Gabriella Duca (Institute for Sustainable Society and Innovation)
Gabriella Duca, PhD, is chief scientist at Institute for Sustainable Society and Innovation, where she also serves as president, after having led the Human Factors Integration lab.
She is a Human Factors scientist with a background in architectural design (Federico II University, Italy), she got her PhD on Human-Built Environment interaction at Genoa University (Italy) and holds the Eur.Erg. (European Ergonomist) qualification since 2003. Her research interests address the transdisciplinary application of human factors with focus on task analysis and human performance assessment, safety culture, human and organizational factors in systems sustainability and efficiency, human-built environment interaction, inclusive and service design. She has worked as academic researcher from 2004 to 2016 at Naples University Federico II (Italy) and has conducted many national and European research projects for a variety of private companies and public authorities in the field of safety and security critical contexts, acting as WP leader, project manager and project coordinator. She has authored and co-authored more than 100 scientific publications and is associated editor of Frontiers in Sustainable Cities – Urban Resource Management Journal. She is a former member (2010-2019) of the national board of SIE Italian Ergonomics and Human Factors Society and member of the European Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.