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 .









