The Master's Degree in Quantitative Methods for Economics and Finance promotes multidisciplinary seminars that allow students to compare knowledge and methodologies. The professionalizing seminars are part of the so-called integrative teaching, which includes in-depth meetings during which representatives of the business and university world participate.
Through this teaching methodology, students can get greater contact with the operational reality and verify the practical application of the theoretical knowledge.
The seminar activities contribute to the student's achievement of the CFU (see the section dedicated to the chosen activity).
Math Meeting
14 November at 11:15 a.m. in room 1 of the Economics Department seminars will be held:
- Prof. Didier Aussel, University of Perpignan, France, Recent advances on the modelling of hierarchical interactions between agents
- Prof. Massimo Costabile, University of Calabria, Italy, A lattice-based approach for life insurance pricing in a stochastic correlation framework
For more detail contact Prof. Monica Milasi.
Seminars of Economica
In the lectures of Politica Economica Internazionale, Friday 7 marzo, at 2 p.m., in room 3 of the Economics Department, Dr. Piero David, researcher of Economia Applicata presso l'ISMED-CNR Palermo, will hold a seminar on Le Politiche di Coesione Europee.
In the lectures of International Sustainability Policies, Dr. Rosalba Rizzo will hold seminars:
- 27 febbraio, room 12, at 2 p.m.14:00: Business Organizations Corpus: A CLIL Approach
- 6 Marzo, room 12, at 2 p.m.: Crafting an Engaging Group Project
For more detail contact Prof. B.S Sergi.
Workshop ForVard
Martedì 11 Marzo 2025, at 3 p.m., in the room 12 of the Economics Department the Intermediate Workshop of the Project GRINS "GRINS - GROWING RESILIENT, INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE”, ForVARD – Forecasting Volatility And Risk Dynamics will be held. Prof. F. Spagnolo introduces the Workshop.
Prof. E. Otranto (Sapienza Università di Roma): The birth of the project: motivations and aims
Prof. G. Gallo (Corte dei Conti and NYU in Florence): Realized volatility: measures and models
Prof. F. Cipollini (Università di Firenze): A theoretical background for intraday data cleaning
Dr. A. Insana (Università di Messina): Outlier cleaning: first results
Dr. G. Cruciani (Università di Messina): On designing a platform for realized volatility data
For more detail contact Prof. F. Spagnolo
Workshop
In the lectures of Politica Economica Internazionale, Friday 14 marzo, at 9 a.m., in room 3 of the Economics Department, a workshop with laboratory activities will be held:
“La governance economica in Europa”,
with Dr. Piero David, researcher of Economia Applicata at l'ISMED-CNR Palermo.
A bridge between university and work
On Monday, 14 April, at 11:30 a.m., in room 5 (room to be confirmed), the following will talk about their experience as LM56 graduates:
- Dr. Ilaria Maiorana, Cloudia Research,
- Dr. Giulia Cruciani, IDS&Unitelm
- Prof. Francesco Gravina, Researcher in Financial Sciences
Workshop End of the PRIN 2022 Project
On Monday, January 12, 2026, at 3:00 p.m., the workshop entitled
End of the PRIN 2022 Project: What’s Next? Insights, Ideas, and Future Collaborations
will take place in Room 12 of the Department of Economics.
The workshop will be opened by Prof. Fabio Spagnolo (University of Messina).
The following speakers will take part in the event:
Edoardo Otranto (Sapienza Università di Roma)
Demetrio Lacava (Università di Messina)
Luca Scaffidi Domianello (Università di Catania)
Fabrizio Cipollini (Università di Firenze)
Giampiero Gallo (Corte dei Conti and NYU in Florence)
Giulia Cruciani & Alessandra Insana (Università di Messina)
For further information, please contact Prof. Spagnolo: fabio.spagnolo@unime.it
Final Workshop PRIN 2022 PNRR EAGLES
Friday, January 23, the final workshop of the PRIN 2022 PNRR project “EAGLES – Ethnic And Gender Labor Experimental Studies over Discrimination” will take place in Lecture Hall 2 of the Department of Economics. The project’s Principal Investigator is Prof. Campolo.
The conference is open to everyone; there will be national and international speakers addressing issues related to ethnic and gender discrimination in the labor market, policies to counter discrimination, and the implications for welfare and integration.
The program is attached.
For further information, please contact Prof. M.G. Campolo: mariagabriella.campolo@unime.it
Seminario: Aspects of depopulation in Italy
Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at 11:00 a.m., in Room 12 of the Department of Economics, the seminar entitled Aspects of Depopulation in Italy will take place.
The seminar will be introduced by Prof. M. Caltabiano and will feature the following presentations:
Demographic Aspects of Italy’s Marginal Areas: A Municipal-Level Analysis
Alessio Fornasin, University of Udine
Between Staying and Leaving: Understanding Depopulation in Sicily’s Inner Areas
Debora Pizzimenti, University of Messina
For further information, please contact Prof. M. Caltabiano:
marcantonio.caltabiano@unime.it