Final Defences – PhD in Management Engineering – 29 May 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: Matteo Giacomo Maria Kalchschmidt, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

Committee Members:
Alessandra Cassar, Full Professor, University of San Francisco
Fabrizio Amarilli, Assistant Professor, Dublin City University

04:00 – 04:30 pm | Briefing and Introduction to the PhD Programme (Private Session – Committee Members Only)

04:30 – 06:30 pm | PhD Defence Sessions – Introduction by Committee Chair – Professor Matteo Giacomo Maria Kalchschmidt
Presentation (30 minutes) | Discussion and Defence (30 minutes)

04:30 – 05:30 pm | PhD Candidate: Omar Mazzucchelli
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (full time)
Thesis Title: “Scientists And Society: A Gendered Relationship”
Supervisor: Cristina Rossi, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

05:30 – 06:30 pm | PhD Candidate: Francesca Zoccarato
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (full time)
Thesis Title: “Corporate Foresight as Practice: Investigating Materiality and Discourse in Scanning and Scenario Generation Activities”
Supervisor: Giovanni Toletti, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano

06:30 – 6:45 pm | Final Assessment (Private Session – Committee Members Only)

6:45 pm | Proclamation of the results