I am a qualitative and interdisciplinary researcher, driven by curiosity and a genuine interest in people’s stories. I enjoy listening, exploring different points of view, and working with topics that are naturally complex.
This curiosity has shaped my academic path and allowed me to collaborate with colleagues from physics, neuroscience, psychology and data science.
My current work focuses on understanding how firms, family businesses and SMEs navigate sustainability, entrepreneurship and their connections to local communities.
I also work as an independent researcher, collaborate on academic and applied research projects, and serve as thesis supervisor or second assessor at Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD level.
Published academic research (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.
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.
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.
Patuelli, A., & Keplinger, K. (2023). Künstliche Intelligenz in Familienunternehmen. In Herausforderungen im Management von Familienunternehmen: Werte–Wachstum–Controlling–Krisenbewältigung. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.
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.
Patuelli, A., Zare, S., Lattanzi, N. (2022). Factors affecting SMEs business resilience during the first Covid-19 outbreak: evidence from Italian yacht-building firms. Small Business / Piccola Impresa, 3.
Patuelli A., Caldarelli G., Lattanzi N., Saracco F. (2021). Firms’ challenges and social responsibilities during Covid-19: A Twitter analysis. PLoS ONE.
Patuelli, A., & Donato, F. (2018).Developing local cultural networks: the case of Dante 2021 in Ravenna, Journal of Cultural Management & Policy.
Amato, S., Patuelli, A., & Lattanzi, N. (2021). Developing digital innovation in family firms: evidence from Italian industrial districts. In Family Business and Regional Development. Routledge.
Gnecco, G., Amato, S., Patuelli, A., & Lattanzi, N. (2020). Machine learning application to family business status classification. In Machine Learning, Optimization, and Data Science: 6th International Conference.
Conferences and workshops presentations
Global Goals 2024, Utrecht University
Presentation on SDGs in family firms.
EURAM 2024, Bath
Presentation on family business and place attachment (Family Business SIG).
Econophysics Colloquium 2023, Lipari
Presentation on SDGs as unifying narratives in UK firms.
EURAM 2023, Dublin
Presentations on sustainability values transmission in small family firms and applications of complex networks in management research.
IECER 2022, Maastricht
Case study on family firms and place attachment.
Multiple presentations at EURAM (2020–2022), IFERA (2021) and ENCACT (2017).