Alessandro Destefanis

Alessandro Destefanis serves as an External Lecturer and Teaching Assistant at Politecnico di Torino's Department of Management and Production Engineering (DIGEP), contributing to the Master's Degree Course in Technology and Innovation Management in Cybersecurity (2024/25) and previously collaborating on Challenge@PoliTo projects for Chemical and Sustainable Process Engineering (2020/21).

His research examines technology-driven disruption in tourism, with emphasis on sharing economy platforms (particularly Airbnb) and artificial intelligence adoption. Key interests include socio-economic impacts on rural communities (Italian "Borghi"), cultural tourism development in Southern Italy, business model innovation, and AI's transformative role in hospitality ecosystems. His empirical work frequently utilizes case studies and quantitative analysis within the Italian context.

Publication analysis reveals consistent focus on digital transformation's dual impact: micro-level adoption patterns (e.g., homeowner motivations for Airbnb) and macro-level industry effects (hotel performance metrics, community ecosystems). A clear trajectory emerges from immediate sharing economy impacts toward predictive AI applications, with increasing attention to sustainable tourism frameworks and future-oriented business model evolution in his 2022 doctoral thesis.