Designer and PhD, she is an Associate Professor at the Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano. Her research activity focusses on the role of Design in the innovation processes of urban spaces, from a perspective of sustainability and inclusion. She is Scientific Director of the Specializing Master’s in Design for Public Spaces provided by POLI.Design. She has developed research in the fields of Design for urban social inclusion, processes of urban regeneration, energy sustainability promoted by Design, and circular economy for new production chains. She is a promoter for the Interior Design Degree Course of GIDE (Group for International Design Edu-cation), a network of European design schools that collaborates in educational programmes.