Full Professor of Management at LUMSA University in Rome, where he is the Director of the Interdepartmental Research Center on Social and Penal Systems “Diritto Alla Speranza”. His research and teaching activity is focused on public and nonprofit management, management of social enterprises and corporate sustainability, measurement and evaluation of social impact. In particular, in recent years his research activity has focused on collaborative management (co-production and network management), evaluation of the impact of social inclusion projects and the management of penal institutions. He is Chair of the SIG Public and Nonprofit Management of EURAM – European Academy of Management. He is also Chair of the Strategic Interest Group (SIG) in Local Governance of IRSPM – International Research Society in Public Management. He is a research affiliate at the ICRIOS research center of Bocconi University. Since 2004 he has been a professor at the SDA Bocconi School of Management. In July 2024 he was appointed by the CNEL among the experts of the “Permanent Secretariat for the economic, social and work inclusion of persons deprived of personal liberty”.