for expression of interest: Full Professor in Economics
The Department of Economics at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice invites expressions of interest for a Full Professorship in Economics (SECS-P/01), with a track record of high-quality publications in the area of evidence-based policy, including research making use of randomized control trials and field experiments, looking at welfare issues. The position is permanent with starting date in Autumn 2023, or as soon as possible thereafter. Knowledge of Italian is not required.

Ca' Foscari University of Venice: International Open Days 2023
Are you looking for a university experience that provides high quality education, an international community, and fantastic opportunities? Would you like to live in one of the most beautiful cities in the world? Ca' Foscari might just have what's right for you. In order to help future international students learn about these programmes more easily, the International Office has organised the third online International Open Days, which will be held from 27 February to 10 March 2023.

China and the U.S.: a new balance in the global financial system
A joint research project that involves Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Goethe University Frankfurt, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Stockholm University is analysing the changing role of the U.S. in the global financial system.
Welcome message from Michele Bernasconi, Director of the Department
“With our courses, which offer very high employability to our graduates, we are trying to respond to new global challenges by training experts in Big Data, AI and green finance.
The Department is an international environment in which people meet and study together, to develop cutting-edge research”
Michele Bernasconi,
Director of the Department of Economics
Our research

Research areas
The research activities at the Department of Economics are based on a solid tradition in economic studies dating back to the origin of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, which was founded in 1868 as the first Royal School of Commerce in Italy.
The Department focuses on a wide range of research areas, such as Behavioural and experimental economics; Econometrics, data science and quantitative methods; Economic geography, regional science and tourism economics; Economic theory; Empirical economics and policy evaluation: labour, health, ageing and development; Environmental, resource and climate economics; Finance and Macroeconomics; Human geography and Sociology; Law; Mathematics and Statistics for Economics, Finance and Law; Public economics and political economy.
The variety of the research areas of the Department allows for the development of innovative research paths, based on an interdisciplinary approach.
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Engage for ESG activation investments
Researcher: Monica Billio;
Length: 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2025
DANUBIUS Implementation Phase Project - DANUBIUS-IP
Researcher: Nicola Camatti;
Length: 01/10/2022 - 30/09/2025
Universitas for Justice. A program for the quality of the justice system and for the effectiveness of the fair trial
Researcher: Stefano Campostrini;
Durata: 01/04/2022 - 30/09/2023
WaterLANDS - Water based solutions for carbon storage, people and wilderness
Researcher: Carlo Giupponi;
Length: 01/10/2021 - 30/09/2026
TranspArEEnS - mainstreaming Transparent Assessment of Energy efficiency in Environmental social governance ratingS
Researcher: Monica Billio;
Length: 01/06/2021 - 31/12/2023
Djordjilovic Vera; Chiogna Monica
Searching for a source of difference in graphical models
in JOURNAL OF MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS, 2022
DOI 10.1016/j.jmva.2022.104973
Di Corato, Luca; Zormpas, Dimitrios
Investment in farming under uncertainty and decoupled support: a real options approach
in EUROPEAN REVIEW OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, 2022
DOI 10.1093/erae/jbac002
Fattoruso, Gerarda; Barbati, Maria; Ishizaka, Alessio; Squillante, Massimo
A hybrid AHPSort II and multi-objective portfolio selection method to support quality control in the automotive industry
in JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY, 2022
DOI 10.1080/01605682.2022.2033140
Bastianello, Lorenzo; Heleno Faro, José
Choquet expected discounted utility
in ECONOMIC THEORY, 2022
DOI 10.1007/s00199-022-01438-0
Macchioni Giaquinto, Annarita; Jones, Andrew; Rice, Nigel; Zantomio, Francesca
Labour supply and informal care responses to health shocks within couples
in HEALTH ECONOMICS, 2022
DOI 10.1002/hec.4604