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Rizzuni Andrea Matteo

Researcher

Rizzuni Andrea Matteo

Researcher

Andrea Rizzuni is Assistant Professor at Politecnico di Milano (Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering of the School of Management), where he teaches Agricultural Supply Chain Management at the MSc in Agricultural Engineering and various modules on business economics, sustainability and cross-sector partnerships at MSc, graduate, and corporate programmes. His research interests lie at the intersection between strategic management, business and industrial economics and sustainable development, with a focus on cross-sector partnerships with nonprofits, and circularity in the water and agri-food sectors.

Career

PhD: Management Engineering - Ingegneria Gestionale, Politecnico di Milano

Master of Science: Management Engineering - Ingegneria Gestionale, Politecnico di Milano

Research

Research interests: Cross-sector partnerships between business and nonprofit organizations; circularity and resource efficiency in the agri-food (food waste reduction; surplus food management, recovery and redistribution) and water (economic and policy drivers for water reuse technologies adoption) sectors.

Selected Publications

Casson, A., Valentini, G., Rizzuni, A., Narote, A. D., Scotti, G., Guidetti, R., & Giovenzana, V. (2026). Redistribution through urban food hubs: A comprehensive sustainability assessment. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 117, 108149.

Bartezzaghi, G., Garrone, P., Rizzuni, A., Melacini, M., & Perego, A. (2025). Resource Orchestration in Cross-Sector Partnerships for Systemic Change: A Longitudinal Study of Urban Food Assistance. Business & Society, In Press.

Garrone, P., Rizzuni, A. (2025). Collaborations with nonprofit organizations: Signals or agents of operational change? Empirical evidence from Italian listed enterprises. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 32(1), 448–464.

Neri, A., Rizzuni, A., Garrone, P., & Cagno, E. (2024). Influence of policymakers and civil society stakeholders on sewage sludge management strategies: Empirical results from European utilities. Journal of Environmental Management, 364, 121396.

Cagno, E., Garrone, P., Negri, M., & Rizzuni, A. (2022). Adoption of water reuse technologies: An assessment under different regulatory and operational scenarios. Journal of Environmental Management, 317, 115389.

Grants, awards and Honours

  1. EU-SPRI PhD Circulation Award (2023): Competitive grant to fund my visiting period at Copenhagen Business School
  2. Participation to Earthshot Prize winning project (2021): Part of research team of Earthshot Prize awarded project City of Milan hubs for surplus food recovery and redistribution

Community service

  1. Evaluator for the 2024 World Food Programme Global Youth Hackathon on Food Waste
  2. Reviewer for Research Policy, Business & Society, Technovation, Journal of Environmental Management, Environmental Development, Utilities Policy, Heliyon, Sustainable Futures
  3. Local Academic Coordinator for outgoing Management Engineering students on Erasmus mobility programmes to French universities
  4. Tutor of PhD students at Politecnico di Milano’s Department of Management Economics and Industrial Engineering for two academic years


Research projects