Annaelena Valentini is a post-doctoral researcher in economics at the University of Florence, specializing in inequalities and just transition. She completed her Ph.D. in Economics at the Universities of Siena, Florence, and Pisa in May 2024, with a thesis focused on the conceptualization and measurement of inequality of opportunity and cumulative disadvantage.

During her doctoral studies, she visited the Paris School of Economics and the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics (LSE). Her previous research includes studies on childcare policies, human trafficking for sexual exploitation, and rehabilitative programs in jailhouses.