Citymonitor.org is made up of a group of professionals coming from the fields of consultancy and research. Our staff has a wide experience in advice projects for major Italian public administrations. It also worked in connection with main urban competitiveness researchers and academics.
Maria CoreaExpert in public administration issues, she has worked for more than ten years in the consutancy sector as project manager in advice, research and training projects for public agencies.
In the last years she focused her interests on urban policy issues, local development and urban competitiveness.
She has a degree in Scienze della Comunicazione at the University of Siena.
Giovanna Hirsch
Researcher and consultant focused on local economic development issues and urban policies.
She has a PhD in Development Economics at the University of Florence, where she studied rural-urban migration flows and development patterns in the Pearl River Delta, China. She also has a MSc in Political Economy of Development at SOAS, School of African and Oriental Studies of the University of London.
She published several papers on local economic development both in Italy and in South East Asia (China, South Korea).
Marco Lucchini
Expert in public policy issues, for more than ten years he has been a strategic consultant and project manager in advice, research and training projects for private and public organizations. Trainer and certified coach.
In the last years, he focused on local development and urban issues, working with national and international research institutes.
He as a degree in Contemporary History at the University of Milan