Roberta is a Lecturer at GCU London and a Fellow of Higher Education Academy. She holds an MSc in Financial and Economic Forecasting from London Metropolitan University, and a BSc in Economics from University of Parma, Italy.
She previously worked as Senior Lecturer in Finance at Westminster Business School, London, and has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Bologna, Italy, for over 10 years.
Roberta worked as a Financial Analyst at Citibank Global Asset Management (CGAM) and as Credit Risk Analyst at Tokai Bank Europe.
She has contributed several articles to the Finance and Social Policy press, including Social Policy and Society, International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance, and Journal of Economic Studies. She has also spoken at numerous international conferences and World Forums.
Her current research interests are in pensions, income distribution, poverty and inequality, capital markets performance and geopolitical risk spillovers.