Objectives
The PhD programme aims to train highly qualified professionals who:
– are able to understand and develop research and innovation in the fields of labour market transformations and employment relations, socio-economic changes associated with innovative business processes (in industry, services, and the public sector), digitalisation and big data, human resource management, and the dynamics of territorial economic development;
– possess the skills required to operate in international and multicultural environments;
– are primarily expected to engage, already during the PhD programme, with Italian and international companies, international organisations, institutions, associations, and trade unions (including through the “high-level apprenticeship” scheme).
The conceptual and methodological tools acquired throughout the programme are intended to enhance the interdisciplinary perspective upon which the PhD programme is based.
The distinctive features of the programme are:
• integration with the productive system and economic stakeholders, with a view to improving graduates’ employability beyond academia;
• the use of multiple working languages in teaching, research, and project development activities;
• the adoption of an interdisciplinary and international approach.
Teamwork is continuously encouraged through participation in scientific, cultural, and artistic activities open to the city and the wider local community.
Employment prospects
The skills acquired through the PhD programme are valuable for carrying out research and innovation activities within educational institutions, public or private research organisations, companies (in the industrial and service sectors), and public or private institutions.
More specifically, the Labour, Development and Innovation Curriculum provides access to independent professional roles involving responsibilities for the design and guidance of public policies related to labour, environmental, social, and economic sustainability. It also prepares graduates for activities involving analysis, research, and advanced design related to work organisation, human resource management, and the management of innovation processes within industrial and service companies, public administrations, and territorial systems, as well as for the management of industrial relations within trade unions, employers’ organisations, or public institutions.
The PhD course provides access to interdisciplinary professional profiles within companies engaged in the digitalisation of their production processes, as well as within IT companies and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) developers interested in the evolution and integration of traditional corporate information systems with distributed intelligence and the datafication of processes that characterise Industry 4.0.
To analyse the employment outcomes of PhD graduates in Labour, Development and Innovation, the following reports have been prepared:
– graduates who obtained their PhD in 2023 (35th cycle);
– graduates who obtained their PhD in 2022 (34th cycle);
– graduates who obtained their PhD between 2018 and 2021 (31st, 32nd, and 33rd cycles).