Profile

Stefania Badiglio earned her Master’s Degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Palermo. In 2024, she completed her Ph.D. in Applied Economics at LUMSA University in Palermo.

Since 2016, she has been a lecturer at LUMSA University in Palermo, where she teaches Mathematical Methods for Economics, Financial Mathematics, and Microeconomics. Since 2022, she has also been teaching the Basic Mathematics Skills course at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Palermo.

Her research activities focus on applied, experimental, and behavioral economics. She has developed expertise in managing experimental interventions in the field of Behavioral Economics, designing experimental protocols to measure social capital through economic games applied to the school context, and analyzing the impact of Artificial Intelligence on specific cognitive biases. Additionally, she has experience in survey design as well as in data processing and statistical analysis, using R and STATA software.

Publications

1. Seta L., Badiglio S. (2024). School Leadership Between Accountability and Values. Annals of Social Sciences & Management Studies; 10(3): 555787. doi: 10.19080/ASM.2024.10.555787 https://juniperpublishers.com/asm/ASM.MS.ID.555787.php

2. Badiglio, S., Becchetti, L., Seta, F. Salustri (2024). Social attitudes, positive behaviour, and giving: evidence from children at school. https://ssrn.com/abstract=4888182 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4888182

3. Badiglio, S., Chiazzese, G., Pipitone, V. & Seta, L. (2024). Economic games and AI: a learning experience at university. In C. Bonk & G. Marks (Eds.), Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 594-603). Singapore, Singapore: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). ISBN 978-1-939797-80-3. https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/225098/

4. Badiglio, S., Chiazzese, G., Pipitone, V. & Seta, L. (2024). ChatGPT in Economic Games: Experimenting with Human-AI Interaction.  International Journal of E-Learning, 23(3), 285-303. https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/225135/

5. Seta, L., Badiglio, S. (2025). Early-age positive behavioral intervention at school: a scoping review. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14616368

6. Badiglio, S., (2024). Impatto di un programma psicoeducativo basato sul PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention and Support) sul benessere e sul capitale sociale degli studenti. Phd Thesis, Libera Università Maria Ss Assunta-LUMSA. Under review

Conference presentations

1. 26/10/2024 Presented as a speaker the paper titled “Exploring Social Capital in Urban and Suburban School Contexts: A Look at Territorial Differences” at the international conference Socio-Economic Sustainability, Regional Development and Spatial Planning: European and International Dimensions & Perspectives, in Mytilene, Lesvos, Greece;

2. 09/10/2024 Presented as a speaker the paper titled “Economic Games and AI: A Learning Experience at University” at the international conference eLearn 2024 in Singapore;

3. 16/09/2024 Presented as a speaker the paper titled “Behavioral Games with AI” at the 12th meeting of the Behavioral and Experimental Economics Network (BEEN) at the University of Turin;

4. 21/06/2024 Presented as a speaker the paper titled “School and Civic Values” at the conference Manifesto and Research Frontiers for a Renaissance in Economics at the University of Perugia, Department of Economics;

5. 22/05/2024 Presented as a speaker the paper titled “Applications of Experimental Economics for Value Education and Social Capital Measurement” at the 4th Annual ITD Meeting in Ostuni;

6. 08/03/2024 Presented as a speaker the paper titled “Exploring Social Capital for Guiding the Choice of Contextualized Values in SW-PBIS” at the 21st International Conference on Positive Behavior Support (PBS) in Chicago, Illinois;

7. 16/11/2023 Presented as a speaker the poster titled “Developing PBS Strategies to Bloom a Positive Educational Ecosystem” at the 5th Research Symposium of the PBS-Europe Network, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.

Projects

• Co-scientific coordinator of the self-funded ISMed project “Innovation and Behavioral Economics”;
• Collaborated as a research expert in Macroeconomics, Experimental Economics, and statistical analysis software on the ISMed project “Analysis of Capital Disparities Between Northern and Southern Italy: Causes, Effects, and Possible Interventions”;
• Worked with the research team of the Institute of Educational Technology (CNR) on the project “Psychosocial, Motivational, and Behavioral Aspects in Learning Processes” as a research expert in applied economics, focusing on the analysis of educational processes and innovative technologies to support learning and teaching.