'Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.'
S. Freud
'Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.'
J. M. Keynes
'For me the value of a climb is the sum of three inseparable elements: aesthetic, history and ethics.'
W. Bonatti
about.
I am Maria Vittoria Ceschi, born in 1991 in Verona (Italy) and currently living and working in Milan. I am a multi-faceted person, with an interdisciplinary background combining different experiences: research, business analysis, project management. I like to define myself as a perpetual learner, with an insatiable appetite for knowledge. This is the main trait that shapes my identity.
I studied and am studying psychoanalysis and economics, and I currently passionately work in both fields.
I am a passionate entrepreneur seeking to enhance the vertical outdoor experiences through an innovative end-to-end platform: NIVA.
I also work as psychoanalyst and I conduct research work focusing mainly on metapsychology, epistemology, and the integration of psychoanalysis with economics.
I love the outdoors, visual arts, and traveling in unusual places.
entrepreneurship.
Embarking upon the endeavor of funding a startup company constitutes a formidable and intricate journey fraught with an abundance of uncertainty and multifaceted challenges. I like to compare it to mountaineering expeditions, characterized by the inherent volatility of landscapes, where nascent enterprises navigate a labyrinthine terrain fraught with financial, market, and operational issues. Indeed, starting a start-up company necessitates a meticulous, complex, and risky orchestration of diverse elements.
Still, this hard work pays off with in-depth knowledge, the ability to understand and manage complexity, and, last but not least, a strong network composed of industry stakeholders, investors and academics. That's why I am always open and keen to share my experience with people interested in my journey and, on the other side, to know other interesting persons and journeys.
So, let's have a virtual coffee together!
My startup company is NIVA, a tech company operating for the climbing industry, learn more here below.
From my deep passion of the mountains to the challenge of scaling the digital world...
Just as Patrick Berhault traversed the Alps from Slovenia to the shores of Menton, tying in with various partners along the way (Gabarrou, Edlinger, Fassini, Bouquet des Chaux, Aumage, Magnin), we, with NIVA, are building our own summits while learning to ‘scale the digital world’ (in every sense!). NIVA was born from our deep passion for the vertical world and the activities that revolve around it. That’s why we created a new space where people, united by their love for high-altitude landscapes, can connect, share their adventures, and learn. Over time, NIVA has become much more than just an app: it’s a movement, a meeting place where the digital world helps bring our vertical dreams to life. Always roped together, always connected.
NIVA represents an entire ecosystem of services, users and businesses in which value is created and shared
psychoanalysis.
I am a Freudian psychoanalyst, trained at the School of Freudian Psychoanalysis (Scuola di Psicanalisi Freudiana - SPF) in Milan, where I also hold the position of Vice President.
At SPF, I had the opportunity to deepen my understanding of psychoanalytic theory and its method of investigation, as well as to explore the naturalistic and rationalistic foundations of psychoanalysis as a science of nature.
Psychoanalysis is the science of the unconscious established by Sigmund Freud. Its body of theory is constituted by Freud’s milestones and by the contributions of later authors who built thereon without fundamental contradictions. In the preface to the “Dictionary of sexology” by Max Marcuse published in 1922, Freud delineated a more precise and detailed definition of psychoanalysis, according to which this is:
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firstly, a method for investigating psychological processes otherwise inaccessible;
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secondly, a treatment against neurotic disorders, which is based on such investigation;
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thirdly, a body of psychological knowledge obtained in this manner, which gradually accumulates and converges into a new scientific field.
As a lay psychoanalyst, I don't provide healthcare advice. Individuals seeking analysis should understand that it is primarily a method of investigation, and the extent of symptom relief depends on their own utilization of the knowledge they gain throughout the process. This means they must be motivated by a genuine curiosity about the causes and development of their symptoms.
I work in Milan or online, in Italian, English or French.
research.
I conduct research work focusing mainly on metapsychology, epistemology and the integration of psychoanalysis and economics, the latter having been the subject of my university studies.
In particular, I have been investigating the correspondences between neurobiology and psychoanalysis, the logical-epistemological issues of the Freudian method of investigation, and the formalisation of certain structural aspects of psychoanalytic theory.
Last but not least, for some years now, I have been conducting studies on the relations between economics and psychology by integrating the metapsychological perspective regarding topics such as the discussion on the rationality of homo oeconomicus, the analysis of the role and causes of fundamental uncertainty, the psychological dynamics inherent in economic choices (especially with reference to investment choices) and finally about methodological, epistemological and epistemic issues.
You can find my research here.
If you are interested, we can discuss my researches via a dedicated call: book here.
metaeconomica.
Metaeconomica is an under-development project aimed at integrating the metapsychological perspective into economics. The purpose of the project is to question the methodological and epistemic aspects of economic science through the metapsychological lenses and approach. We are currently building the core team around this endeavor. We'll soon launch an independent newsletter, and part of the results will be published in some academic journals. Our manifesto will be soon out.
If you are interested in learning more or collaborating, you can follow the project from our social pages and fill in the form at the end of the page.
We can also discuss via a dedicated call: book here.
video.
podcast.
blog.
a mountain soul.
The mountains have always been where I feel most alive and true to myself. As Reinhold Messner said, “Mountains aren’t fair or unfair, they’re just dangerous,” and that honesty is what draws me back, whether I’m free climbing, ski touring, mountaineering, or hiking. Each adventure is a chance to learn-about limits, passions, and the simple joy of moving through wild places. The mountains are a great school, Gaston Rébuffat put it well: “In climbing, there are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” If you are a wild souI, reach out via NIVA, and let’s explore together.
events.
Date and time is TBDLocation is TBDIf you are a climber, let's connect on NIVA and go climbing together!
Date and time is TBDLocation is TBDIf you are a skier, let's connect on NIVA and go skiing together!
