Biography

Tommaso Correale Santacroce

(2023, May) Tommaso Correale Santacroce is a multimedia artist, event organizer and video-maker. He has been the Foundation’s head of digital communication since 2002, developing the structures and graphics not only of the current but also the previous 2006 and 2012 versions of the website. Tommaso is author of the footage, titles and editing of ... Tommaso Correale Santacroce

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Anna Pellizzone

(2017, January) Anna Pellizzone is a science writer and an independent researcher. A natural scientist, she holds a master in Science Communication and a PhD in Earth Sciences, obtained with a thesis on the social impact of geothermal technologies in collaboration with the Italian National Research Council. Since 2016 Anna has been collaborating with Fondazione ... Anna Pellizzone

Anna Pellizzone
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Avril Accolla

Avril Accolla, graduated with distinction in Industrial Design, Faculty of Architecture, Politecnico di Milano, with the thesis ‘Designing the normality’. Specialises in: Design Direction, Diversity, Marketing, Training Management, Prototyping. Professional works since 1998, in 2002 opened her own professional studio, avrildesign (product, systems and multimedia), particularly focusing on Design for All (DfA). Co-founder and partner ... Avril Accolla

Avril Accolla
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Francesco Samorè

(Last update: June, 2019) CURRENT POSITION – 2015-present Secretary general of the Giannino Bassetti Foundation for responsible innovation, Milan, Italy – www.fondazionebassetti.org – 2018- present Member of the Executive Board of Società di Incoraggiamento Arti e Mestieri (SIAM 1838), Milan, Italy – www.siam1838.it PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS – 2009-2015 Scientific director of the Giannino Bassetti Foundation for ... Francesco Samorè

Francesco Samorè

Jonathan Hankins

(2023, May) Jonathan Hankins holds a degree in Sociology, a Masters in Applied Social Research and a PhD in Human Capital Formation and Labour Market Relations, and has been collaborating with the Foundation since 2006. Amongst his responsibilities he is main author of the English language section of the Foundation website carrying out the roles ... Jonathan Hankins

Jonathan Hankins
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Paola Sobbrio

Paola Sobbrio graduated in Law in 1995 and since 2000 her research focuses on European regulations on protection and animal welfare and bioethical issues related to these. She earned a PhD in this specific field, at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Later on, Dr. Sobbrio has started working with animals Biotech (GM, transgenic, cloned, etc.) ... Paola Sobbrio

Giannino Bassetti. A portrait

In uncle Giannino’s time, the task of redistributing the resources created in the production cycle was structurally entrusted to the individuals who had these at their disposal, not least we could also say: to their paternalism. Today the argument is different – the State, in particular the Welfare State, redistributes the resources. The redemption is ... Giannino Bassetti. A portrait

Alberto Gobbi

Alberto Gobbi, M.D., is the founder and director of Orthopaedic Arthroscopic Surgery International (Milan, Italy). He graduated from Università degli Studi di Milano in 1983 and then continued his training to become a sports doctor and an orthopaedic surgeon specialized in arthroscopic procedures. He trained in arthroscopy in the US in the early eighties and ... Alberto Gobbi

Cristina Grasseni

(Update January 2013) Cristina Grasseni, M.Phil., Ph.D., Scientific Director of the Fondazione Giannino Bassetti (2006-2011), was trained in Philosophy, History of Science and Social Anthropology with Visual Media at the Universities of Pavia, Cambridge and Manchester. Radcliffe Fellow (2011/12), Film Study Center Fellow (2011/12) and Visiting Scholar (2012/14) at Harvard University, she is a full time ... Cristina Grasseni

Cristina Grasseni

Giannino Bassetti. L’imprenditore Raccontato

“L’imprenditore raccontato” is devoted to Giannino Bassetti, the man and his achievements: his personality, intelligence and values as a man and an entrepreneur. The volume, which is published by Rubbettino (2004), is edited by Roberta Garruccio and Germano Maifreda (both researchers in economic history at the Milan University Department of Historical Sciences and Documentation). Extract ... Giannino Bassetti. L’imprenditore Raccontato

Jeff Ubois

Jeff Ubois is president of the Berkeley Hillside Club, which provides support for public affairs discussions, arts, and culture in Berkeley, California. In addition to his work for the Bassetti Foundation, he writes about issues in public memory and television archiving at Television Archiving, and directs archival activities for New York-based Intelligent Television, a production ... Jeff Ubois