Francesca Abastante

Francesca Abastante is an Associate Professor at the Polytechnic University of Turin (DIST Department) and member of the R3C Interdepartmental Centre. She holds a PhD in Regional and Urban Studies (2013) and specializes in Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) applied to urban and territorial projects. Her research focuses on integrating MCDA with financial analytics and visualization tools to support real-time decision-making in sustainable development.

Key roles include scientific management of national projects (Chiomonte SMART, BIG/OPEN DATA) and participation in EU initiatives (SCORE, GLOSSA). She teaches courses in urban economics, real estate valuation, and project feasibility analysis at Politecnico di Torino. She serves on editorial boards for journals like *International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning* and is an active member of professional societies (SIEV, MCDM).

Her work emphasizes urban sustainability, climate action (SDGs 11 & 13), spatial analysis, and resilience planning. Projects involve evaluating low-carbon transitions, neighborhood regeneration, and SDG implementation frameworks using innovative methodologies like WebGIS platforms and participatory serious games.