The ideal candidate is a proactive, highly motivated and independent person, with an understanding of the economic and business challenges posed by climate change and sustainability transitions, capable of quantitative as well as qualitative data analysis (knowledge of econometrics and statistics constitutes a preferential skill, but is not a prerequisite)

Beyond Prof. Colombelli, the closest research team includes another researcher RTD-A (Chiara Ravetti) who specializes in socio-economic sustainability and has already been working with Prof. Colombelli on the identification of green innovative start-ups in the Italian context; and another PhD student working on the research project “Sustainable business strategy, organization and innovation”. Furthermore, the doctoral student will be part of the Department of Management and Production Engineering of the Politecnico di Torino, which concentrates economics and business expertise across numerous areas related to the research project (strategy, digitalization, industry 4.0, innovation, entrepreneurship, social innovation, incubators). Moreover, the PhD student will be part of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center (EIC), a knowledge-hub specialized in entrepreneurial and innovative ecosystem. During the PhD, the doctoral student will have access to the equipment of the Laboratory of Production and Economics (LEP) and, in particular, the following tools: software for economic-statistical analysis (Stata, Matlab), proprietary databases with characteristics of companies and patents such as Amadeus and Orbit, data on innovative start-ups, SMEs and particular cases of sustainable entrepreneurship (B-corporations).