Stefano Massucco, dean's delegate for energy and professor of electrical system management and control, outlines the lines of research in the energy-electrical sector taking place at DITEN - Department of Electrical, Electronic, Naval and Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Genoa. The sector is undergoing an important moment of development due to the energy transition from traditional to renewable sources, with the development of smartgrids, automation and sustainable mobility. This opens new challenges for research and training of interdisciplinary professionals with skills from the industrial, computer and electronic sectors, such as the Electrical Engineer.