Alex Turrini

Alex Turrini is an Associate Professor at the Department of Social and Political Sciences at Università Bocconi.

At SDA Bocconi he has been the Government, Health and Not for Profit Faculty Deputy. Until 2016, he directed the Master in Arts Management and Administration (MAMA) and co-directed the Master in International Arts Management (MIAMM). Between 2012 and 2014, he was the Director of the Executive Master in Management of Public Administration (EMMAP). He has conducted numerous research, education and consulting projects with various national and international public sector organizations.

His research activities focus on two main areas. The first is public policies and management in the arts and cultural sector; the second is public network leadership and change in governmental and nonprofit organizations.

He is the author of numerous books and articles on these topics. His works have been published in Public Administration Review, Governance, Public Administration, the International Journal of Arts Management, the Journal of Art and Law and Society, among others. He serves as a reviewer for national and international journals and he is the Associate Editor in Management for the International Journal of Arts Management.

Alex earned both his degree and his Ph.D. in Management from Università Bocconi. From 2018 to 2020 he was Chair of the Arts Management and Arts Entrpreneurship Division at Southern Methodist University, Dallas (US).

Teaching domains

Public Network Design & Management

Companies

• Adjunct Professor in Fundraising for the arts Southern Methodist University (2020)
• Associate Professor Bocconi University (2011)
• Chair Arts Management and Entrepreneurship Southern Methodist University (2018 — 2020)
• Faculty Director Government, Health, Nonprofit Division SDA Bocconi (2016 — 2018)
• Director of ACME (Msc in Economics and Management of Arts Culture Media and Entertainment) Università Bocconi (2013 — 2018)
• Director of MAMA (Specialized Master in Arts Management and Administration) SDA Bocconi (2014 — 2016)
• Director of EMMAP (Executive Master in Management delle Amministrazioni Pubbliche) SDA Bocconi (2012 — 2014)
• Visiting Scholar SKEMA Business School (2013 — 2013)
• Assistant Professor Bocconi University (2005 — 2011)

Education

• Phd Bocconi University (1999 — 2003)
• Laurea, Business Administration Bocconi University (1993 — 1998)

Latest publications

LUCCHETTI M., TURRINI A. Multiculturalismo, diversità e strategie di inclusione Economia & Management, 2022, vol.1, pp.62-65

VALOTTI G., CRISTOFOLI D., CUCCINIELLO M., MICACCHI M., TRIVELLATO B., TURRINI A. Indagine sulla reactiveness della pubblica amministrazione italiana: il caso della campagna di vaccinazione COVID-19 in Reactive PA. Lezioni dalla Pandemia per il Cambiamento della Pubblica Amministrazione G. Valotti (Eds),Egea, chap. 3, pp.47-104, 2022

TURRINI A., CRISTOFOLI D., CUCCINIELLO M. Promuovere la reactiveness degli “street level bureaucrats”: tra senso della missione ed entusiasmo in Reactive PA. Lezioni dalla Pandemia per il Cambiamento della Pubblica Amministrazione G. Valotti (Eds),Egea, chap. 4, pp.111-124, 2022

VALOTTI G., TURRINI A., CRISTOFOLI D., TRIVELLATO B. Ripensare la pubblica amministrazione: il bisogno di reactiveness in Reactive PA. Lezioni dalla Pandemia per il Cambiamento della Pubblica Amministrazione G. Valotti (Eds),Egea, chap. 1, pp.13-26, 2022

MASSI M., TURRINI A. Prossimità virtuale o distanza fisica? Trasformazione digitale e co-creazione del valore ai tempi del COVID-19 / Virtual proximity or physical distance? Digital transformation and value co-creation in COVID-19 times Il Capitale Culturale. Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage, 2020, vol.S11, pp.177-195

VALOTTI G., TURRINI A., CRISTOFOLI D. Quando burocrazia è sinonimo di velocità: l’Huoshenshan di Wuhan, il Javits Center Emergency Hospital a New York e l’Ospedale Fiera di Milano Mecosan, 2020, vol.113, pp.147-154