Professor of Practice at Bocconi University. I am Director of the Sustainable Urban Regeneration Lab and Senior Research Fellow at GREEN (Centre for Geography, Resources, Environment, Energy and Networks), where I coordinate the “Green Economy Observatory” and the “Smart City Observatory.” I am scientific coordinator of several European research projects focused on urban sustainability, circularity and resilience. I am Chairman of UERA – Urban European Research Alliance, member of the Thematic Group on Goal 11 (Cities) of UN – SDSN, member of the Team of specialist on policy innovation principles of UNECE, member of the Managing Board of the university network urban@it. I served as Milan City Councilor for Mobility, Transport and Environment, Administrator of the Agency for the Protection of the Environment of Lombardy Region, National government Subcommissioner for the implementation of Milan wastewater treatment system, Vice President of FEDARENE (European Federation of Regional Energy and Environment Agency), and Vice President of Italian Agenda 21 Coordination association.