Valentina Di Iasio

Dr. Valentina Di Iasio is a Research Fellow in the Department of Economics at the University of Southampton. Her work focuses on migration determinants, development economics, and economic geography. She collaborates with the QuantMig project, investigating pull factors of migration to EU countries, and is affiliated with the Centre for Population Change and the Centre for Democratic Futures.

• Education: PhD in Methods and Models for Economic Decisions (2020) from the University of Insubria (Italy). Thesis: 'International migration and development of origin countries: implications of remittances and idea transfers.'

Her research explores migration's socioeconomic impacts, including remittances, knowledge transfers, and innovation. She previously worked as a Research and Teaching Assistant at the University of Bordeaux on the TKC project (migration and innovation).

No specific publications or awards are listed here, but her work contributes to interdisciplinary projects at Southampton and Bordeaux.