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Faculty and Scientific Committee of Master PolisMaker
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Faculty

Training professionals able to act on territories by improving citizens’ quality of living.

An interdisciplinary, international, place-based faculty

The PolisMaker Faculty brings together university professors, experts and practitioners delivering tools, visions and real cases on urban and territorial transformations.

Teaching is integrated across the six disciplinary areas of the Master (Territorial Development and Urban Regeneration, Economics & Strategy, Law, Human Sciences, Art & Design, Communication), with national and international contributors and a strong link to field workshops.

Lecturers and professionals

Direction and coordination, scientific committee, and faculty.

Direction and coordination

Scientific and organisational leadership of the Masters.

Prof. Giovanni Lonati

Prof. Giovanni Lonati

Built Environment

Director of the PolisMaker Masters. Associate Professor of Environmental and Land Planning Engineering at Politecnico di Milano.

Prof. Angelo Caruso di Spaccaforno

Prof. Angelo Caruso di Spaccaforno

Economics & Strategy

Founder and President of the Scientific Committee, Former Professor of Property Valuation and Economic Evaluation of Plans and Projects at Politecnico di Milano

Prof. Santiago Caprio

Prof. Santiago Caprio

Art & Design

Vice-Director of the PolisMaker Masters. People-Centred Smart Cities Expert, UN-Habitat, Professor of Urban Technology and Design at Universidad de Buenos Aires. Director of PolisMaker.Lab – CISE.

Prof. Benedetto Antonini

Prof. Benedetto Antonini

Built Environment

Head of the Territorial Development and Urban Regeneration Area. Former Director of Urban Planning for Canton Ticino (Switzerland).

Eng. Andrea Galli

Eng. Andrea Galli

Value Management

Value Manager. Technical & Scientific Coordinator. Vice President of the Italian Association for Value Management and Analysis (AIAV). PolisMaker-PolisMaker.Lab.

Architect Marco Asciutti

Architect Marco Asciutti

Built Environment

Coordinator of PolisMaker teaching activities. LABA Academy of Fine Arts - Brescia. PolisMaker.

Scientific committee

Disciplinary supervision and cultural guidance.

Prof. Giampiero Bambagioni

Prof. Giampiero Bambagioni

Economics & Strategy

Head of the Economy & Strategy Area. Vice Chair, United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) | UN Initiative, Geneva. Lecturer in Economic Evaluation of Projects, Faculty of Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome. Scientific Coordinator of the Italian Property Valuation Standards (Codice delle Valutazioni Immobiliari)

Prof. Marina Botta

Prof. Marina Botta

Built Environment

Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (KTH).

Prof. Marco Brischetto

Prof. Marco Brischetto

Economics & Strategy

Professor of Valuation Principles at the Politecnico di Milano and senior partner at Baec associated studio.

Prof. Daniela Carrion

Built Environment

Associate Professor in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geomatics and Remote Sensing applied to land management and emergency response – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Prof. Francesco Paolo Cecati

Prof. Francesco Paolo Cecati

Economics & Strategy

President of the Italian Association for Value Management and Analysis (AIAV)

Attorney Elisabetta Cicigoi

Attorney Elisabetta Cicigoi

Law

Head of the Law Area – Master PolisMaker. Expert in Environmental Law. Member of the International Law and Practice Section of the New York State Bar Association.

Dr. Alessandra De Seneen

Communication

Head of the Communication Area – Master PolisMaker. Secretary General of the National Institute of Rural Sociology (INSOR).

Prof. Paolo Maria Di Stefano

Prof. Paolo Maria Di Stefano

Economics & Strategy

Former industrial executive and Marketing professor.

Dr. Enrico Fedrighini

Dr. Enrico Fedrighini

Economics & Strategy

Head of Integrity Management, United Risk Management S.p.A. Councillor of the Municipality of Milan.

Prof. Giovanna Fossa

Prof. Giovanna Fossa

Built Environment

Full Professor of Urban and Territorial Planning at Politecnico di Milano.

Prof. Andrea Fossati

Prof. Andrea Fossati

Built Environment

Adjunct Professor, Urban Planning Techniques Lab 1, Politecnico di Milano.

Prof. Roberto Gerundo

Prof. Roberto Gerundo

Built Environment

Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Salerno.

Prof. Paolo Martini

Prof. Paolo Martini

Human Sciences

Co-head of the Human Sciences Area – Master PolisMaker. Anthropologist; former Education Superintendent of Bellinzona.

Prof. Eduardo Elguezabal Mazzolla

Economy & Strategy

Regulatory consultant for the National Appraisal Agency of Argentina (TTN). Professor at the School of Architecture of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and at the National University of the Littoral. Director of the postgraduate Valuation Programme (UBA–UPV). Juror for official appraisers of the Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina.

Architect Franco Pallanza

Architect Franco Pallanza

Built Environment

Architect and PolisMaker focused on Cultural Heritage recovery. President of the PolisMaker International Association (PIA)

Prof. Dipak R. Pant

Prof. Dipak R. Pant

Built Environment

Founder of the Unit for Interdisciplinary Studies in Sustainable Economics and Professor of Anthropology and Economics. Senior Member of the Faculty at the School of Economics and Management, Carlo Cattaneo University – LIUC. Professor at various universities across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Prof. Fulvia Pinto

Prof. Fulvia Pinto

Built Environment

Associate Professor of Urban Planning at Politecnico di Milano.

Prof. Massimo Santaroni

Prof. Massimo Santaroni

Law

Associate Professor of Comparative Legal Systems at the University of Trento.

Prof. Ciriaco Santoro

Prof. Ciriaco Santoro

Built Environment

Lecturer in Built Environment area. PolisMaker.

Eng. Marco Scaramellini

Eng. Marco Scaramellini

Built Environment

President of the Order of Engineers of the Province of Sondrio. Vice President of the High School of Training of the National Council of Engineers Foundation.

Prof. Sara Schieppati

Human Sciences

Co-head of the Human Sciences Area – Master PolisMaker. Psychologist, Ph.D., PolisMaker, and member of the Research Unit on Arts and Environments, Department of Psychology of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

Prof. Teresa Trejo Guzmàn

Prof. Teresa Trejo Guzmàn

Built Environment

Professor of Architectural Design at the Tecnológico Nacional de México (TNM), ITQ.

Prof. Enrico Tacchi

Prof. Enrico Tacchi

Human Sciences

Professor of Environmental and Territorial Sociology – University of Milan.

Prof. Cesare Vaccà

Prof. Cesare Vaccà

Law

Associate Professor of Private Law, University of Milan–Bicocca.

Prof. Andrea Villani

Prof. Andrea Villani

Economics & Strategy

Professor of Urban Economics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

Prof. Emmanuele Villani

Built Environment

Adjunct Professor in Industrial Product Design, Politecnico di Milano.

Prof. Antoine Wasserfallen

Prof. Antoine Wasserfallen

Economy & Strategy

PhD EPFL. Lecturer at the EU Business School in Geneva and Montreux. Former Town Architect of Bagnes–Verbier.

Faculty and guest lecturers

Master lecturers and invited practitioners for applied perspectives.

Dr. Franco Amigoni

Economics & Strategy

Sincron Polis, PolisMaker.

Dr. Stefania Bandini

Economy & Strategy

Director of the Artificial Intelligence Lab at the Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication, University of Milan-Bicocca.

Architect Piera Belotti

Built Environment

Director for Territory, Urban Planning, Soil Protection and Metropolitan City, Lombardy Region.

Dr. Bitar Lujain

Human Sciences

Lecturer at Sharjah University, United Arab Emirates.

Architect Monica Bonechi

Communication

PolisMaker, Project Manager and communication expert.

Prof. Marco Botta

Economics & Strategy

Adjunct Professor of Corporate Finance at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

Dr. Serena Braccini

Economics & Strategy

PhD, University of Pisa.

Dr. Mark Brusati

Economics & Strategy

PhD, Unit of Interdisciplinary Studies for Sustainable Economics, Carlo Cattaneo University.

Architect Maurizio Spada

Built Environment

President of Uomo Ambiente Institute.

Dr. Maura Cetti Serbelloni

Art & Design

Expert in tourism and cultural heritage.

Eng. Ippolita Chiarolini

Economy & Strategy

Councillor of the National Council of Engineers at the Ministry of Justice.

Dr. Lucia Colombo

Human Sciences

Adjunct Professor of Atypical Development and Disability Psychology at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Psychologist and Psychotherapist.

Architect Antonio Costantino

Built Environment

President of the National College of Italian Architects (CNEAI).

Dr. Paola Deda, PhD

Economy & Strategy

Director of the Housing and Land Management Division of the United Nations (UNECE).

Dr. Sabrina Donzelli

Human Sciences

Anthropologist and researcher focused on cultural and social innovation. PolisMaker.

Dr. Ylbert Durishti

Human Sciences

Lecturer at ACME, Academy of Media Fine Arts, Milan.

Attorney Maria Rosaria Fascia

Law

Expert in urban negotiation.

Architect Youssef El Ganadi

Built Environment

Lecturer at the International University of Rabat and President of buildingSMART Morocco.

Dr. Paola Friggè

Human Sciences

Adjunct Professor and Researcher at the Unit of Psychology of Art, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

Architect Maria Teresa Genoni

Built Environment

Project Development, PPP and Project Financing Manager, Impresa Percassi.

Dr. Leda Geraci

Human Sciences

Graduate in Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology, specialised in museology and cultural heritage management. Head of the Museum of Cultures in Lugano.

Eng. Alberto Germani

Economics & Strategy

Member of the UNECE PP Expert Team; Technical Director of PMF Engineering Company.

Dr. Andrea Iovino

Human Sciences

President of the Biennale of Arts and Sciences of the Mediterranean.

Eng. Mauro Lavezzari

Communication

IT Architect.

Dr. Fabio Liberali

Communication

Member of the Board and Chief Identity & Communications Officer of the LU-VE Group.

Dr. Paola Lunghini

Economics & Strategy

Director of Real Estate Economics.

Dr. Giuseppe Mastrilli

Law

PhD, Public Works Authority Lombardy – Emilia Romagna.

Architect Carmelo Maugeri

Economy & Strategy

Head of Public–Private Partnership for urban transformation areas at the Municipality of Milan.

Dr. Beatrice Melillo

Built Environment

Director of the Soil Remediation Operational Unit, Regional Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA Lombardia).

Prof. Sergio Meschi

Communication

Founder and Marketing Strategist at AudienceZero.

Architect Francesca Moroni

Economy & Strategy

Expert at the Italian State Property Agency (Agenzia del Demanio). Architect and PolisMaker.

Architect Sanam Nasiri

Built Environment

Urban planner, PolisMaker, and teaching assistant for the GIS Course at the Politecnico di Milano.

Dr. Renata Gabriella Olivieri

Law

Trainer in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Protection, and Expert in Public Administration Studies.

Architect Chiara Penco

Built Environment

Architect and urban planner at the Lombardy Region.

Attorney Roberta Pierantoni

Law

Expert in Regulatory Law at the Studio Bicozzi Nobili Piazza.

Dr. Paolo Podda

Communication

Expert in communication on social networks.

Architect Marco Porro

Built Environment

Architect and PolisMaker.

Prof. Emilio Renzi

Human Sciences

Philosopher; lecturer in Semiotics at Politecnico di Milano. Former member of the Olivetti Study Centre.

Dr. Giacomo Riccio

Law

Technical Officer at the Standardization Directorate of UNI – the Italian National Standardization Body.

Prof. Paolo Righetti

Human Sciences

Lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

Dr. Emanuele Rizzardi

Economics & Strategy

Partner at 4Changing.

Dr. Elena Romani

Human Sciences

Research Unit in Psychology and Art at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

Prof. Simona Ruggi

Human Sciences

Adjunct Professor at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

Prof. Daniele Ruscio

Human Sciences

PhD Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

Architect Roberto Sacchi

Built Environment

Head of Culture & Environment Bergamo.

Dr. Pasqualino Santori

Communication

President of the Institute of Bioethics for Veterinary and Agri-food (IBV-A).

Architect Paolo Simonetti

Built Environment

Former Central Director for Territorial Development – City of Milan.

Prof. Marzia Traverso

Built Environment

Head of the Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering (INaB) and Chair of Sustainability Systems and Sustainability Models in Civil Engineering at RWTH Aachen University.

Eng. Fabio Valsecchi

Built Environment

Head of Civil Protection, Transport and Mobility Services – Province of Lecco.

Architect Uberto Visconti di Massino

Economics & Strategy

Real Estate Development Manager B&B Hotels Italia S.p.A., Talent Garden

Architect Sandra Zappella

Built Environment

Head of Territory, Urban Planning, Soil Protection and Metropolitan City at the Lombardy Region.

Eng. Alessandro Zichi

Built Environment

PhD, Master BIM Manager at Politecnico di Milano.

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