Final Defences – PhD in Management Engineering – 25 March 2025

In presence and online streaming

Building BL26/B – Room 0.18 (ground floor)
Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
Via R. Lambruschini, 4/B

Committee Chair: Paolo Maccarrone, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano

Committee Members:
Olivia McDermott Hayes, Associate Professor, University of Galway, Ireland
Luis Cesar Herrero Prieto, Full Professor, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
Christian Otmar Fisch, Associate Professor,Universitédu Luxembourg, Luxembourg

09:00 – 09:30 am | Briefing and Introduction to the PhD Programme (Private Session – Committee Members Only)

09:30 am – 12:30 pm | PhD Defence Sessions – Introduction by Committee Chair – Professor Paolo Maccarrone
Presentation (30 minutes) | Discussion and defence (30 minutes)

09:30 – 10:30 am | PhD Candidate: Matteo Ferrazzi
PhD Programmein Management Engineering (full time)
Thesis Title: “DrivingSustainabilitywith Lean: Unlockingthe Potentialof Lean Manufacturing Practice for EnvironmentalPerformance Improvement”
Supervisor: Alberto Portioli Staudacher, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

10:30 – 11:30 am | PhD Candidate: Romain Lerouge
PhD Programmein Management Engineering (full time)
Thesis Title: “Public Policies for Well-being: Lights and Shadows of promoting Cultural Participation”
Supervisor: Michela Arnaboldi, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

11:30 am – 12:30 pm | PhD Candidate: Zeynep Hazal Kopal Maffezzoli
PhD Programmein Management Engineering (full time)
Thesis Title: “The role of Artificial Intelligence in sustainable investing” Supervisor: Mario Calderini, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

12:30 – 1:00 pm | Final Assessment (Private Session – Committee Members Only)

1:00 pm | Proclamation of the results