She obtained her PhD from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. Her expertise is in studying the factors that support effective decision-making under high uncertainty. She focuses on the evaluation process of early stage investors, as well as on the decision process of entrepreneurs, exploring the reasoning strategies that support them in establishing customer validation and in coping with failure. Magdalena is also interested in crowdfunding, and in individual behaviour in environments, characterised by high institutional complexity. She is passionate about studying how to foster entrepreneurial skills, and engages with this subject both through research and teaching.