MATTEO STEFANELLI
Director
Born in Milan on 2 January 1975. Graduated with distinction in modern literature from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, in 2001. In 2005, he was awarded a research doctorate in the history and forms of representation and consumption of the media by the Department of Communication Sciences and Performing Arts at the Catholic University of Milan. He is a contract Professor at the Catholic University of Milan, where he carries out research and media consultancy at the OssCom research centre, and at the University of Bergamo. A researcher and entrepreneur, he analyses consumption processes, with a particular focus on visual communication, and the social uses of technologies and product innovation in the areas of management software and online publishing. He advises on communications and the organisation of cultural events, with particular reference to the crossmedia content festival sector. He has given demonstrations, presentations on TV programmes and been involved in editorial projects, including reviews and book series. He has published essays on media analysis in scientific volumes and reviews in Italy and abroad and has made numerous journalistic contributions. From 2013 to 2017 he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of S4GV SA, a Swiss software solutions company for “supply chain visibility”. He is currently Chairman of Fumettolab S.r.l., a company that produces information and content for publishing and illustration, and Vice-Chairman of Fondazione Edu, which is active in international cooperation in Africa.