Today, the University of Florence stands as a pivotal hub for research and higher education in Italy, boasting approximately 50,000 undergraduate and master’s students, along with a faculty comprising 1,800 professors and internal researchers, 1,600 technical and administrative staff, and over 1,600 research fellows and doctoral candidates. With a natural inclination towards international engagement, the university prioritizes its global outreach efforts. It ranks among Italy’s most extensive and productive public research systems. Spanning 10 Schools and 21 departments, researchers at the University of Florence benefit from a network of around 40 research facilities, including inter-departmental and inter-university centers, as well as specialized research, knowledge transfer, and advanced training institutions.

The School of Economics and Management 

The venue for the conference is the School of Economics and Management, which is located at the University Campus in the Novoli area (via delle Pandette).

The School of Economics and Management is the largest school of the University of Florence. It is a community of nearly 200 professors and more than 6,000 students, 7 master programs, 5 undergrad programs. The School includes four departments (Economics and Management, Law, Political Science and Computer Science). This multidisciplinary milieu renders the School of Economics and Management an optimal environment for the creation and exchange of innovative ideas, combining diverse perspectives and research domains.