Bank of Italy

Position Title/Short Description

Full Text of JOE Listing:

Banca d’Italia, the Italian central bank, is seeking 4 PhD trained research economists for a fellowship to tenure-track position. We offer the opportunity of carrying out your research in a lively, diverse and research-oriented environment, with strong engagement across a broad spectrum of topics, and to see your research have a real-world impact by actively and directly informing policymaking.

Successful candidates will be initially awarded a one-year position as Fellow in the Bank’s Directorate General for Economics, Statistics and Research based in Rome. After one year, fellows will be assessed for hiring as research economist on a permanent basis at the Consigliere grade and be fully integrated into the research and policy work of the Bank.

Fellows will earn a monthly stipend of € 5,500 before tax during the first year; a Consigliere can expect an annual entry gross income of around € 85.000 before tax. Foreign residents (including Italian citizens) moving to Italy may be eligible to significant tax breaks for at least five years.
Applicants must hold or be about to complete a Ph.D degree. They must be EU citizens; non-EU citizens also qualify provided they hold a long-term EC residence permit (expiring after the end of the fellowship) or refugee status or subsidiary protection status; family members of citizens of a European Union Member State who do not have citizenship of an EU Member state must have the right of residence or the right of permanent residence. Working language is English.

The interviews will be held online in December 2026. The seminars are expected to take place from early January 2027 onwards.

Further information is available at this link.
For all other specific matters, candidates should refer to the competition notice, which is published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana of 13 October 2026 and available on the Bank’s website as of the same date.

Instructions for applying:

Applications must be made through the dedicated portal accessible through the Bank of Italy’s website.
The application system will be open between the 13th October 2026 and the 13th November 2026, 12:00 noon CET.

During the application process, please carefully follow all the instructions set out in the competition notice, which is available on the Bank’s website at this link. Applications cannot be submitted after the above deadline. Candidates are therefore advised to submit their application and supporting documentation well in advance of the deadline to avoid possible delays in uploading documents due to the size of the files attached to the application and the high volume of logins to the Portal close to the deadline.

Online application URL: https://selezioni.bancaditalia.it/ui/public-area/concoursedetail/ff61d695f4004da58b20c800a3a58884