Prague College

Stefano is currently the Head of Schools of Business and Computing at the college. He is a senior principal lecturer in both schools where he teaches Finance, Business Ethics, Statistics, Programming and Management Research at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Since 2011, Stefano is a member of the Senior Management Group of Prague College.

Stefano’s research lies at the hedge between philosophy, mathematics and finance. A part of his research focuses on Business Ethics, Corporate Governance and CSR with a special interest on decision making models and ethical decision making. A second area of research focuses on Portfolio Theory, CAPM, algorithmic trading and efficiency of financial markets and the epistemic foundation of classic financial theory. A third area of research has its main focus on behavioural finance and alternative existing theories of modern finance, with particular attention devoted to fractal pricing models in the study of volatility.

In 2008 Stefano founded the Prague College Research Centre, now CRIS (Centre for Research and Interdisciplinary Studies) and he is currently exploring with his staff such diverse topics where finance meets with philosophy and psychology. Stefano is also the chief editor of the academic journal the Bulletin of CRIS and he leads the current MSc programme in International Management at the college.

Stefano holds a PhD in Mathematics (Charles University, Institue of Mathematics of the Academy of Science of Czech Republic, in Prague) and is a Doctor in Philosophy (Amedeo Avogadro University, in Vercelli, Italy). Stefano also holds a professional MA in Science Communication (COREP - Centre for Education and Permanent Research - of the Polytechnic-University of Turin). Stefano was a visiting scholar at Columbia University in New York City and Visiting Fellow at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge.

Stefano Cavagnetto's profile:
http://student.praguecollege.cz/StefanoCavagnetto

 

 

Přečtěte si zajímavý rozhovor se Stefanem Cavagnetto, vedoucím kateder School of Business a IT & Computing na Prague College. Rozhovor byl pořízen pro portál expats.cz:

Stefano, many people know you as a lecturer, scholar and dedicated researcher in the areas of mathematics and philosophy. What has led you to study these subjects, and why did you choose to live in Prague?

Philosophy and mathematics have always been my interest and I have been attracted to these fields since I was very young. I decided to develop myself in these areas and combine my deep interest with a professional career. Why Prague? My first visit to Prague was the kind of story you have probably read or heard many times, and it is really nothing out of the ordinary. I first came to Prague as a tourist, a high school student, who was eager to explore Europe. I naturally came with a group of friends and then returned many times as a more mature visitor who fell in love with the art, architecture and magical feeling of Prague... celý rozhovor si přečtěte zde.