Short Bio

Ciao ! I am Carolina, 48 years old, mother of two young girls. I live in Brussels (Belgium) since 2011.

I was born in Spoleto (Umbrie, Italy) and grew up in Rome. I left Rome in June 2002, after a MSc  degree in Economics from the University of Rome "La Sapienza"  (2001) and a short internship at the Ministry of Economics and Finance. Since then, I've been working and living abroad.

In the period 2002-1010, I work as a consultant/economist in various institutions -- private companies, governmental and non-governmental organisations -- located all around the world (the most relevant ones: Financité in Brussels; InterSOS in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Angola; MicroSave in India; SafeSave in Bangladesh; IFAD in Rome).

In the years 2011-2021, I work full-time in the academia, starting with a four-year PhD,  joint-degree between the University of Mons (UMONS) and the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Belgium, financed with the Belgian Action de Recherche Concerteé (ARC) fellowship. Then, for three years I am postdoc researcher at the University of California, Berkeley (U.S.A.), and at the ULB, thanks to a scholarship from the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S.-FNRS). Finally, I work for four years as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Groningen (RUG) in the Netherlands.

From January 2022, I am working as freelance university lecturer. Currently I teach courses in finance at the Université libre de Bruxelles and at the University of Groningen.