Professor of Public Policy Analysis at the Politecnico di Milano and director of public policy research at the Instituto per la Ricerca Sociale, his research interests are focused on public administration and local government, environmental policy, urban and metropolitan governance, administrative reform and public management. He has worked as an advisor to several Italian ministries in the public administration and is one of the co-authors of the future “Green Charter” for administrative reform. Notable among his publications is In un diverso Stato - Come rifare la pubblica amministrazione italiana (Il Mulino, 1999).