Researcher at the Department of Business and Management of Luiss Guido Carli University, holding a post-doc fellowship on Social Innovation Based Entrepreneurial Models: assets and contextual conditions in urban regeneration and regional developments. PhD in Urban Planning, Design and Policy at the Politecnico di Milano, Luca has been PhD visiting fellow at the Department of Geography and Environment of the London School of Economics and Political Science. In addition, Luca has experienced research activities and consultancies for different institutions, foundations and research centres like Nesta Italia, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan Center for Food Law and Policy, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation, IEFE/Bocconi University, Institute for Social Research (IRS, Milan), the European Research Center on Cooperatives and Social Enterprises and the Regional Agency for Technology and Innovation (Apulia Regional Government). His research interests include the analysis and evaluation of urban policies; the organisational and policy implications of social innovation, cultural and community-based entrepreneurship, social Impact of emergent technologies.