Social sciences and humanities, cultural heritage
Research in the Cnr Department of Social Science and Humanities, cultural heritage embraces social sciences as a whole as well as material and immaterial cultural heritage. The activity is focused on four disciplinary macro-areas: cultural studies, law, social sciences, linguistics and cognitive research, that are very different from each other but unified by the common goal of contributing to knowledge, preservation, use of cultural identity and cultural heritage.
Among the main themes: information and communication technology, research evaluation and indicators, e-publishing, smart cities, innovation, creativity for knowledge society economics SME, democracy and laws, analysis of European, national, regional and communal institutions, migrations and transmission of culture, Multilanguage, teaching technologies, communications security, social cohesion and competitiveness patterns, cognitive science, computational linguistics, history of language and lexicography, history of philosophy and science, history of ancient and modern Mediterranean, cultural heritage preservation, archiving, cataloguing and representation, cultural heritage diagnostic, conservation, and restoration, archaeology; archaeometry; cultural heritage valorization.
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A hub for cultural heritage science
in Florence, at the Chapter House of the Redi Military Station (former Maglio Monastery), has taken place the international workshop 'Towards a European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science'; this, representing the starting event of the preparatory phase 'E-RIHS PP - European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science - Preparatory Phase -', the European research infrastructure for science on cultural heritage, one of the six new projects entered the ESFRI Roadmap (European Strategy Forum on research infrastructure) in 2016 under Italian leadership. For this launch, the European Commission has approved, within the Horizon 2020 program, a loan of EUR 4 million for research and development. Prof. Massimo Inguscio, President of the Italian National Research Council (CNR), announces that "Italy, with CNR, is the leading partner of the European Research Infrastructure for Science Heritage Preparatory Phase, whose consortium counts 15 member-countries plus Israel".
The Ancient Nasca World. New Insights from Science and Archaeology
This Springer book by the Italian researchers Rosa Lasaponara (IMAA-CNR), Nicola Masini (IBAM-CNR) and Giuseppe Orefici (Director of the Study Center CISRAP) presents outstanding chapter contributions on the Precolumbian Nasca culture in a variety of artistic expressions such as architecture, geoglyphs, ceramics, music, and textiles
Joint Archaeological laboratories
The Joint Archaeological laboratories is based on a proposal of joint research made by Italian and Foreign researchers together, who share, as well as their skills also their research facilities, thus creating a meeting place both physical and virtual, with new and improved characteristics when compared to the original participating single structures, that is a Joint Archaeological laboratories
High Education, Consultancy Activity and Strengthening of Scientific Relations with Indian partners. International Environmental Law and Policy
Gianfranco Tamburelli, researcher and team leader at Isgi-Cnr, is carrying out high education and consultancy activity at the Adamas University of Kolkata and at the Indian Law Institute of Delhi, with the aim of promoting the strengthening of international scientific cooperation between the CNR, and in particular the Institute for International Legal Research (ISGI), and the two Indian institutions. In Kolkata, between 9th and 14th March, he delivered a Lectio Magistralis on: 'International Law on Environment and Sustainable Development: The Situation Today', and had a Meeting with students of various Faculties for a discussion on the role of the law and the importance of public awareness for the effective protection of the environment.On 16th March 2017, Tamburelli has given a talk on: 'Current Trends in International Environmental Law', at the Indian Institute of Law in Delhi, upon invitation of Prof. Manoj Kunar Sinha, Director
Developing an energy building stock model for Jiangsu Province
The research will develop a “bottom-up” residential building stock model of Jiangsu Province, aimed at the study of its evolution from an energy/sustainability point of view. The model will allow for the simulation of different scenarios to assess current development trends and the potential impact of climate change, policies and regulations, conventional and advanced energy saving and energy management measures, even on historic buildings