Fabiana Rovera

Ph.D. candidate in Design E Tecnologia. Persone, Ambiente, Sistemi , 39^th cycle (2023-2026)
Department of Architecture and Design (DAD)

Adjunct lecturer/Adjunct instructor
Department of Architecture and Design (DAD)

Componente Collegio di Dottorato DESIGN E TECNOLOGIA. PERSONE, AMBIENTE, SISTEMI

fabiana.rovera@polito.it

Profile

PhD

Research topic

Exploring Systemic Design approaches to support decision processes, with particular attention to agri-food and agro-industrial systems.

Tutors

Keywords

SUSTAINABLE AND CIRCULAR SYSTEMS

Biography

PhD Candidate in ‘Design & Technology. People, Environment, Systems’ at Politecnico di Torino. Her research explores Systemic Design approaches for guiding decisions, with particular attention to the agri-food and agro-industrial systems. She took part in several Italian and EU projects (PNRR, Horizon 2020, Erasmus+) and is a member of Sys – Systemic Design Lab.

Teaching

Teachings

Bachelor of Science

Systemic Food Design (modulo di Design dei sistemi). A.A. 2026/27, DESIGN SOSTENIBILE PER IL SISTEMA ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
Sostenibilità e design (Requisiti ambientali del prodotto)(modulo di Requisiti ambientali del prodotto ). A.A. 2026/27, DESIGN E COMUNICAZIONE. Collaboratore del corso
Systemic Food Design (modulo di Design dei sistemi). A.A. 2025/26, DESIGN SOSTENIBILE PER IL SISTEMA ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
Systemic Food Design (modulo di Design dei sistemi). A.A. 2024/25, DESIGN SOSTENIBILE PER IL SISTEMA ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
Systemic Food Design (modulo di Design dei sistemi). A.A. 2023/24, DESIGN SOSTENIBILE PER IL SISTEMA ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
Design about Food (modulo di Design e requisiti ambientali del prodotto). A.A. 2022/23, DESIGN SOSTENIBILE PER IL SISTEMA ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso

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Research

Centres

Sys - Systemic Design Lab (DAD)

Publications

Latest publications View all publications in Porto@Iris

Rovera, Fabiana; Campanella, Alessandro; Barbero, Silvia (2026)
Espresso-ing change: co-designing coffee’s circular future. In: DTRS’15: Design [Re]Thinking, Lisbon, Portugal, 17 June 2026 - 19 June 2026, pp. 301-307. ISBN: 9789899184565
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Barbero, Silvia; Iñiguez Flores, Roberto; Rovera, Fabiana (2026)
New Literacies for Unstable Futures. Designing with Systemic Complexity. In: DIID, vol. 88, pp. 10-23. ISSN 2785-2245
Contributo su Rivista
Barbero, Silvia; Rovera, Fabiana (2025)
World-making dei sistemi agro-industriali e rurali: progettare e valutare gli impatti. In: Design and Research: Sources & Resources _ Design e ricerca: Fonti e Risorse, Venezia (ITA), 4-5 luglio 2024, pp. 442-450. ISBN: 9788894338034
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Lombardi, P.; Barbero, S.; Fiore, S.; Orlandella, I.; Rovera, F.; Todella, E. (2025)
Multidimensional sustainability assessment of circular management of orange peel waste. In: CYPRUS 2025 12th International conference on Sustainable and Solid Waste Management, Paphos (Cyp), 25-28 June 2025
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Kassa Solomon, Mariamawit; Toso, Dario; Oglietti, Katherine; Ocampo Cruz, Ariana; ... (2025)
Beyond the Brew: The Hidden Potential of Spent Coffee Grounds. In: Beyond the Brew: The Hidden Potential of Spent Coffee Grounds, Torino, Center for Circular Economy in Coffee (C4CEC) pp. 1-65
Altro

Knowledge Valorisation

Public engagement

Workshop esperenziale “Come nasce una idea”, Politecnico di Torino (2026)
Engagement and interaction activities with the school system (e.g. experiments, simulations, educational games and other laboratory activities, citizenship education, etc.)

Other people involved: Andrea Barbero, Alessandro Campanella, Debora Fino, Tonia Tommasi