Mattia Pasqualini

PhD Candidate in Innovation Economics · Eindhoven University of Technology

Het Eeuwsel 53 · 5612 AZ Eindhoven · Netherlands

Education

PhD in Innovation Economics

Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) · Eindhoven, Netherlands

  • Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences, TIS Group
  • Supervisor: Prof. Emilio Raiteri
  • Research on heterogeneous banks, credit networks, and regulatory dynamics

Honors Student in Economics & Management — 100/100 Summa cum Laude

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies · Pisa, Italy

  • Selected through international competition with 2% selection rate · Full tuition waiver
  • Dissertations: "Water management in Italy"; "Heterogeneity and local interactions in macroeconomic dynamics"; "Weaving Innovation: Universities as connectors in European Collaboration Networks"

Master of Science in Finance — 110/110 Summa cum Laude

University of Pisa · Pisa, Italy

  • Mathematical methods for finance, computational economics, business administration
  • Participation in international research work in econometrics

Summer School in Advanced Corporate Finance

London School of Economics & Political Science · London, UK

  • Full scholarship awarded by Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
  • Capital structure, M&A valuation, synergy assessment, transaction comparables

Exchange Student in Economics & Econometrics

École Normale Supérieure (ENS) · Paris, France

  • Selected in international competition · Full scholarship
  • Public economics, quantitative methods, econometric modeling

Bachelor of Science in Economics — 110/110 Summa cum Laude

University of Pisa · Pisa, Italy

  • Graduated one semester early · Student representative in the Economics department
  • Top 2% in academic performance

Work Experience

Researcher & Project Manager

Tilburg University · Tilburg, Netherlands

  • Directed research on social and organizational adoption of AI in critical infrastructure sectors
  • Applied network analysis, system dynamics, and agent-based modeling to forecast societal impacts
  • Partnered with industry and public sector stakeholders across the Caribbean to advance UN SDGs on clean water

Research Associate

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • Fieldwork focused on implementation and efficacy of humanitarian aid programs
  • Developed KPIs and monitoring frameworks; quantitative analysis of survey and program data

Associate Consultant Intern

Bain & Company · Milan, Italy

  • In-depth market analysis and data-driven strategic recommendations on high-profile projects
  • Advanced data analytics to extract actionable insights for client decision-making

Junior Product Specialist

Hyntelo srl · Pisa, Italy

  • Guided product development, coordinating development and marketing teams
  • Market research to identify customer needs; managed full product lifecycle

Research Intern

Italian Ministry of Economic Development · Rome, Italy

  • Research and analysis of key economic sectors; identification of emerging trends
  • Evaluation of economic policies; proposals to promote innovation and competitiveness

Head of Innovation & Project Manager

JEBE Sant'Anna · Pisa, Italy · Junior Enterprise

  • Led a 15-person team, directly interfacing with clients
  • Financial modeling, business plans, product launches, investment valuation, market analysis

Research Projects

Hyper-competition and the Narrowing of Scientific Ideas

TU/e · Science of Science

  • Causal identification of competitive effects on novelty in U.S. biomedical research, 1985–2018
  • ARRA 2009 as quasi-experimental shock; multi-measure novelty outcomes (MeSH, text-based, CD-index)

Agent-Based Modeling of Labor and Goods Markets

University of Pisa

  • Dynamics of labor and goods markets under different institutional arrangements
  • Leveraged MultiVeStA for automated statistical analysis; discovered self-sustaining shock resistance under certain parameters

Mutual Fund Performance Evaluation — Jensen's Alpha

Financial Econometrics

  • Innovative approach to Jensen's Alpha analysis via extensive simulation over 30-year period
  • Assessed prediction accuracy across various asset classes

Awards & Distinctions

Zegna Scholarship

Funded research for master's thesis · acceptance rate <1%

Nov 2024

Top 1% Academic Performance

University of Pisa · Master level

Sep 2024

Top 2% Academic Performance

University of Pisa · Undergraduate level

Sep 2022

LSE Full Scholarship

Summer School in Advanced Corporate Finance

Aug 2022

Mentors4U — Selected Mentee

Competitive selection 2022

Jun 2022

ENS Paris — International Scholarship

Complete scholarship, competitive international selection

Aug 2021

Sant'Anna Scholarship

Top 1.5% in entrance test · Full tuition waiver

Sep 2019

Skills

Languages

Italian — native English — C1 French — B2 Dutch — A1

Advanced

Python R C++ Excel PowerPoint Alteryx

Intermediate

SQL Stata MatLab Julia NetLogo LaTeX Tableau Power BI

Methods

Agent-based modeling Causal inference Network analysis System dynamics Econometrics