Francesca Montagna

Francesca Montagna is an Associate Professor at the Department of Management and Production Engineering (DIGEP), Politecnico di Torino. She serves as Director of the University Strategies Study Center and holds leadership roles in the Politecnico University Centre for Social Affairs. Her research focuses on Innovation Management, Product Development, and Decision-Making Processes in engineering design.

• Scientific disciplinary sector: IIND-04/A - Manufacturing Technologies and Systems
• ERC sectors: Industrial design, Management, Decision-Making, Technological Change
• SDG Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Her recent work explores data-driven design, digital transformation, and operations management in manufacturing. She has supervised 8 PhD students, including Graziana Blandino and Teresa Monti, and contributed to projects like NO-STRESS Manufacturing and AIGEDA. Awards include Elsevier's Top 5 Most Highly Cited Papers in Design Studies (2014-2016).

Francesca collaborates with entities such as EIT-Manufacturing and Legacoop Piemonte, and actively participates in international conferences like the International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED). She is a reviewer for journals including Journal of Engineering Design and Research in Engineering Design.