Vittorio Guida

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D. in Economics and Management

Nov 2018 – Dec 2022

University of Trento, Trento, Italy

Thesis: Three Essays on Exploration and Exploitation: Behavioral Insights and Individual Decision-Making

Supervisors: Prof. Luigi Mittone (University of Trento) and Prof. Azzurra Morreale (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology)

Master's Degree in Government and Public Administration (LM-63)

Jan 2015 – Jun 2017

University of Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italy

Grade: 110/110 cum laude

Thesis: Il Conflitto di Interessi: dilemmi etici e dinamiche organizzative

Supervisor: Prof. Roberta Troisi; Co-supervisor: Prof. Adalgiso Amendola

Bachelor's Degree in Administration and Organization (L-16)

Sep 2011 – Dec 2014

University of Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italy

Thesis: Le start-up innovative e la crisi. La realtΓ  e la retorica

Supervisor: Prof. Roberta Troisi (University of Salerno)

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Feb 2025 – Present

University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management, Trento, Italy

In the context of the PRIN 2022 Project "Saving natural resources: an experimental-behavioral approach to intertemporal environmental decisions", focused on the experimental study of behavioral factors in intertemporal resource management across generations.

Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Luigi Mittone

  • Designed and programmed intergenerational experiments on resource use.
  • Managed data collection on Prolific and ensured data quality.
  • Conducted analysis in R and Python for behavioral and microeconomic models.
  • Co-authored manuscripts based on project results.
  • Contributed to workshops and project dissemination.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Feb 2023 – Feb 2025

University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management, Trento, Italy

In the context of the CARITRO Project "Governance and Environmental Sustainability: an experimental laboratory for organizations in the Province of Trento", in close collaboration with the Trento Chamber of Commerce.

Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Luigi Mittone

  • Designed and ran experiments on organizational sustainability.
  • Managed data collection in collaboration with the Trento Chamber of Commerce.
  • Performed data analysis (R, Python); results published in Futures.
  • Co-authored project-related publications and working papers.
  • Assisted with workshops and research dissemination.

Teaching Experience

Lab 1: Market Analysis (SSD: SECS-P/08 - ECON-07/A)

University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management, Trento, Italy

Instructor: Prof. Matteo Ploner

  • Sep 2025 – Dec 2025, Duration: 40 hours
  • Sep 2024 – Dec 2024, Duration: 32 hours
  • Sep 2023 – Dec 2023, Duration: 44 hours

Laboratorio di Analisi dei Mercati (SSD: SECS-P/08 - ECON-07/A)

University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management, Trento, Italy

  • Sep 2025 – Dec 2025, Duration: 40 hours, Instructor: Prof. Lucia Gatti
  • Sep 2024 – Dec 2024, Duration: 28 hours, Instructor: Prof. Lucia Gatti
  • Sep 2023 – Dec 2023, Duration: 44 hours, Instructor: Prof. Nadia Laura Von Jacobi
  • Sep 2020 – Dec 2020, Duration: 48 hours, Instructor: Prof. Matteo Ploner
  • Sep 2019 – Dec 2019, Duration: 48 hours, Instructor: Prof. Matteo Ploner

Introduzione all'Economia (SSD: SECS-P/01 - ECON-01/A) (Esercitazioni)

University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management, Trento, Italy

  • Sep 2025 – Dec 2025, Duration: 13 hours, Instructor: Prof. Marco Faillo
  • Sep 2025 – Dec 2025, Duration: 13 hours, Instructor: Prof. Fabio Pieri

Introduzione all'Economia (SSD: SECS-P/01 - ECON-01/A) (Didattica Innovativa)

University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management, Trento, Italy

  • Dec 2024, Duration: 9 hours, Instructors: Prof. Sandro Casal and Luigi Mittone
  • Dec 2024, Duration: 9 hours, Instructor: Prof. Marco Faillo
  • Dec 2024, Duration: 9 hours, Instructor: Prof. Fabio Pieri

Published Research Articles

2025 Klaser, K., Guida, V., & Mittone, L., Governance e sostenibilitΓ  ambientale, Economia Trentina, 1/2025, 26–30.

2025 Guida, V., Klaser, K., & Mittone, L., Building sustainable futures through soft institutional interventions in the climate change context: an intergenerational experiment. Futures, 103531.

2024 Guida, V., Mittone, L., & Morreale, A., Innovative search and imitation heuristics: an agent-based simulation study. Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, 1–52.

2018 Troisi, R., & Guida, V., Is the appointee procedure a real selection or a mere political exchange? The case of the Italian Health-Care Chief Executive Officers. Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity, 7(2), 19–38.

Conferences & Seminars

Dec 2025 - II Symposium on Advancing Sustainability Research with Experimental Methods, University of Padova

Nov 2025 - Ph.D. Workshop on Economic Analysis of Law, Law Faculty, University of Trento

Jun 2025 - Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE) Annual Conference, University of Trento

Dec 2024 - Symposium on Advancing Sustainability Research with Experimental Methods, University of Padova

Jun 2024 - TOM Society Annual Meeting, ESSEC Paris

Jun 2024 - The Discovery of the Future in Social and Human Sciences, University of Trento

Sep 2023 - WINIR Conference, Catania

Aug 2023 - TOM Society Annual Meeting, Harvard Business School, Boston

Sep 2022 - Model Evaluation and Causal Search, Univ. of Pisa & Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa

Oct 2018 - ECMLG 2018, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Utrecht

Conference Organization

Feb 2026 - "Workshop β€” Acting for Tomorrow: Evidence and Behavioral Insights for Managing Shared Resources", University of Trento - Member of Organizing Committee

Dec 2025 - "II Symposium on Advancing Sustainability Research with Experimental Methods", University of Padova - Member of Scientific Committee

Dec 2024 - "Symposium on Advancing Sustainability Research with Experimental Methods", University of Padova - Member of Scientific Committee

2021 - "CEEL Workshop on Decision-Making", University of Trento - Member of the Organizing Committee

Other Assignments

2025 - Reviewer for ERC Starting Grant application

2025 - Reviewer for academic journals

Languages

Italian

Native

English

C2 – Self-assessed

Digital Skills

R

Advanced – Data wrangling, data analysis, Monte Carlo simulations

Python

Advanced – Data wrangling, data analysis, Monte Carlo simulations, oTree (economic experiments), Mesa (agent-based modeling), integration of external API (OpenAI)

LaTeX

Advanced

HTML

Intermediate

CSS

Intermediate

JavaScript

Intermediate