The Scientific Committee of Collegio is composed of university professors, exponents of the world of training and business, with the function of guarantor of the quality of training activities and of stimulating the design of a training proposal increasingly based on experimental and innovative teaching, aim to train women and men willing and able to contribute to a profound impact of growth and improvement in the social, economic and cultural dimension of society.
Scientific Committee Members
2026-2028 term
Francesca MontagnaPresidentAssociate Professor of Technology and Production Systems at the Politecnico di Torino.
Associate Professor of Technology and Production Systems at the Politecnico di Torino. She holds a degree in Management Engineering and a PhD in Industrial Engineering (2007). She was a member of the Scientific Committee of Collegio Einaudi for the 2023–2025 term.
Her research interests range from Innovation Management and Technology Management to product development processes and design. In 2019, she completed the seminar program on the Teaching Case Method (Levels I and II) at Harvard University. She collaborates with A.I.TE.M. and the Design Society, where she also serves on the advisory board. She has acted as a scientific reviewer for conferences and congresses (including ICED, DESIGN, and IFAC-INCOM), as well as for academic journals in the field (such as RED, IJATM, EJIM, IJPR, and JPME). She frequently collaborates with public and private organizations on research and consultancy projects in Innovation Management, Product and Service Design, and Marketing. She has also served as an evaluator of innovation projects at both national and international levels.
Cristian CampagnaroFull Professor of Design at the Politecnico di Torino
Full Professor of Design at the Politecnico di Torino, where he also coordinates POLITO PER IL SOCIALE, the university center dedicated to social impact. His research focuses on sustainability, social inclusion, and participatory processes. In these fields, he has authored essays and leads and supervises projects, training activities, community engagement processes, and participatory workshops involving students, policymakers, public and private social sector operators, and both vulnerable and non-vulnerable citizens.
He has been selected for the ADI Design Index in the field of social design, thanks to several projects addressing homelessness, disability, and food poverty. Since 2014, he has coordinated the social inclusion lab COSTRUIRE BELLEZZA, which experiments with new models to counter adult marginalization. Since 2015, he has coordinated ALIMENTA, a systemic initiative against food poverty funded by Fondazione Progetto Arca Onlus. Since 2017, he has been the scientific director of the POLITO FOOD DESIGN LAB, which focuses on design with food.
Tiziana CiampoliniExpert in policies, training, and education for transformative innovation, and Lecturer in Social and Technological Innovation for cooperative enterprises and the third sector at the Politecnico di Torino.
Psycho-sociologist, facilitator and trainer, she holds a PhD in Social Economics and Institutional Studies. Her research focuses on the IAD (Institutional Analysis and Development) framework developed by Elinor Ostrom for analyzing institutional dynamics and complex social systems. She works on human development and territorial policies and teaches Community Psychology and Innovation at IUSTO University, as well as Social and Community Economics at the Politecnico di Torino. She is the founder of S-nodi.
She has gained extensive experience in social services and in managing complex innovation and action-research processes aimed at reducing inequalities. She has held institutional roles at both national and European levels, including serving as a representative of Caritas Italiana within Caritas Europa and as a member of the Board of Directors of Opera Barolo. She has also served as a city councillor for the City of Turin.
She is the author of contributions and publications on social innovation and community-related topics.
Stefano Grivet-TalociaFull Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of the Doctoral School at the Polytechnic University of Turin.
Full Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of the Doctoral School at the Polytechnic University of Turin. He earned his degree in Electronic Engineering in 1994 and his PhD in Electronic and Communications Engineering in 1998, both from the Polytechnic University of Turin. From 1994 to 1996, he worked at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA.
He is the author of more than 250 publications in the fields of modeling and numerical simulation of fields and circuits, with particular focus on model order reduction techniques and behavioral modeling. He has received numerous awards, including three IBM SUR Grant Awards and three Intel SRS Grants. Since 2019, he has been listed among the “top 2% worldwide researchers” by Stanford University and is an IEEE Fellow. He is also actively involved in technology transfer initiatives and was co-founder (2007) and president of the spin-off company IdemWorks until its acquisition by CST in 2016.
Sabina LangerPedagogist, trainer, and editor, as well as Project Coordinator at Zero5 – Laboratory of Metropolitan Utopias
Pedagogist, trainer, and editor. Sabrina designs and leads educational, training, and social programs aimed at promoting participation, active citizenship, dialogue, and well-being in school and community contexts, collaborating with Zero5 – Laboratorio di Utopie Metropolitane (social cooperative), the ED.UMA.NA. network, and interazioni.eu.
She holds a degree in Political Philosophy and a PhD in General Pedagogy, Social Pedagogy, General Didactics, and Subject Didactics from the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. Her doctoral research, titled DIRE FARE PARTECIPARE (To Say, To Do, To Participate), focused on a civic education curriculum for lower secondary schools co-designed by teachers and students.
She has contributed to the development of numerous school textbooks for primary and secondary education, as well as publications for educational professionals.
She is among the founding members of the Casa delle Donne di Milano and the Scuola Sconfinata movement. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Alexander Stiftung Foundation and is co-curator of the international conference PEA – Pedagogy, Ecology and the Arts.
Marina Marchisio ConteFull Professor of Mathematics at the University of Turin.
Full Professor of Mathematics Education at the Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences at the University of Turin, and coordinator of the research group DELTA – Digital Education for Learning and Teaching Advances. She is the coordinator of the PhD program in Defence and Security Sciences, President of SUISS (Interdepartmental University School in Strategic Sciences), and a member of the Scientific Committee of UMI – Unione Matematica Italiana.
From 2020 to 2025, she served as the Rector’s Delegate for Digital Education and is currently the scientific coordinator for the University of Turin within the EDVANCE – Digital Education Hub for Higher Education project. She contributed to the drafting of the European Commission’s Digital Education Action Plan 2021–2027.
Her main research interests focus on digital education. She is the author of over 180 scientific publications in national and international journals and conference proceedings.
Enzo MedicoFull Professor of Histology and Director of the Doctoral School at the University of Turin
Full Professor of Histology and Director of the Doctoral School at the University of Turin, where he graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1989. He has long been dedicated to translational cancer research and obtained his PhD from Sapienza University of Rome in 1994.
He currently leads the Oncogenomics Laboratory at the IRCCS in Candiolo (Turin). His research has focused on cancer genomics since 1998, when he developed gene trapping techniques at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle. In 2000, at George Church’s laboratory at Harvard, he initiated a research line that he continues to pursue, centered on exploring and analyzing gene expression programs underlying tumor aggressiveness and response or resistance to treatments, with the aim of developing new diagnostic systems and therapeutic approaches.
Stefano MolinaHead of the Education Area at Unione Industriali Torino.
Head of the Education Area at Unione Industriali Torino, he promotes dialogue between schools, universities, ITS (Higher Technical Institutes), and the business sector—bridging those who develop skills and those who can enhance them. Each year, around 10,000 young people are involved by Unione Industriali Torino in initiatives such as company visits, talks by entrepreneurs and managers, educational workshops, team competitions, scholarships, and more.
For three decades, he worked at Fondazione Agnelli, actively contributing to the drafting of numerous research reports on demographic trends, migration, and education. From 2016 to 2021, he served as national coordinator of the working group “Goal 4 – Quality Education” within the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS).
He is a founding member of the Neodemos Association, an independent forum analyzing the relationship between population and society.
Guido SaraccoFull Professor of Industrial and Technological Chemistry at the Politecnico di Torino.
Full Professor of Chemical Foundations of Technology at the Polytechnic University of Turin. A member of the Turin Academy of Sciences since 2015, Guido Saracco served as Rector of his university from 2018 to 2024.
His research has focused on photochemistry, catalysis, and green chemistry, and he has authored more than 500 publications. He is the curator of the Biennale Tecnologia festival and of the cultural content platform Prometeo Tech Cultures, both dedicated to exploring the reciprocal relationship between technology and humanity. He is the author of essays such as Alleati Digitali (Laterza, 2026), Chimica Verde 5.0 (Zanichelli, 2024), and Tecnosofia (Laterza, 2023).
Roberto TrincheroFull Professor of Experimental Pedagogy at the Department of Philosophy and Education Sciences at the University of Turin.
Full Professor of Experimental Pedagogy at the Department of Philosophy and Education Sciences at the University of Turin, and Director of CIFIS – the Interregional Center for the Training of Secondary School Teachers of Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta.
He conducts empirical research in education, focusing on the design and evaluation of educational and training processes, as well as cognitive enhancement. He was a member of the Scientific Committee of Collegio Einaudi for the 2023–2025 term.
Among his most recent publications are: Costruire e valutare abilità e competenze. Programmazione didattica e Indicazioni nazionali 2025 (Milan, Rizzoli Education, 2026); Mind Games. Il Ciclo di Apprendimento Esperienziale come strategia didattica e di potenziamento cognitivo (Milan, FrancoAngeli, 2025); Didattica orientativa. Costruire interessi e life skills insegnando le discipline (Milan, Sanoma, 2024); Penso dunque imparo. Guida al potenziamento cognitivo (Milan, Pearson, 2022); Valutare gli apprendimenti nella didattica universitaria (Verona, QuiEdit, 2021).