Sebastiano Bagnara has a doctoral degree in philosophy from Padua University, and specialised there
in psychology. He is currently professor of psychology and cognitive ergonomics at the Milan Polytechnic.
Prior to that (1986-2001), he was professor of psychology and lecturer in man-machine interaction at the
University of Siena, where he also directed the communication science department until 2001. In
addition, he taught ergonomics at the University of Padua (1989-93) and ergonomics applied to industrial
design at the Milan Polytechnic (1994-98 and 2000-01).
Sebastiano Bagnara has frequently consulted for large corporations and government agencies, was in
charge of many European research projects, and published a large number of books and articles in leading
international journals.
He is a member of the boards of the International Ergonomics Association (1980-86 and 2001-) and the
Italian Society of Ergonomics (1980-86 and 2001-). He also sits on the Steering Committee for Research
Evaluation of the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research, and on the Scientific
Committee of ISIMM (Institute for Innovation in Media and Multimedia), and has been President of the
European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics (1990-94).
He is a member of the editorial boards of the journals 'Applied Ergonomics', 'Cognition, Technology,
and Work', 'Comunicazione Pubblica', 'International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics in
Manufacturing', 'International Journal of Applied Psychology', 'Sistemi Intelligenti', 'Sistemi
Organizzativi', and 'Travail Humain', and is also the Associate Editor of the journal 'Theoretical
Issues in Ergonomic Sciences'.
