An economist, he lectures in the Design Faculty at the Politecnico di Milano and at the IED-Moda lab, Milan. He is a founder of sustainability-lab.net, a sustainable fashion social network; his most recent publication is “Le industrie ibride e il modello di specializzazione italiano”, in G.Bonifati and A. Simonazzi (eds), Il ritorno dell’economia politica, Saggi in ricordo di Fernando Vianello, Rome 2010.