Where: Department of Economics and Management, University of Brescia
When: application deadline July 22nd, 2025
Title: 2025/26 PhD program in Analytics for Economics and Management (AEM) at the University of Brescia
Description:
The Operations Research Group of the University of Brescia (OR-Brescia) is looking for candidates for 4 fully funded PhD positions in Analytics for Economics and Management (AEM). The PhD students in Operations Research will join a research group internationally known for its extensive research on the application of optimization models and solution methods to problems arising in a variety of application areas such as logistics, transportation, scheduling, and finance.
From 2021 to 2024, the members of OR-Brescia published around 60 papers on top-tier and peer-reviewed international journals with Impact Factor, plus several contributions in books and international conferences. The list of research topics in which OR-Brescia is currently active includes Vehicle Routing Problems (with special emphasis on last-mile logistics applications), Location Problems (with special emphasis on fairness in customers’ service), Passenger Transportation (with special emphasis on coordination and fairness issues), Inventory-Routing Problems.
All students are encouraged to spend visiting research periods at international organizations through ad hoc mobility agreements.
- Contract Type: Scholarship of 36 months (potentially extendable to 48)
- Commitment: Full time
- Location: Brescia (Lombardy, Italy)
- Official Language: English
- Starting Date: November 1st, 2025
The website of the PhD program is: https://aem.unibs.it/
Details of the call, and about how to apply, can be found at: https://www.unibs.it/en/node/1078
Contact: Carlo Filippi carlo.filippi@unibs.it