Giacomo Ferraro

Giacomo is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of Economics of Sustainable Agri-Food Systems. His research focuses on the impact of information on decision-making and on the role of the socio-demographic characteristics of information providers in information consumption. His main interest lies in understanding the interplay between the information received, the characteristics of the information providers, and the socio-economic decisions that result from it.
He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Mannheim. Previously, he completed a Master’s degree in Economics and Finance and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Trade at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

Research Interests
• Information economics
• Media economics
• Behavioural economics


Education
• 09/2019-09/2025 PhD in Economics, University of Mannheim, Germany
• 09/2016-07/2018 Master’s degree in Economics and Finance, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy.
• 09/2013-07/2016 Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Trade, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy.


Professional Experience
• 08/2018-08/2019 Researcher, Greta Associati, Italy.


Languages
• English (Proficient)
• Italian (Native)
• Spanish (Proficient)