Francesca Mattioli, MSc in Design and Engineering, is currently a PhD candidate in Design at Politecnico di Milano. Her research focuses on culturally plural collaboration in design-based learning and it is aimed at investigating teaching and learning practices related to cross-cultural collaboration in higher design education. She is teaching assistant in the MS Design & Engineering at Politecnico di Milano and teacher in the specialising Master in Industrial Design Engineering and Innovation at POLI.design.