Michele Costola is Associate Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy). He is also a visiting fellow at the ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading (UK), and an external affiliate at the Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE in Frankfurt. His research focuses on financial economics and empirical finance, exploring financial, geopolitical, and energy markets, contagion dynamics, sentiment analysis, and the intersection of sustainability and ESG risks. He is engaged in international projects and policy initiatives on sustainable finance, contributing to the development of frameworks for de-risking energy efficiency investments and integrating environmental performance into financial risk assessment.
Michele Costola
Speaker
TES providing an overview of Emotional Health in Europe
Speech
For more than 60 years, IFOTES member helplines have responded to the emotional needs of European citizens, 24 hours a day, every day of the year. The information and data collected - through approximately 4 million phone calls annually, as well as 350,000 chats and emails - are representative of the emotional well-being of the population. These data illustrate the evolution of social well-being across the continent and provide valuable insights for predicting mental health trends.