Matteo Brunelli

Matteo Brunelli is Associate Professor of “Mathematical Methods of Economics and Actuarial and Financial Sciences” at the University of Trento, Department of Industrial Engineering, and Adjunct Professor (docent) at Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland. He is nationally habilitated as Full Professor in Italy and has held long-term visiting positions at Berkeley, Turku, Auckland, JAIST and Binghamton.

Education:

• Ph.D. (Doctor of Science) in Information Technologies, Åbo Akademi University, Finland, 2011 – graded Eximia cum laude approbatur
• M.Sc. in Economics, University of Trento, 2007 – grade 110/110 cum laude
• B.Sc. in Economics, University of Trento, 2005

Research focus: Brunelli’s work sits at the intersection of multi-criteria decision analysis, operations research and computational optimisation. He develops axiomatic foundations and algorithms for pairwise comparison matrices, consistency indices, the best-worst method and fuzzy preference relations, and applies them to energy planning, sustainable inventory, maintenance scheduling, 3-D printer selection, and blockchain governance.

His 2023-2025 articles reveal intensified interest in uncertainty modelling (Dempster-Shafer theory), bi-objective optimisation of inventory and maintenance, and group decision protocols that integrate probabilistic or active-learning components, demonstrating both methodological depth and practical relevance.

Scientific awards & grants:

• Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researcher grant (€254 670, 2014-2017)
• Claudio Dematté Research Grant (€19 000, 2008)
• Teacher of the Year Award, Aalto University (2013 – both Spring & Autumn semesters)
• Bernard Roy Award 2021 for outstanding contribution to Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding (under-40 category)

Supervision & funding: While specific doctoral students are not listed, Brunelli currently supervises graduate theses at Trento and has continuously held competitive national grants. His Academy of Finland project “Consistency of valued preference relations for decision analytics methods” financed three years of full-time research and international collaboration.

Editorial & community roles: He serves on the editorial boards of International Journal of General Systems and Mathematical and Computational Applications, and acts as area editor for Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, positioning him among the key gatekeepers of the MCDA community.