Francesco Scorza, "Professor of Urban and Regional Planning" at the School of Engineering of the University of Basilicata. Environmental Engineer and Ph.D. in "Science and Methods for European Cities and Territories" at the University of Pisa, He has conducted research in the fields of Urban and Regional Planning at the Laboratory of Urban and Regional Systems Engineering (LISUT), University of Basilicata, since 2006. His main research interests concern regional development programming and urban and regional planning. In particular, he conducts research on the impact assessment of plans and projects, territorial analysis, participation in planning, advanced knowledge management tools and applied technologies such as DSS.