Anna Malandrino

Anna Malandrino serves as Assistant Professor at the Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), a joint department between University of Turin and Politecnico di Torino, within the Planning and Design College. Her teaching portfolio includes PhD-level courses in Urban Policy and Innovation (2024/25-2025/26) as main instructor for Urban and Regional Development and Innovation and Urban Governance, alongside Master's-level Digital Government Transformation in the Digital Skills for Sustainable Societal Transitions program.

Her research critically examines institutional frameworks in public policy implementation, with concentrated expertise in urban governance systems, digital transformation of public administration, and teacher training policy design. This work demonstrates consistent methodological rigor in analyzing multi-level governance structures and compliance mechanisms within European public sector contexts.

Dr. Malandrino's scholarly contributions have been recognized through prestigious awards:

• Young Scholars Award from Italian Journal of Public Policies for her analysis of teacher training policies
• Professor Franco Levi Memorial Award for outstanding doctoral research on public administration reform
• Visiting Scholar appointment at Harvard University's Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies

She currently leads the ECCO project (Enhancing Compliance Capacity in public Organizations) as Principal Investigator with Swiss National Science Foundation funding (2023), while maintaining active supervision of doctoral candidates in urban policy innovation. Her academic trajectory reflects deep engagement with both theoretical institutional analysis and practical policy implementation challenges across European governance contexts.