Current positions

2020 - now Associate Professor of Econometrics, Department of Economics, University of Bologna. 

2026 - now Associate Editor, International Journal of Forecasting. 

2021 - now Associate Editor, Annals of Financial Economics. 

Previous positions

2018 – 2020 Assistant Professor of Econometrics, Department of Economics, University of Bologna.

2016 – 2021     Director, Professional Master Programme in Quantitative Risk Management (QRiM), University of Bologna (in collaboration with Crif S.p.A.)

2011 – 2017    Assistant Professor of Econometrics, Department of Statistical Sciences. University of Bologna.

2010 – 2011   Postdoctoral researcher, project “Latent variable methods for financial issues”, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna.

2006 – 2007     Research grant holder, project “Generalized models for latent variables: methodological developments and applied aspects”, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna.

Education

2007 – 2010      Ph.D in Statistical Methodology for Scientific Research, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna. Dissertation: “Latent variable methods for financial issues” (in Italian). Defence: March 30th 2010.

2009 – 2009      Visiting Ph.D student, Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

1997 – 2002      Degree in Statistical and Economic Sciences, Faculty of Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna.