Giulia Leoni

Dr. Giulia Leoni, PhD in Management (SECS-P/O7)

Current and past position

• Since 2024 - Research-fellow on the project "Database on university students for mapping students’ skills, students’ sustainability competencies, job market needs and graduates' employability", Department of Management, University of Bologna
  
• Since 2023 - Adjunct professor in Business and Public Institutions Economics Lab, University of Bologna (Forlì)
• Since 2023 - Adjunct professor in Performance Measurement and Management in Public Sector at the Master City Management, University of Bologna (Forlì)
• 2022 - 2023 - Research-fellow on the project "designing a business performance analytics for decision-making and control in Local Governments", Department of Management, University of Bologna (Forlì) 
• Since 2020 - Tutor in Internal auditing - Second cycle degree in Economics and Commerce, University of Bologna (Forlì).
• 2020 - 2022 - Tutor in Business and Public Institutions Economics Lab - First cycle degree in Business and Economics, The University of Bologna (Forlì).
• 2020 - 2022 - Tutor in Performance measurement and Business Analytics - Second cycle degree in Data Science for Economics and Businesses, The Polytechnic University of Marche (Ancona).
• Since 2018 - Adjunct professor in Strategic Lab at the Master City Management, University of Bologna (Forlì).
  
• 2018 - 2020 - Tutor in Financial accounting - First cycle degree Economics and commerce, The Polytechnic University of Marche (Ancona). 

Education

• PhD in Business Economics and Management, XXXIV cycle (A.A. 18/21), Department of Management, The Polytechnic University of Marche (Ancona).
  
• Master of Science of Economics and Management (B&A), The University of Bologna (Forlì), July 2018. Dissertation on 2018 Report on the Union of Municipalities: Romagna strategic opportunities building an identity. She has been awarded with first-class honours degree.
• Bachelor of Management, The University of Bologna (Forlì), July 2016. She has been awarded with first-class honours degree.

Academic conferences and seminars

• She presented at the RII Forum "The twin transition:
  leveraging breakthrough technologies & sustainability for innovation, quality education & policy making", Ravello, Aprile 10-12 - paper Mazzara, L., Leoni, G. "The impact of digital technologies on environmental management accounting to mitigate climate change uncertainties. Italian Local Governments evidence"
• She presented at the 14th CSEAR Spain Conference 2023, Cordoba, October 19-20 - paper: Mazzara, L., Leoni, G. "Guiding accounting into the abyss of climate change for immediate action and engagement. Evidence from Italian local governments"
  
• Research presentation - LXXIV Convegno Internazionale di Studi Romagnoli 2023, Cervia, October 6-8 - research title "Piano strategico Romagna Next e scenari prospettici per il Comune di Cervia"
• She attended the AIDEA Junior Didactic School 2023, Otranto, September 11-16.
• Operating committee member and chair for EGPA 2023 Conference "Steering the European Union through poly-crises storms: the role of Public Administration", PSG XIX Collaborative Networks and Social Innovation, University of Zagreb, Croatia - September 5-8.
• She presented at the IRSPM 2023 - Corvinus university, Budapest, April 2-5 - paper: "Strategic planning in turbulent environment: how to face the unknown".
• Paper presented at the 27th Italian Health Economics Association (AIES) 2022 - Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, September 8-9 – paper: Del Bene, L., Leoni, G., Vermiglio, C., Zarone, V., “Sustainable development and SDGs in healthcare between policy and practice: a scoping review”.
• She presented at the IIAS-Euromena 2022 Joint Conference on Next Generation Governance and Young Global Public Administration - Tor Vergata and Luiss university, Rome, June 27-July 1 - paper: Mazzara, L., Leoni, G., "Rethinking public strategic planning and accountability in turbulent environments. An Italian case study".
• She presented at the AAAJ Special Issue Online Workshop 2022 Accountability for a Connected Society: The Unaccounted Effects of Digital Transformation - 19-20 May - paper: Mazzara, L., Leoni, G., Maione, G., "Digital technologies for city accountability in extraordinary times: recommendations from a qualitative exploration".
• She presented at the RII-Forum Conference 2022 Rupture, Resilience and Recovery in the Post-Covid World - 20-22 April - paper: Mazzara, L., Maione, G., Leoni, G., “Performance Measurement and Management Systems in Local Government networks: stimulating resilience in the COVID era through Dynamic Capabilities”.
• She presented at the IRSPM Conference 2022 Facing the future: Evolving social-political-administrative relations and the future of administrative systems - 19-22 April - paper: Del Bene, L., Leoni, G., Vermiglio, C., Zarone, V. “Sustainable development and SDGs in healthcare between policy and practice: a scoping review”.
• She presented at the CIGAR Conference 2021 Public Sector Accounting for a Sustainable Future - 23 June - dissertation: Leoni, G., Performance Management in the Intermunicipal Network Context: An Italian Case Study.
• She presented at the IRSPM Conference 2021 Public Management, Governance and Policy in Extraordinary Times: Challenges and Opportunities, Virtual Conference - 20 and 23 April - paper: Maione, G., Leoni, G., City accountability in extraordinary times: the role of technology during the Covid-19 pandemic from the Service Ecosystem Perspective.
• She presented at the IX Workshop "Azienda Pubblica" SIDREA 2020 Dalla crisi allo sviluppo sostenibile: principi e soluzioni nella prospettiva economico-aziendale, Università degli Studi di Bari – November 20 and 27 2020 - paper: Mazzara, L., Leoni, G., Unioni di comuni e nuovi fabbisogni informativi di controllo interno: stato dell’arte e prospettive di sviluppo in Emilia-Romagna.
• She presented at the SIDREA 2019 International Workshop Corporate Social Responsibility: Theoretical analysis and Practical implications, Università degli Studi di Napoli 'Parthenope', Department of Business and Economics – November 6, 2019 – paper: Del Bene, L., Tommasetti, A., Leoni, G., & Maione, G, How to boost environmental accounting practices: evidence from two Italian case studies.
• She attended the Summer School on qualitative research, Università della Calabria, Department of Management, Arcavacata, July 23 - 29, 2019.
• SIDREA International Workshop - Non-Financial Information in Small and Medium Enterprises: Key Challenges and Future Perspectives, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona - June 13, 2019.
• Research day - Integrated Reporting and Stakeholder Information Needs in a State-Owned Enterprise, University of Bologna, Department of Management, Forlì - May 20, 2019.
• Research day - International Accounting and Finance Journals, University of Bologna, Department of Management, Forlì - May 17, 2019.
• Data Management Seminar - Advanced practically-oriented Excel course, University of Bologna, Department of Management, Forlì - December 6 - 21, 2018.

Other academic experiences

• 2023 Member of the organizing committee of the PSAAG 2023 workshop (November 30th - December 1st)
• 2023 Project manager PSG XIX Collaborative networks and social innovation della conferenza EGPA Zagreb 2023 (September 5-8th)
• Scientific journal referee activity: Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy (ISSN: 1750-6166) - Reviewer

Memberships

• Since 2023 - Member of the Scientific Committe of the Master in City Management (University of Bologna)
• Since 2023 - Member CSEAR Centre for Social and Environmental Research
• Since 2022 - Member of the scientific committee of the Rivista Finanza e Tributi Locali - Maggioli.
• 2021 - 2022 - Member of the scientific expertise of the "Romagna Next" project - The strategic plan for the Romagna vast area.
• Since 2019 - Member of the Società Italiana di Docenti di Ragioneria and Economia Aziendale e dell’Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale.