PhD in Design, member of the Polimi DESIS Lab at the Department of Design of Politecnico di Milano. Her research interests cover service and strategic design and social innovation, community centered design and collaborative services, with a specific focus on the incubation and growth of local initiatives and their relationship with the private and third sector. As a researcher she joined several national and European research programs. Adjunct Professor at the School of Design of Politecnico di Milano, she has been a lecturer at the Master in Social and Collaborative Housing of POLI.Design, at ASP Alta Scuola Politecnica, SPD and IES Abroad. In 2014 she co-founded HousingLab (www.housinglab.it), a multi-disciplinary lab experimenting within the field of collaborative housing.