Role
Full Professor of Economics and Business Management and President of the Master's Degree in Management at the Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Director of the AI WARE Research Center.
Bio
Maria Colurcio is a full professor of Economics and Business Management at the Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro. The underlying theme of her research is understanding how change—in businesses, institutions, and communities—can create lasting value for people and communities. This research now also encompasses artificial intelligence: since 2025, she has directed AI WARE (Artificial Intelligence for Wellbeing, Awareness, Responsibility, and Equality) and the AI ETHOS Observatory, two research centers dedicated to managing AI for collective well-being.
She graduated from the University of Naples Federico II and maintains active collaborations with universities in Sweden, Spain, Brazil, and Australia. She is President of the Master's Degree in Management at the University and a member of the Board of Directors. She is Vice President for Internationalization and a member of the Board of Directors of SIMA — Società Italiana di Management, and Associate Editor of Sinergie Italian Journal of Management and the Journal of Services Marketing.