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Angela Giambattista is an Assistant Professor at Sapienza University of Rome, where she conducts research and teaching in Product and Service Design, Human-Centred Design, and User Experience.

Her research focuses on design-driven innovation, particularly in healthcare, medical technologies, cognitive ergonomics, and inclusive design. She adopts interdisciplinary and participatory approaches to develop products, services, and systems that respond to complex societal challenges and improve people’s quality of life.

She has been involved in several national and international research projects as Principal Investigator, Scientific Coordinator, and research team member. Alongside her research activities, she is actively engaged in design education, promoting human-centred approaches, social innovation, and collaboration between academia and practice.

She co-coordinates the DEHA – Design for Health, Wellbeing and Aging Working Group within the Cumulus Association and coordinates DHeS – Design for Health, Well-being and Social Inclusion, a working group of the Italian Design Society (SID). On behalf of Cumulus, she also coordinates the Association’s activities within EDUCare, an Erasmus+ project promoting care-centred approaches to higher design education, with a focus on inclusion, well-being, and innovative teaching practices.

She has contributed to the scientific coordination and organisation of major international design conferences, including Design for Next – 12th European Academy of Design Conference (2017), Design Culture(s) – Cumulus Roma (2021), and Design Principles & Practices – Design Across Time (2026).