Final Defences – PhD in Management Engineering – 25 June 2026

Date

25/06/2026

Time

10:00 - 12:45

Location

Room 2.30 (GSoM Building)

In presence and online streaming

Building 26/a – Room 2.30
Graduate School of Management (GSoM)
Via R. Lambruschini, 4/c

Committee Chair: Marco Macchi, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

Committee Members:
Kristina Nyström, Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Xiaoyang Li, Professor, Deakin Business School, Victoria, Australia


10:00 am – 12:45 pm | PhD Defence Sessions
Greetingsby Professor Giuliano Noci, Vice Rector for China
Introduction by Committee Chair - Professor Marco Macchi

Presentation (30 minutes) | Discussion and Defence (30 minutes)

10:15 – 11:15 am | PhD Candidate: Duosi Xu
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (Executive Tsinghua)
Thesis Title: “The Innovation Willingness of Intangible Cultural Heritages Inheritors”
Supervisor: Valeria Fedeli, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

11:15 am – 12:15 pm | PhD Candidate: Chunru Liu
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (Executive Tsinghua)
Thesis Title: “The Value of Job Flexibility: An Empirical Study in China”
Supervisor: Paolo Trucco, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

12:15 – 12:45 pm | Final Assessment (Private Session – Committee Members Only)

12:45 pm | Proclamation of the results