Faculty

Rocca Roberto

Core Faculty | Post Doc
Rocca Roberto - POLIMI School of Management

Roberto Rocca is a post-doc researcher at the Manufacturing Group of the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering of Politecnico di Milano since 2017. He obtained his Ph.D. in Management Engineering in 2023 in the field of industrial architectures for sustainable manufacturing in the cosmetics industry. His research areas include sustainable manufacturing paradigm, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology, metrics for environmental sustainability performances and impacts in manufacturing, Circular Economy, and digital technologies adoption for environmental sustainability. His main experiences are related to cosmetics, food and automotive sectors. He is a Project Manager for consultancy projects related to environmental sustainability and digital transition in collaboration with manufacturing companies and a coordinator of research activities linked to projects funded by the European Community (e.g. CLARUS European project). He worked in the past on many other European research projects, like FAR-EDGE, L4MS and FENIX projects. He is involved in many teaching activities in Politecnico di Milano (i.e., courses of Industrial Plant Management and Operations Management in the Food Industry); in collaboration with Politecnico Gsom and MADE (study tours, master and education programs for companies in the fields of sustainability and digitalization); and in collaboration with post-graduation courses (ITS). He is also author and co-author of scientific publications in international journals, books and conferences.