BIO

Emanuela Benincasa joined the University of Sydney Business School as a Lecturer in Finance in 2025. Her research focuses on questions in banking and corporate finance, with topics primarily in environmental, social, and climate finance. She received her PhD in Finance from the Swiss Finance Institute and the University of Zurich. 

THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS

  • Lecturer in Finance
    The University of Sydney, Finance, Sydney, AustraliaSep 2025 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Fellow
    University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy1 Oct 2024 - 1 Oct 2025

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research consultant
    United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Switzerland4 Nov 2023 - 8 Mar 2024
  • Research consultant
    European Investment Bank, Luxembourg, Luxembourg1 Sep 2020 - 31 Oct 2021

CERTIFICATIONS

  • PhD in Finance
    University of Zurich, Swiss Finance Institute, Switzerland16 Sep 2019 - 22 Sep 2025
  • Master of Science in Finance
    University of Siena, Siena, Italy16 Dec 2016 - 13 Dec 2018
  • Master of Science in Money and Finance
    University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia1 Sep 2017 - 13 Dec 2018

LANGUAGES

  • Italian
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Neapolitan
    Can read, speak and understand

SCHOOL

  • School of Finance

AVAILABILITY

  • Industry projects
  • Conference as a panellist or speaker
  • Research collaboration

UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 13 Climate Action
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)