The Doctoral School trains expert analysts able to understand social, cultural, economic, political and technological problems of contemporary societies, in contexts characterized by differentiated development levels. To address these problems there is a widespread demand for applied knowledge. Knowledge and skills related to the objects of investigation of the social, economic and statistical sciences are acquired by learning both theories, methods and scientific models, and applied tools and techniques for empirical analysis. The final goal is to acquire both scientific and practical skills and abilities to independently design and carry out research activities in an academic and non-academic environment, as well as in corporate or institutional organizations, at the local, national and international levels. At the end of this doctoral program, with reference to each ones’ disciplinary and thematic fields, the PhDs will be able to: - analyze scientific and research literature. - critically reflect on theories, methods, and results of research and on the intersections between disciplines - build original interpretative models to understand the social, political and economic trends - carry out research with high methodological quality and propose interpretative scenarios to address the complexity of social, economic, political, cultural and technological phenomena of contemporary societies. - produce original and applicable scientific results, proposing alternative policies and actions The PhD is structured in five curricula: 1. Finance and Institutions (in partnership with the Doctoral School in Economics) 2. Economics and Development (in partnership with the Doctoral School in Economics) 3. Sociology and applied social research 4. Statistics and social data science 5. Public policy analysis and evaluation CURRICULUM 1: Finance and institutions (IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DOCTORAL SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS: https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/SCUOLA-DI-ECONOMIA_nD3762_IT.aspx) The curriculum specializes in financial economics, quantitative finance and market regulations. The teaching activity performed during the first year is shared with the PhD school of Economics at Sapienza and is dedicated to core courses that include microeconomics, macroeconomics, stochastic calculus, econometrics, mathematics, finance, corporate finance and asset pricing. Moreover teaching is provided on aspects such as quantitative finance, corporate finance and financial economics, asset pricing, corporate finance, continuous-time models in finance, information economics, economics of resources and the environment, econometric models in finance, international finance, the intersection of macro economics, finance and banking. CURRICULUM 2: Economics and Development (IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DOCTORAL SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS: https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/SCUOLA-DI-ECONOMIA_nD3762_IT.aspx) The curriculum provides students with advanced theoretical and empirical knowledge in the fields of development economics and international economic policy. The teaching activity performed during the first year is shared with the PhD school of Economics at Sapienza and is dedicated to core courses that include microeconomics, macroeconomics, and statistics. Then students carry out advanced scientific training in the fields of international economics, development economics; public policies, advanced quantitative analyses in development contexts. CURRICULUM 3: Sociology and applied social research The curriculum provides students with advanced theoretical and empirical knowledge in political and social sciences, in particular as regards sociological disciplines. The first-year advanced courses are divided into thematic and disciplinaryareas referring to: general sociology, contemporary social systems, as well as epistemological and methodological knowledge for social research; the analysis of cultural processes, of communicative & knowledge practices, economic and work processes and regulation, territorial and urban phenomena, as well as topics regarding politics, public action, and governance. CURRICULUM 4: Statistics and social data sciences The curriculum provides students with advanced theoretical, methodological, computational and empirical knowledge in the area of economic and statistical sciences, with particular reference to statistical disciplines. The first-year advanced courses are divided into thematic and disciplinary areas. They concern the following topics: multivariate statistics, sampling theory and techniques, social network analysis; official statistics and composite indicators; methodologies and techniques for social research. In all courses both methodological, computational, and applicative aspects will be addressed. CURRICULUM 5: Public policy analysis and evaluation (COLLEGATO CON LA SCUOLA DI DOTTORATO IN ECONOMIA: https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/SCUOLA-DI-ECONOMIA_nD3762_IT.aspx) The curriculum provides the tools for the analysis and evaluation of public policies by integrating the political-social approach with the economic-statistical one. The students are provided with advanced theoretical, methodological, statistical econometric and empirical knowledge both in the area of economic and statistical disciplines and in that of sociological disciplines. The integration between mastery of analytical-methodological tools and application experiences in the economic and social field represents the priority in the training of the PhD student. This approach is reflected in the highly multidisciplinary first-year courses, which includes both advanced quantitative methods and methods and models of policy analysis.