Financial education

Why, what works, what doesn’t and for whom

Workshop

June 12-13, 2025

QFinLab-Politecnico di Milano & Bank of Italy

Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

Join us to explore all the latest in Financial education!

The conference has a scientific but very concrete cut. The objective of the conference is twofold: first, analyse the importance of financial literacy in supporting financial well-being, financial inclusion, financial market development and enabling a wider economic prosperity.  Second, review concrete experiences, comparing what worked and what didn't and for whom. The aim is to have an international conference on best practices in financial education with a multidisciplinary scientific approach involving academia and policy-makers. The ultimate goal is to grow the scientific community that deals with these issues in Italy and at the international level.

Financial education includes topics such as: macroeconomic and microeconomic impacts of financial literacy, impact analysis of financial education experiences, innovative teaching methodologies, pedagogical profiles of financial education, social security finance, education on economics and sustainability issues, financial education experiences for adults, financial inclusion, digital&finance divide, gender issues and financial knowledge measurement.

The conference includes two keynote lectures, invited papers and contributed papers.

Deadline for submission of contributed papers: April 14, 2025
Notification of acceptance: April 30, 2025
Conference registration: May 19, 2025

Il progetto è realizzato all’interno del progetto MUSA – Multilayered Urban Sustainability Action, finanziato dall’Unione Europea – NextGenerationE, PNRR Missione 4 Componente 2 Linea di Investimento 1.5: Creazione e rafforzamento degli “ecosistemi dell’innovazione”, costruzione di “leader territoriali di R&S”

Carmela Aprea, University of Mannheim

Luigi Guiso, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, Rome