Paola Rizzi is Professor of Techniques of Urban and Regional Planning at DICEAA, University of L'Aquila and DADU, University of Sassari, Italy. Visiting professor in universities as Ritsumeikan University, Kochi University, Thammassat University, Jagiellonian University and Cracow Technical University, School of Architecture University of Michigan among others. She works on training programs and on projects related to communication problems: from team-working to social communication. In the research field she's undertaken some studies and planning of new tools for urban analysis and public participation to decision and planning processes, on new technologies and communication. The main focus is on a sustainable, inclusive and durable approach to urban design and planning; disaster mitigation in urban and spatial planning processes, special focus is on walkability in reconstruction after disaster and in the predisaster planning. She is founder and director of ISAGA international summer school. She is the author of numerous national and international publications including Neo-Simulation and Gaming Toward Active Learning (with Toshiyuki Kaneda, Hidehiko Kanegae, Yusuke Toyoda, Singapore, 2019).