Biography
Eliana Canavesio is a Senior Research Associate and Project Coordinator at the Florence School of Banking and Finance, a programme of the Robert Schuman Centre at the European University Institute. She contributes to the design, coordination, and delivery of executive education programmes for banking supervisors and financial institutions across Europe, and leads the EU-funded project on the impact evaluation of financial literacy initiatives in Portugal.
Her research interests include financial literacy and inclusion, gender gaps in finance, sex-disaggregated data, and digital financial inclusion. Her current work examines data inequality and gender gaps in digital finance, and was recognised with the Best Junior Paper award at the Conference on Understanding and Addressing Digital Inequalities (2025).
She previously worked as Senior Economist at Prometeia, where she focused on emerging risks in the Italian banking sector, and as Supervision Analyst at the European Central Bank, supporting supervisory policy work and international regulatory coordination. She holds an MSc in Economic and Social Sciences from Bocconi University.
In her volunteer time, she coordinates "Prime Minister," a school of politics for girls between 14 and 19 years old in Florence, aimed at equipping young women with the knowledge, confidence, and networks to become active protagonists in public and political life.