Curriculum
CURRENT POSITIONS
Founder
Pharus Learning, The Netherlands
Workshops and short courses at the intersection of research, self-awareness, and entrepreneurship, working with PhD and Master students, entrepreneurs, family businesses, start-up incubators, and universities.
Lecturer in Sustainable Business and Applied Research
SRH Haarlem University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
Teaching and mentoring highly international cohorts.
Lecturer in Corporate Social Responsibility
Team Academy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Teaching and mentoring international cohorts.
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
Lecturer (2022-2023) and Assistant Professor (2023–2025)
Northumbria University, Amsterdam Campus, The Netherlands
Teaching Professional Reporting on Sustainability, Research Methods, Consultancy Projects, Global Business Environment and Academic Skills to a highly diverse and international class. Conducting research on business sustainability.
Assistant Professor in Management (2019–2022)
IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy
Teaching Strategy and Governance for Family Businesses, researching family businesses and sustainability.
Adjunct Professor in Business Administration and Public Management
University of Florence, Italy (2022)
University of Ferrara, Italy (2017–2019)
Research Collaborator
IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy (2018–2019)
Conducting applied interdisciplinary research merging business, management, neuroscience and psychology.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Business Administration and Management (2017)
University of Pisa (Italy). Awarded distinction.
MSc in Economics, Markets and Management (2013) – 110/110 cum laude
University of Ferrara
BSc in Business Administration and Financial Intermediaries (2010) – 104/110
University of Ferrara
QUALIFICATIONS
Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs (University Teaching Qualification) – Risbo, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2025.
National Scientific Qualification (Associate Professor, Italy) – Business Administration & Accounting Studies (valid 2022–2034).
Carbon Literacy Certification (UK, 2024).
Daniel Goleman Emotional Intelligence Course (Online, 2025).
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED)
Patuelli, A., & Amato, S. (2025). Understanding place attachment in family firms: a multiple case study from rural Italy. Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy.
Mastrandrea, R., Amato, S., & Patuelli, A. (2025). The Context Matters: A Network Perspective on Interlocking Directorates in Italian Manufacturing Firms. Networks and Spatial Economics, 1-32.
Amato, S. & Patuelli A. (2023). Family Firms and Local Roots. Implications on Economic Performance and Corporate Social Responsibility. Springer, CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance.
Patuelli, A., Saracco, F. (2023). Sustainable development goals as unifying narratives in large UK firms’ Twitter discussions. Scientific Reports 13, 7017. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34024-y
Amato, S., Patuelli, A., Basco, R., & Lattanzi, N. (2023). Family firms amidst the global financial crisis: A territorial embeddedness perspective on downsizing. Journal of Business Ethics, 183(1), 213-236.
Patuelli, A., Carungu, J., & Lattanzi, N. (2022). Drivers and nuances of sustainable development goals: Transcending corporate social responsibility in family firms. Journal of Cleaner Production, 373, 133723.
Patuelli A., Caldarelli G., Lattanzi N., Saracco F. (2021). Firms’ challenges and social responsibilities during Covid-19: A Twitter analysis. PLoS ONE 16(7): e0254748.
Patuelli, A., & Donato, F. (2018). Developing local cultural networks: the case of Dante 2021 in Ravenna, Journal of Cultural Management & Policy, 8, 1, ISSN 2224-2554.
Amato, S., Patuelli, A., & Lattanzi, N. (2021). Developing digital innovation in family firms: evidence from Italian industrial districts. In Family Business and Regional Development (pp. 103-121). Routledge.
The complete list is available on Google Scholar.
LANGUAGES
English (Fluent)
Dutch (Intermediate – almost B1)
Italian (Native).
