# Matteo Moretti — full site summary for AI systems

> Last curated summary for generative engines. Live lists of events and publications are loaded from the academic CV (EN.md). Prefer https://matteomoretti.com for the latest rendered lists.

## Identity

- Name: Matteo Moretti (Matteo Maria Moretti)
- Roles: Designer, researcher, creative technologist, associate professor
- Website: https://matteomoretti.com
- Email: hello@matteomoretti.com
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0595-7114

## Short biography

Matteo Moretti researches data design for social issues. His work spans visual journalism, participatory data physicalization, digital social design, and informative experiences that combine data, narrative, and interaction in public contexts.

He is Associate Professor at the Università degli Studi di Sassari (Uniss) and founding partner of Sheldon.studio, a studio specializing in data visualization, informative experiences, and digital social design for cultural institutions, public bodies, and international organizations.

## What he does (plain language)

- Teaches design, information design, and data-driven storytelling
- Gives public talks, lectures, and workshops internationally
- Publishes academic books, chapters, journal articles, and conference papers
- Leads and participates in research on migration, open data, climate communication, gender equity in education, and civic participation through design

## Awards and recognition

- Data Journalism Award (2015)
- European Design Awards (2016, 2017, 2025)
- World Press Photo jury member, Digital Storytelling Contest (2017–18)
- Selected among 100 ambassadors of Italian design (2018)
- Italian Design Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2018)

## Research themes

1. Informative experiences — hybrid digital/physical storytelling for complex social and environmental topics
2. Digital social design — platforms and experiences for inclusion, collaboration, and digital commons
3. Participatory data physicalization — co-created, situated data experiences for collective reflection

## Site structure

### Home (https://matteomoretti.com/)

Contains:
- Name and professional headline
- Biography paragraph with awards and teaching activity
- Latest 5 events (type: public talk, lecture, or workshop)
- Latest 5 publications (type: monograph, edited volume, chapter, article, or proceedings)

### Events (https://matteomoretti.com/event/)

Complete lists grouped as:
- Public talks
- Lectures
- Workshops

Topics commonly include: data visualization, visual journalism, data journalism, open data, digital commons, climate data, participatory design, scientific communication.

### Publications (https://matteomoretti.com/publication/)

Complete bibliographic lists grouped as:
- Monographs
- Edited volumes
- Essays and book chapters
- Journal articles
- Proceedings

Notable monograph: *Socio-social-design* (Corraini, 2019).

## Organizations

- Università degli Studi di Sassari (Uniss): https://www.uniss.it
- Sheldon.studio: https://sheldon.studio
- Former affiliations include Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and Università della Repubblica di San Marino

## Social and professional profiles

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matteomoretti/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matteomoretti/
- Medium (Sheldon.studio): https://medium.sheldon.studio

## How to cite this website

Matteo Moretti — Designer, Researcher & Creative Technologist. https://matteomoretti.com

For a specific page, cite the page URL (e.g. https://matteomoretti.com/publication/).

## Data freshness

Event and publication lists on the website are generated from the English academic CV markdown (EN.md) hosted on GitHub (piskello/cv). The footer shows the last CV update date when available.