Design Research in the Digital Era. Opportunities and implications. Notes on Doctoral Research in Design 2020

PhD in Industrial Design, she is an Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano, Design Department. Her core field of research is product design, with a focus on theories of design and the nature of design processes, in particular as they pertain to product innovation. Her recent attention has concentrated on the opportunities that smart and dynamic artefacts offer to the field of design for behavior change. She has taken part in various research projects and serves as a reviewer for both Design Journals and Conferences. Since 2009, she is on the Design PhD Faculty of Politecnico di Milano. In 2018 she has been appointed as the PhD Program vice-coordinator.

PhD in Design, she is Lecturer at the Design School, and postdoc Research Fellow at the Design Department, Politecnico di Milano. She designs and researches on interactive complex systems for communication and social innovation, focusing on assessing their impact on users. Her studies span among Communication Design, Game Studies and Interaction Design, covering Media Studies, Speculative Design and Sociology to varying degrees. On such topics, she has been taking part in national and international research projects, being also involved in organizing conferences and reviewing journals and conference papers.