PhD Opportunities in Business in Italy

The Sustain Vitis MSCA Industrial Doctoral Network offers 15 fully funded PhD positions focused on the sustainability and innovation of viticulture and enology across Europe. Fondazione Edmund Mach coordinates the network, with participating institutions including Hochschule Geisenheim University, the University of Bordeaux, and Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, alongside additional research and industrial partners. The doctoral projects span interdisciplinary research in grapevine bi...

The IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca is offering a fully funded PhD place in its doctoral programme at a state-funded research university in Lucca, Italy. The programme is organised around several specific doctoral areas, and applicants are expected to present a focused research idea that fits one of the eligible fields. The advert highlights four main areas: Neuroscience; Cultural Systems and Cultural Heritage; Economics and Decision Sciences; and Systems Sciences, including Computer Scien...

Bocconi University offers a four-year full-time PhD program in Economics and Finance for highly qualified students seeking advanced research training and international academic careers. The multidisciplinary program is organised across three curricula: Economics, Finance and Accounting. A shared core develops broad theoretical and empirical research skills, while advanced second-year courses and electives allow students to specialise. Students begin their first research paper in the second year,...

Bocconi University invites applications for a four-year, full-time PhD in Social and Political Science in Italy. The program prepares motivated researchers for academic and research careers in political economy, political science, demography, public management and administration, and sociology. During the first two years, students develop advanced theoretical and methodological skills, select a specialization aligned with their interests and faculty expertise, and complete a research paper with ...

Bocconi University in Italy invites applications for a four-year, full-time PhD in Business Administration and Management. The program offers two curricula: Management and Marketing, combining broad theoretical and methodological training with advanced research development. Students complete common compulsory courses in the first year, curriculum-specific coursework, electives, and progressively intensive dissertation research from the second year onward. The program prepares researchers to publ...

The European University Institute (EUI) is inviting applications for its Doctoral Programme in Law , starting on 1 September 2027. The programme is residential and based at Villa Salviati in Fiesole, Italy. The Department of Law offers PhD opportunities focused on the challenges facing European law, public international law and private law, with research spanning social, cultural, political and economic topics. Its interdisciplinary environment combines close supervision, open seminars, active w...

The European University Institute (EUI) invites applications to its Doctoral Programme in Economics for the 2027–28 academic year. This residential PhD programme is based at Villa La Fonte in Florence, Italy, and offers focused supervision in a research-intensive Department of Economics. EUI researchers work closely with faculty and visiting scholars, developing independent research ideas, intellectual autonomy, academic networks, and professional skills. Applicants can explore the department's ...

Job alert shared by ELLIS for Europe highlighting two academic opportunities. One opening is a Post-Doc Researcher position at the Department of Economics, Università Bocconi in Milan. The post points to Bocconi’s job market page and indicates recruiting opportunities such as post-doc grants and collaboration contracts. The post itself does not provide detailed eligibility criteria, salary, or funding amount, so interested candidates should review the official listing for full terms and applicat...

Università di Pisa is offering a fully funded PhD vacancy within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network project MicroMan4Health: Data-Centric Micromanufacturing Platform Towards Added Value in the Health Sector . The position, titled Hybrid modelling of micro-wire EDM for deterministic micromanufacturing of medical micro-surgical instruments , is hosted by the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering and linked to the broader Smart Industry PhD pathway at the University of Pisa. The r...