Gianluca Misuraca

Senior Research Associate @ Politecnico di Milano​

Gianluca Misuraca is a Senior Research Associate at the Department of Design of Politecnico di Milano. He is a former Senior Scientist at the European Commission ́s Directorate General Joint Research Centre in Seville, Spain, where, since February 2009 until August 2020, he was part of the Growth & Innovation Directorate and coordinated research in the area of Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector, including being the Scientific Coordinator of JRC research on Digital Government transformation as part of the EU ISA2 Programme and acting as Task Leader on AI for the Public Sector for the AI Watch observatory established to monitor the implementation of the AI Coordinated Action Plan in collaboration with Member States and EC services.

Before joining the European Commission, Gianluca was the Managing Director of the Executive Master in eGovernance at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). During his career he held several positions as policy advisor for different International Organisations, including the United Nations General Secretariat, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, cooperation agencies and consulting in the area of Public Sector Reform, eGovernment, regional development, research and innovation.

Gianluca’s background is economics and business administration, with focus on the interface between ICTs and public sector innovation. He holds a Diploma of Specialisation in EU Economics and Law, a diploma in Security Management, an Executive Master in eGovernance and a Ph. D in Management of Technology from EPFL.