Fabiana Visentin joined UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University in September 2018. Previously, she worked as Senior Research Fellow at the Chair of Economics and Management of Innovation at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. She was a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland, and at the Goizueta Business School, Atlanta, USA. 

Her research interests focus on the microeconomics of innovation and the economics of science area. In these topics, her contributions have appeared in the American Sociological Review, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Research Policy, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Science and Public Policy, and PlosOne.

Her work has been cited by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and featured by Science, the LSE Impact blog, as well as VoxEU, the World Economic Forum, and ScienceInsider.

Latest news:

• "What makes a productive Ph.D. student?" (with Alberto Corsini and Michele Pezzoni) has been featured by Science, ResearchProfessional News, and The Higher Education
• Fabiana and her co-authors talk about one of their latest works "How fast is this novel technology going to be a hit?" https://www.spreaker.com/user/innotechhub/ep-88-how-fast-novel-technologies-become
• An interview by Nature Index on How to be strategic in applying for grants

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	Selected publications by Fabiana Visentin
Articles (journal, professional, popular)
Patsali, Sofia, Pezzoni Michele & Fabiana Visentin, 2024, Research independence: Drivers and impact on PhD students’ careers, Studies in Higher Education, DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2024.2314584, More information
Pezzoni, Michele & Fabiana Visentin, 2023, Gender bias in team formation: the case of the European Science Foundation’s grants, Science and Public Policy, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scad058, More information
Granja, Cintia Denise & Fabiana Visentin, 2023, International Student Mobility and Academic Performance: Does Timing Matter?, Research in Higher Education, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-023-09755-6, More information
Corsini, Alberto, Michele Pezzoni & Fabiana Visentin, 2022, What makes a productive Ph.D. student?, Research Policy, 51(10): 104561-, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2022.104561, More information
Pezzoni, Michele, Reinhilde Veugelers & Fabiana Visentin, 2022, How fast is this novel technology going to be a hit? Antecedents predicting follow-on inventions, Research Policy, 51(3), More information
Kelchtermans, Stijn, Cindy Lopes-Bento, Fabiana Visentin & Cornelia Lawson, 2021, How to Play the Science Game: Insights on Scientific Teams, Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, Online, DOI: 10.3389/frma.2021.802557, More information
Ayoubi, Charles, Michele Pezzoni & Fabiana Visentin, 2021, Does It Pay to Do Novel Science? The Selectivity Patterns in Science Funding, Science and Public Policy, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scab031, More information
Mairesse, Jacques, Michele Pezzoni & Fabiana Visentin, 2020, Does gender matter for promotion in academia? Evidence from physicists in France, Revue Economique, 71(6): 1005-1043, DOI: 10.3917/reco.716.1005, More information
Baruffaldi, Stefano, Marianna Marino & Fabiana Visentin, 2020, Money to move: The effect on researchers of an international mobility grant, Research Policy, 49(8): 104077-, DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2020.104077, More information
Mairesse, Jacques, M. Pezzoniz & Fabiana Visentin, 2019, Impact of family characteristics on the gender publication gap: evidence for physicists in France, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 44(2): 204-220, DOI: 10.1080/03080188.2019.1603884, More information
Ayoubi, Charles, Michele Pezzoni & Fabiana Visentin, 2019, The important thing is not to win, it is to take part: What if scientists benefit from participating in research grant competitions?, Research Policy, 48(1): 84-97, DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2018.07.021, More information
Ayoubi, Charles, M. Pezzoni & Fabiana Visentin, 2017, At the Origins of Learning: Absorbing Knowledge Flows from Within the Team, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 134: 374-387
Baruffaldi, Stefano, Fabiana Visentin & Annamaria Conti, 2016, The Productivity of Science & Engineering PhD Students Hired from Supervisors’ Networks, Research Policy, 45(4): 785-796
Conti, Annamaria & Fabiana Visentin, 2015, A Revealed Preference Analysis of PhD Students’ Choices Over Employment Outcomes, Research Policy, 44(10): 1931-1947
Conti, Annamaria & Fabiana Visentin, 2015, Science and Engineering Ph.D. Students’ Career Outcomes, by Gender, PlosOne, 10(8): e0133177-, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133177
Negro, Giacomo, Fabiana Visentin & Anand Swaminathan, 2014, Resource Partitioning and the Organizational Dynamics of ‘Fringe Banking’, American Sociological Review, 79(4): 680-704
Muñoz, Viviana, Fabiana Visentin, Dominique Foray & Patrick Gaulé, 2014, Can Medical Products be Developed on a Non-profit Basis? Exploring Product Development Partnership for Neglected Diseases, Science and Public Policy(August 24): 1-24
Conti, Annamaria, Olgert Denas & Fabiana Visentin, 2014, Knowledge Specialization in PhD Student Groups, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 61(1): 52-67
UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Ito, Rodrigo, Diego Chavarro, Tommaso Ciarli, Robin Cowan & Fabiana Visentin, 2024, From drains to bridges: The role of internationally mobile PhD students in linking non-mobile with foreign scientists, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2024-009
Pezzoni, Michele, Reinhilde Vleugelers & Fabiana Visentin, 2023, Technologies fly on the wings of science: Exploring the role of science in technologies’ spatial evolution, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-036
Schubert, Torben, Sajad Ashouri, Matthias Deschryvere, Angela Jäger, Fabiana Visentin, Scott Cunningham, Arash Hajikhani, Lukas Pukelis & Arho Suominen, 2023, The role of product digitization for productivity – evidence from web-scraping European high-tech company websites, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-004
Granja, Cintia Denise , Fabiana Visentin & Ana Maria Carneiro, 2023, Can international mobility shape students' attitudes toward inequality? The Brazilian case, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-001
Pezzoni, Michele & Fabiana Visentin, 2022, Gender bias in team formation: The case of the European Science Foundation's grants, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2022-040
Granja, Cintia Denise & Fabiana Visentin, 2021, International student mobility and academic performance: Does timing matter?, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-049
Patsali, Sofia, Michele Pezzoni & Fabiana Visentin, 2021, The impact of research independence on PhD students' careers: Large-scale evidence from France, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-036
Corsini, Alberto, Michele Pezzoni & Fabiana Visentin, 2021, What makes a productive Ph.D. student?, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-011
Schubert, Torben, Angela Jäger, Serdar Turkeli & Fabiana Visentin, 2020, Addressing the productivity paradox with big data: A literature review and adaptation of the CDM econometric model, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-050
Mairesse, Jacques, Michele Pezzoni & Fabiana Visentin, 2020, Does gender matter for promotion in science? Evidence from physicists in France, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-039
Ayoubi, Charles, Sandra Barbosu, Michele Pezzoni & Fabiana Visentin, 2020, What matters in funding: The value of research coherence and alignment in evaluators' decisions, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-010
Ayoubi, Charles, Michele Pezzoni & Fabiana Visentin, 2019, Does it pay to do novel science? The selectivity patterns in science funding, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2019-037
External working papers
Ito, Rodrigo, Diego Chavarro, Tommaso Ciarli, Robin Cowan & Fabiana Visentin, 2024, Connecting the Dots: The Role of Internationally Mobile Scientists in Linking Nonmobile Scientists With Foreign Scientists, IDB Working Paper Series 1544, More information
Mairesse, Jacques, Michele Pezzoni & Fabiana Visentin, 2020, Does gender matter for promotion in academia? Evidence from physicists in France, NBER Working Paper No. 27789, More information
Pezzoni, M., R. Veugelers & Fabiana Visentin, 2019, How fast is this novel technology going to be a hit?, CEPR Press Discussion Paper No. 13447, More information
Research reports
Budraitis, Mantas, Paulius Pranckevicius, Ruta Delkute, A. Notten, Nordine Es-Sadki, René Wintjes, Fabiana Visentin, Tommaso Ciarli, Davide Bonaglia, Bulat Sanditov, Yağmur Yıldız & Diego Chavarro, 2023, Evaluation study of the European framework programmes for research and innovation for excellent science : Horizon 2020 : annexes, Publications Office of the European Union, The study presents lessons learned and recommendations for policy on excellent science under Horizon 2020. This is one of several support studies feeding into the European Commission's ex-post evaluation of the European framework programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020, DOI: 10.2777/353383, More information
Budraitis, Mantas, Paulius Pranckevicius, Rute Delkute, Ad Notten, Nordine Es-Sadki, René Wintjes, Fabiana Visentin, Tommaso Ciarli, Davide Bonaglia, Bulat Sanditov, Yağmur Yıldız & Diego Chavarro, 2023, Evaluation study of the European framework programmes for research and innovation for excellent science; Horizon 2020 : phase 1 final study report, The study presents lessons learned and recommendations for policy on excellent science under Horizon 2020. This is one of several support studies feeding into the European Commission's ex-post evaluation of the European framework programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020, DOI: 10.2777/967813, More information
Conference contributions
Baruffaldi, Stefano, Marianna Marino & Fabiana Visentin, 2017, International Mobility and Research Careers: Evidence from a Mobility Grant Program, In Guclu Atinc (Ed.),. Paper included in the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, Technology and Innovation Management Division, August 2017
Other (editorship, media appearance, keynote, etc.)
Corsini, Alberto, Michele Pezzoni & Fabiana Visentin (eds.), 2023, Creating the right environment for PhD productivity, Supervising PhDs, A community blog, on doctoral supervision relationships and pedagogies, More information
Ayoubi, Charles, Michele Pezzoni & Fabiana Visentin, 2021, Novel researchers have a lower chance of winning funding, Research Professional News, Opinion, More information
Mairesse, Jacques, Michele Pezzoni & Fabiana Visentin, 2020, When there is no gender discrimination in promotion in science, VoxEu, More information
Pezzoni, Michele, Reinhilde Veugelers & Fabiana Visentin, 2019, Technology diffusion trajectories: New evidence, VoXEu, DOI: https://voxeu.org/article/technology-diffusion-trajectories-new-evidence, More information
Ayoubi, Charles, Michele Pezzoni & Fabiana Visentin, 2018, It’s not the winning but the taking part that counts: how the process of applying for competitive grants is of benefit to researchers, LSE Impact Blog, ., More information