Biography
Matteo Motterlini is Full Professor of Philosophy of Science at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan, where he directs the Research Center for Experimental and Applied Epistemology. He previously served as Advisor on Behavioral Sciences to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and has been a Visiting Professor at Carnegie Mellon University and UCLA.
For many years, he has contributed to Il Sole 24 Ore and Corriere Economia. He is the author of international bestsellers including La psicoeconomia di Charlie Brown (Rizzoli, Milan, 2015), Trappole mentali (Rizzoli, Milan, 2008) and Economia emotiva (Rizzoli, Milan, 2006), which have been translated into Spanish, Japanese, Korean and Chinese.
His latest book is Scongeliamo i cervelli non i ghiacciai. Perché la nostra mente è l’ostacolo più grande nella lotta al cambiamento climatico (Solferino Libri, 2025).