Program Overview

European Ph.D. in Socio-Economic and Statistical Studies

Program Overview

The European Ph.D. in Socio-Economic and Statistical Studies (SESS.EuroPhD) is a multidisciplinary study program founded by a consortium of universities from five European Union member states and two non-EU states. The program promotes the use of the scientific method in analyzing the relationships between economic, social, and demographic phenomena, with the ultimate goal of contributing to the advancement of the international scientific debate and designing economic and social policies that support social cohesion, equality, growth, and the well-being of today's population and future generations.

Educational Goals

The program aims to:

• Develop interdisciplinary research through a common and coordinated educational strategy among the consortium universities.
• Encourage comparative research following the outlined guidelines.
• Promote in the consortium member countries a Ph.D. culture similar to the Anglo-Saxon one, while preserving the specificities of local cultural traditions.
• Contribute to the design of economic and social policies aimed at improving social cohesion, intra and intergenerational equality, economic growth, and the well-being of the current and future populations.

Program Structure

At the "individual" level, the training program aims to shape a professional figure with research autonomy and high organizational skills. SESS.EuroPhD candidates and graduates are capable of critically and methodologically rigorously analyzing ongoing economic, institutional, social, and political transformations in Europe and the world. They can assess the effects of economic and social policies and develop increasingly effective measures.

Faculty and Research Areas

The faculty within the Ph.D. board has a strong international characterization, with nine of its twenty-three members exclusively affiliated with international institutions. The research conducted by Ph.D. candidates and faculty members in the Ph.D. board primarily takes place, but not exclusively, in the disciplinary fields of:

• Political Economy
• Economic Policy
• Public Economics
• Applied Economics They utilize methodologies from Experimental Economics and Econometrics.

Program Details

• ID: 11134
• Course type: Dottorato
• Academic year: 2025/2026
• Positions: 4
• Grant numbers: 0
• Number of scholarships financed by institutions: 0
• Number of scholarships financed by consortiums: 1

Errata Corrige

An errata corrige has been published to correct a material error in the publication of the approval decree, which did not include decimal numbers in the scores, resulting in rounding errors. The correction has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information.