Dear Colleagues, I would be grateful if you could share the following PhD opportunity with any students and colleagues who might be interested. Roma Tre University has opened the call for applications to the 42nd cycle of its PhD programmes. Within the PhD Programme in Markets, Business and Consumers (Mercati, Impresa e Consumatori), one Roma Tre-funded PhD scholarship is available for the curriculum in Finance, Markets and Regulation (Finanza, mercati e regolazione). Applications from students with a strong interest in Quantitative Finance are particularly welcome. Application deadline: July 14, 2026, at 2:00 PM Italian time. The PhD programme lasts three years. The annual scholarship amount is currently €16,243 gross, and PhD students also receive a yearly research budget equal to 10% of the gross annual scholarship. The Quantitative Finance group at Roma Tre works on a broad range of topics, including portfolio optimization, risk measures and stochastic dominance, sustainable finance, cryptocurrencies and alternative assets, behavioral portfolio choice, and computational/data-driven methods for financial decision-making. Further details on our research are available here: https://francescocesarone.com/papers The official call is available here: https://apps.uniroma3.it/public/bando2026/ Candidates should carefully consult the official call and the programme information page for details on eligibility requirements, required documents, language requirements, and the selection procedure. Prospective applicants interested in this position are warmly encouraged to contact me at francesco.cesarone@uniroma3.it<mailto:francesco.cesarone@uniroma3.it> with a short expression of interest. I would be pleased to provide informal guidance on the application process and to arrange a preliminary discussion to learn more about their background, research interests, and potential fit with the Quantitative Finance research group. Thank you very much in advance for circulating this opportunity. Best regards, Francesco Cesarone * F Cesarone, M Corradini, L Lampariello (2024), Matematica generale, Edizioni Giappichelli, ISBN 9791221107746<https://www.giappichelli.it/matematica-generale-9791221107746> * F Cesarone, M Corradini, L Lampariello (2024), Esercitazioni di matematica generale, Edizioni Giappichelli, ISBN 9791221107753<https://www.giappichelli.it/esercitazioni-di-matematica-generale-9791221107753?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw99e4BhDiARIsAISE7P8RgsTkbnHIfaOYDQ77a2G2voFMBv8JnZ2PZLhsPSgc0lFuSVxmUk8aApunEALw_wcB> * F Cesarone (2020), Computational Finance. MATLAB oriented modeling, Routledge-Giappichelli Studies in Business and Management, ISBN 978-0-367-49303-5<https://www.giappichelli.it/computational-finance-9788892132504> For more info: https://www.francescocesarone.com/books -- Francesco Cesarone - Ph.D. Full Professor Department of Business Studies Roma Tre University Via Silvio D'Amico, 77 00145 - Roma, Italy phone: +39 06 57335744 Skype: francesco.cesarone email: francesco.cesarone@uniroma3.it<mailto:francesco.cesarone@uniroma3.it> office no 16, 5th floor WWW: https://www.francescocesarone.com<https://www.francescocesarone.com/>/<https://www.francescocesarone.com/>