Current Position
2024 - PhD candidate in Public Governance, Management e Policy (40th cycle) at the Department of Economics, University of Bologna. Research project in Political Economy entitled: Multidimensional Analysis of Inequality, Poverty and Social Deprivation: Determinants and Policy Implications.
2024 - Member of the International PhD College at the Collegio Superiore (3rd cycle).
2024 – Teaching Tutor for the courses Crash Course in Principles of Economics [code 88611] at the Department of Sociology and Business Law, and Qualitative and Quantitative Methods II [code B7166] and Social Statistics [code 03383] at the Department of Political and Social Sciences.
Education
2024 – Research Fellowship at the University of Bologna, Department of Economics. Inequality of Educational Opportunities (PRIN 2022 Prot. P2022C572P). Experimental analysis of educational inequality to study transmission channels.
2023 - Honours Programme Talete “Talenti E Territori” at the University of Trento and Center for International Cooperation. Advanced training programme on the themes of global interdependence.
2023 - Master's Degree in European and International Studies (110/110 cum laude) at the University of Trento. Thesis in Development Economics titled Bolsa Família Programme and its Impact on Female Recipients: A Qualitative Meta-Analysis. Supervisor: Prof. Stefano Schiavo.
2022 - Graduate Visiting Researcher, Centro de Estudos em Administração Pública e Governo (CEAPG), Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), San Paolo, Brazil. Advisor: Prof. Lauro Emilio Gonzalez Farias.
2020 - Bachelor's Degree in International Development and Cooperation (110/110 cum laude) at the University of Bologna. Thesis in Economic Sociology titled Society and Mental Health: The Phenomenon of Modern Type Depression and the Figure of Hikikomori”. Supervisor: Prof. Federico Chicchi.
Further Education
2024 - Summer School in Development Economics, Italian Development Economist Association (IDEAS), Prato – University of Verona and Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability of Monash University.
2021 - Diploma Ingenious (pass with distiction) - Cross Disciplinary Project 799G52 at Linköping University (in the European Consortium of Innovative Universities ECIU).
2019 e 2021 - Visiting student (Erasmus+ scholarship) at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University (European Studies), and the Metropolitan University of Prague (International Relations and European Studies).
Other activities
2023 – Project Management Intern at the WeWorld Foundation in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Project: “PAMOJA TUDUMISHE ELIMU – Promotion of quality and inclusive education.”
2022 – MAECI-CRUI Intern at the Italian Embassy in Brasília, Brazil.
Publications
Fidenti V. and Pignataro G. (2024). Uguaglianza di Opportunità: la Complessità delle Aspirazioni nel Contesto della Povert`a Minorile, Menab`o di Etica ed Economia, vol. 218, ISSN: 1594-7599.
Conference Participation
2024 - Workshop on “Poverty, Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility: Measurement Issues, Empirical Evidence and Policies” to present the working in progress “Disasters and Grades: How Nature’s Fury Impacts High School Performance and Future Prospects”; University of Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
