Sara Franceschi is currently associate professor at the Department of Economics and Statistics of the University of Siena. She studied Statistics and Economics at the University of Siena and received her PhD in Applied Statistics at the University of Florence. Her main fields of interest are: environmental sampling strategies with particular reference to richness, abundances and biodiversity indexes estimation of the abundance and ecological diversity of biological populations, treatment of non-responses and mapping of continuous and finite populations considering a design- based approach. She has published several scientific papers in peer-reviewed international journals.
FRANCESCHI SARA
Presentation
Office hours
Thursday from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, room 25, first floor. From June 30, 2026, students are invited to contact the lecturer for office hours.
Students can contact me by writing to sara.franceschi@unisi.it
Curriculum Vitae
Teaching activities
Completion accademic year: 2026/2027
Course year: 2
Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale)
STATISTICAL METHODS AND DATA ANALYTICS
A.Y. 2025/2026
Completion accademic year: 2025/2026
Completion accademic year: 2024/2025
Research
Ultime pubblicazioni:
- Fattorini, L., Franceschi, S., Pisani, C. (2026). Design-based Consistent Strategies Exploiting Auxiliary Information in Environmental Mapping. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS, 31, 350-366 [10.1007/s13253-024-00664-4]. - view more
- Di Biase, R.M., Fattorini, L., Franceschi, S., Marcelli, A., Marcheselli, M., Pisani, C. (2026). Reframing coverage estimation under line-strip sampling in the Monte Carlo integration framework. SPATIAL STATISTICS, 72 [10.1016/j.spasta.2026.100956]. - view more
- Tranquillo, C., Mazzamuto, M.V., Santicchia, F., Bisi, F., Preatoni, D., Martinoli, A., et al. (2026). Mammals among buildings: red squirrel personality variation along an urbanization gradient. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 238 [10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123645]. - view more
- D'Amico, G., Chirici, G., Campetella, G., Canullo, R., Cervellini, M., Chelli, S., et al. (2025). National Forest Inventory in Italy: new perspectives for forest monitoring. ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE, 82(1), 1-15 [10.1186/s13595-025-01303-9]. - view more
- Franceschi, S., Pisani, C., Fattorini, L., Corona, P. (2025). Statistical considerations for enhanced forest resource mapping. SILVA FENNICA, 59(2) [10.14214/sf.24063]. - view more