Massimiliano G. Falcone, PhD

• Global Engagement & Partnerships, Connect4Climate – World Bank Group; Climate Education Coalition – Earthday.org strategic advisor
• Crosscultural communication and International Marketing Professor

Massimiliano is an Economist, with a Ph.D. in the field of Neuroscience and Psychology of Communication. Communication strategist at the World Bank Group, – Connect4Climate since the launch of the SDGs (2015), over the past 25 years Massimiliano has had the privilege to work on a broad array of projects dedicated
to improving understanding and collaboration between diverse stakeholders. Since 2019 Massimiliano supports Earthday.org, implementing a partnership between international organizations and the civil society to tackle climate change. After 8 years in Reuters, from 2005 to 2007, Massimiliano worked as a strategic advisor for the World Bank in Communication for Development projects; in 2007 moved to China, focusing on building innovative partnerships with organizations and leaders in both the public and private sectors in Italy, Europe, Americas and the Far East (based between Italy and Shanghai). As from 2005, he also joined the academic world as a professor of Public Affairs and International Marketing and Communication, teaching at and collaborating with Italian universities in Milan and as a visiting professor in Groningen, Holland, and NYC. He is an adjunct professor of communication at the International University of Languages and Media (IULM) and a postdoctoral research in Communication .