He is the co-coordinator of DESIS-China network (The Network on Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability in China) and member of international coordination committee of DESIS association. His research interests focus on strategic design for sustainability and service design for social innovation, particularly, in the fields of food and agriculture, EV mobility, active welfare and smart healthcare. In last years, he has been in charge of a number of government funded projects and international research collaboration on related topics. He has more than 30 peer-reviewed academic publications in international conferences and journals. Before, he obtained his PhD degree in design at Politecnico di Milano in 2010 and was a visiting scholar at MEL-Design Lab, MIT in 2009, visiting fellow in HKDI (2011) and visiting scholar in Tu/e (2012/13).