Sociologist and Director of Social and Health Policies at IRS (Institute for Social Research) where he directs research, consultancy, planning and evaluation activities with administrations and NGOs.
He has been a professor of design and social evaluation at the University of Milan Bicocca, at the Ca “Foscari University of Venice and at the Polytechnic of Milan.
He has taught in Masters and Postgraduate courses at the University of Genoa, Carlo Bo University of Urbino, University of Pisa, Cà Foscari University of Venice, Milan Polytechnic University, Catholic University of Milan, University of Catania, University of Palermo, Esis of Palermo, CEFPAS of Caltanissetta, Unicollege of Mantua and of the Carolina Albasio Institute of Castellanza,
He is deputy director of the scientific magazine Social and Health Perspectives and scientific consultant of the online platform welforum.it.