Gian Andrea Giacobone (M) is a PhD and product-interaction designer. He earned his Bachelor’s in Industrial & Communication Design in 2013 and his MSc in Interaction Design in 2016 from the University of San Marino, San Marino. In the same year, he received a scholarship from the Erasmus+ traineeship program to continue his studies and training as a postgraduate student at Info.nl in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He then pursued his PhD in Design at the Department of Architecture, University of Ferrara, in 2020, as part of the 32nd cycle of the IDAUP international program. In 2019, he had the opportunity to serve as a visiting researcher at TU Delft’s Department of Industrial Design in the Netherlands through the Erasmus+ program. After completing his PhD in 2020, he became a research fellow and lecturer at the University of Ferrara’s Department of Architecture. From 2024 to 2025, he served as an invited auxiliary professor at the University of Madeira’s Department of Art and Design in Funchal, Portugal. Since 2022, he has been a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at Uninettuno International Telematic University in Rome, contributing to various national and European research projects. He has published several works and speaks at both national and international conferences. His expertise and interests include Human-Centred Design, Participatory Design, Human-Computer Interaction, HMI, IoT, Sustainable Interaction Design and Transportation Design.