Neri Alessandra

PHD: Management Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Master of Science: Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Alessandra's research interests focus on Industrial Sustainability, particularly Energy and Resource Efficiency, Circular Economy, and Occupational Safety. Her research aims to understand how to foster the sustainability transition in industrial firms, supply chains and systems through the adoption of interventions and the support of digital technologies.

Neri, A., Cagno, E., Sorrentino, C., Franchi, S., Susur, E., Uruena, A., Nuur, C., Kumar, V., Batista, L. (2025) ‘The relationship between digital technologies and the industrial circular economy: a systematic literature review and a research agenda for its characterization’ R&D Management, 55(3), pp. 617–713. 10.1111/radm.12715

Neri, A., Rizzuni, A., Garrone, P., Cagno, E. (2024) ‘Influence of policymakers and civil society stakeholders on sewage sludge management: Empirical results from European utilities’ Journal of Environmental Management, 364, 121396 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121396

Neri, A., Negri, M., Cagno, E., Kumar, V., Garza-Reyes, J.A. (2023) ‘What digital-enabled Dynamic Capabilities support the Circular Economy? A multiple case study approach’ Business Strategyand the Environment, 32(7), 5083-5101 https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3409

Neri, A., Cagno, E., Lepri, M., Trianni, A., (2021) ‘A triple bottom line balanced set of key performance indicators to measure the sustainability performance of industrial supply chain’ Sustainable Production and Consumption, 26, pp 648–689. DOI: 10.1016/j.spc.2020.12.018

Cagno, E., Neri, A., Howard, M., Brenna, G., Trianni, A., (2019) ‘Industrial Sustainability Performance Measurement Systems: A Novel Framework’ Journal of Cleaner Production, 230, pp.1354-1375. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.05.021

European Talent Academy. Joint initiative of Politecnico di Milano, Technical University of Munich and Imperial College to support young research talents. Topic of the 4th cohort (2024 edition): Climate, energy and mobility for a sustainable society

Best Presentation Award. ‘Sewage sludge management options and civil society stakeholders’ influence: first evidence from Italian cases’, International Conference on Resource Sustainability (icRS) July 19-23, 2021, University College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)

Premi di Laurea Fondazione Luigi de Januario 2019 – ANIMP. Primo premio per tesi di master/dottorato con focus impianti industriali.

DIG PhD Scholarship. Scholarship awarded in support of admission to PhD degree at Politecnico di Milano, Department of Management, Economics, and Industrial Engineering (3 years coverage)