Phd in MANAGEMENT, BANKING AND COMMODITY SCIENCES

email: valentina.lagasio@uniroma1.it
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Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome

National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor for the Sector 13/B4
Teaching the course "Artificial Intelligence in Banking and Finance" (in English).

Main Research Areas:
Financial markets, Corporate governance, ESG, Artificial Intelligence, Bank management
Member of ECGI, AIDEA, and ADEIMF.
Coordinator and member of Technical Commissions at AIFIRM since 2018.

Editorial Board and Reviewing Activities:
Member of the editorial boards of MIUR-recognized journals: Finance Research Letters, International Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Sciences, among others. Reviewer for several MIUR-recognized journals.
Guest editor of International Special Issues among the others: “Environmental, Social, Governance: implications for businesses and effects for stakeholders” in Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management (Fascia A Anvur per il SSD 13/B4, IF 9.8) with the Nobel Laureate R. Engle – Honorary; M. Brogi e N. Cucari; “New Frontiers in Banking and Capital Markets” sulla rivista Finance Research Letters (Fascia A Anvur, IF 9.848)

Academic Career:
2022-2023: Teaching the course “Bank Corporate Governance”, LM in Intermediari, finanza internazionale e risk management, SSD-13/B4, 6 CFU, Facoltà di Economia, Sapienza Università di Roma
2021: Teaching the course “Internatrional Banking and Capital Markets”, LM in Intermediari, finanza internazionale e risk management, SSD-13/B4, 6 CFU, Facoltà di Economia, Sapienza Università di Roma
2020: Teaching Visiting at Baskent University, Turkey.
2019: Teaching Visiting at Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia.
2016-2017: Holder of a tutoring grant for various courses.
2018-2020: Research Fellow in the project "Innovative quantitative approaches to measure and manage systemic risk".

Awards and Recognition:
2022: Top Cited Article 2021-2022 for the paper on ESG in the Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting.
2021: Winner of the second edition of the "Minerva Prize".
2019: Merit Mention in the "Minerva Prize".
2019: Merit scholarship for participation in the I.S.E.O Summer School.
2014: Merit scholarship for Ph.D. participation.

Research projects and Organization of International Conferences:
2022 Principal Investigator Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Tackle the Environmental Social Governance Data Challenge for Financing Purposes - Facoltà di Economia, Sapienza Università di Roma
2023 Program Chair New Frontiers in Banking and Capital Markets conference, Facoltà di Economia, Sapienza Università di Roma
2021 Member of the organizing committee for the Consob-Academic seminar series "New Frontiers in Financial Markets and Regulation" (focusing on Cryptocurrencies, Climate Risk, and ESG factors), organized by Sapienza University and Consob
2018 Member of the Research Group Through thick and thin: the role of bank corporate governance in risk taking after the great financial crisis. Lessons from distressed banks and precautionary recapitalisation in Italy prior to and under the BRRD Facoltà di Economia, Sapienza Università di Roma
2017 Principal Investigator Are banks finding their feet? Cluster analysis of banks business models - Facoltà di Economia, Sapienza Università di Roma
2017 Principal Investigator Better safe than sorry. Will the single rulebook requirements on bank corporate governance prevent excessive risk taking? - Facoltà di Economia, Sapienza Università di Roma
2015 Principal Investigator Monetary policy and capital adequacy: the impact on credit supply? - Facoltà di Economia, Sapienza Università di Roma