The new research project Be-UP, funded with €8.5 million by the Horizon Europe Programme, has now been launched. The project aims to develop new renewable polymers for the production and use of biodegradable packaging across Europe.

Coordinated by ITENE (Spain), Be-UP brings together a consortium of 17 private and public organisations from nine countries, with the University of Trieste as the only Italian university involved. Participating companies include Novamont, Particula, Hybrid Catalysis, Isotech, Aptar Group, Imerys, Innotech (Grupo Lantero), and the laboratories Polinivo, Normec, Cebimat, FTPO and IDENER. European Bioplastics and the competitiveness cluster Polymeris will ensure the dissemination of Be-UP results, with the support of the Spanish Standardisation Association (UNE).

In detail, the Be-UP project aims to develop pioneering methods for the synthesis and industrial processing (extrusion, injection moulding and thermoforming) of polyesters derived from bio-based raw materials. Be-UP will employ biocatalysts and sustainable additives, while also integrating advanced multi-object digital modelling tools to achieve simultaneously high technical performance, sustainability and biodegradability of polymers.

The Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Trieste is involved in the project with a multidisciplinary team combining biocatalysis (Prof. Lucia Gardossi), computational chemistry (Prof. Emanuele Carosati) and spectroscopy (Prof. Fioretta Asaro). The research is supported by funding of approximately €330,000 over four years, enabling the activation of a research contract and a PhD scholarship. A further position will be opened in 2026.

In recent years, the UniTS team has designed and enzymatically synthesised new bio-based polyesters which, thanks to collaboration with the ecology group led by Prof. Monia Renzi in the Department of Life Sciences at UniTS, have also provided the basis for the development of rapid tests to assess the marine ecotoxicity and biodegradability of polyesters. These studies open new prospects for the rational design of environmentally sustainable polymers and demonstrate the importance of multidisciplinary collaborations in addressing the complex environmental challenges faced by science today. The results, which led to participation in the Be-UP project, were achieved thanks to two Marie Skłodowska-Curie grants (RenEcoPol and InterFACES) and to funding under the PNRR – NextGenerationEU (ICSC – National Centre for Research in High Performance Computing, Big Data and Quantum Computing, Spoke 7).

At the conclusion of Be-UP, packaging prototypes will be produced with a high level of technological maturity (TRL7) in order to validate the materials developed. Their biodegradability will be assessed in various end-of-life scenarios, including both open natural environments and controlled conditions. The UniTS team will develop computational models capable of correlating polymer structure with marine biodegradability.

This data-driven approach will help to improve the knowledge base underpinning European regulations, support industrial competitiveness and accelerate the transition towards a truly circular bioeconomy, making a direct contribution to several European action plans and strategies, including the plastics strategy, the Single-Use Plastics Directive, the Circular Economy Action Plan and the regulation on packaging and packaging waste.

What are the opportunities and limits of applying Artificial Intelligence to cultural institutions – particularly museums, archives and libraries?

These questions will be explored on 6th and 7th October 2025 at the Conference Centre of the Gorizia Campus (Via D’Alviano 18), during the conference ‘Artificial Intelligence in Cultural Institutions’. The national-level event is organised by the University of Trieste, through its University Museum Services (smaTs), in collaboration with MAB – Museums, Archives and Libraries coordination of Friuli Venezia Giulia. It will bring together scholars and cultural professionals for an in-depth exchange, with the support of Generali Group, the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, and the Municipality of Gorizia.

A rich programme of high-level guests and content

The conference will unfold over two days. On Monday 6th October, from 15:30 to 19:00, the opening session entitled ‘Artificial Intelligence: a dialogue between science and culture’ will begin with the institutional greetings of Professor Donata Vianelli, Rector of the University of Trieste, together with representatives of major national and regional cultural institutions.

Speakers on the first day will include representatives of the Trieste academic community, such as Paolo Gallina (Head of the Department of Engineering and Architecture), who will speak on ‘Art, Artificial Intelligence and their perception’; Maria Teresa Scantamburlo (holder of the Chair in Responsible and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence), who will present ‘Responsible Artificial Intelligence at the service of culture’; and Massimo De Grassi (Head of the Department of Humanities), who will explore the question ‘Artistic production and Artificial Intelligence: shared paths?’. The discussion will also feature cultural-sector professionals: Bruna La Sorda (Vice-President of the National Association of Archivists – ANAI) will discuss ‘Artificial Intelligence in archives: evolutionary trajectories’; Matilde Fontanin (AIB Information Literacy Observatory) will present the European project ‘Supercharged by AI’, focused on AI literacy in Italian libraries; and Anna Maria Marras (member of the ICOM Italia Board) will conclude with ‘Inclusive Intelligences: education, accessibility and sustainability of AI in cultural institutions’.

On Tuesday 7th October, from 9:30 to 12:15, the second session, ‘AI Applications in the Cultural Sector’, will take a practical perspective with real-world case studies. Speakers will include Marco Ranieri, entrepreneur and developer of AI apps for cultural institutions; Roberta Spada, Head of Historical Archive and Corporate Heritage at Generali; and Tilman Scheel, founder and CEO of AboutSomethinK, who will discuss chatbots designed for libraries, archives and museums. Also taking the floor will be Bruno Callegher (smaTs) and Giorgio Donato (IT Manager of Nomismata), with a talk entitled ‘Nomismata (Byzantine Coin Hoards): AI interprets for us’, and Luca Bortolussi (Vice-Rector for Digital Transformation at the University of Trieste), who will address the topical question ‘Does Artificial Intelligence copy or create?’

Focus on responsible Artificial Intelligence

The conference tackles one of today’s most pressing challenges: how to reconcile automation with human creativity and the diversity of cultural expression. As the organisers point out, ‘the automation of cultural data encompasses different types of Artificial Intelligence, from those involved in creating art and culture to those dedicated to cataloguing and processing their results.’ The event aims to explore the potential of a responsible Artificial Intelligence model – one that can guide institutions, professionals and cultural venues towards sustainable cooperation between automation and human creativity, without undermining the richness of Italy’s cultural heritage.

Opening of the exhibition La donna del mare by Annamaria Ducaton

To conclude the conference, on Tuesday 7th October at 12:15, again at the Conference Centre of the Gorizia Campus (Via D’Alviano 18), the University Museum Services will inaugurate the exhibition by Trieste artist Annamaria Ducaton, who has donated to the University of Trieste the 28 works in her series ‘La donna del mare’ (the sea woman), created to mark the University’s centenary. The exhibition will be introduced by Paolo Quazzolo from the Department of Humanities.

Huge public participation and sold-out events: the 14th edition of Trieste Next, once again under the scientific direction of UniTS, has been a great success.

With its rich programme, the University managed to bring science into the square, engaging with children, welcoming Nobel laureates and internationally renowned scholars, and connecting with the citizens who crowd our stand every year.

Centre stage were today’s scientists and science communicators as well as those of tomorrow: this year, young people were truly among the leading voices animating the activities and shaping the narrative of the festival.

Thanks go to everyone who values and enjoys the festival, to those who discovered it for the first time and to those who have followed it from the beginning.

And a special thanks to our magnificent and tireless volunteers, our students, without whom Trieste Next would not be the same.

At the end of September UniTS will be illuminated in gold to mark Gold September, the international awareness campaign on childhood and adolescent cancer Light it up gold / Go Gold, promoted worldwide by Childhood Cancer International.

The Italian campaign is organised by FIAGOP (Italian Federation of Parents’ and Survivors’ Associations in Paediatric Haematology and Oncology) and is supported in Trieste by AGMEN, the association that provides help to families of children with cancer treated at the Burlo Garofolo Research Hospital.

From 21st to 28th September, associations and families across Italy will take to the streets with the symbol of the Gold Ribbon, representing the strength and resilience of children with cancer. Wearing it is a sign of solidarity with young patients and their families, and a way of shining a light of hope.

This year, the campaign coincides with a long-awaited milestone: the final approval of the law on the right to be forgotten in oncology. This will allow more than 45,000 former paediatric patients to access banking, insurance, employment and adoption without discrimination.

Every year, more than 400,000 children and adolescents worldwide are diagnosed with a malignant tumour – one every three minutes. While survival rates in high-income countries approach 80%, in middle- and low-income countries they remain below 20%. In Italy, around 2,400 new cases are diagnosed annually, with recovery rates close to 80% and peaks of nearly 90% for some conditions. These figures point to significant progress, while also highlighting the urgent need for increasingly personalised treatments with fewer side effects.

The Euclid Consortium has published the largest simulated galaxy catalogue to date, making it available to researchers worldwide. It includes 3.4 billion galaxies, each modelled with numerous properties such as brightness, position, velocity and shape. The work was developed by eight European institutions, led by the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) and the Port d’Informació Científica (PIC) in Barcelona, Spain.

The new catalogue is available on the CosmoHub platform.

The University of Trieste contributed to the project by validating the catalogue, ensuring its suitability for cosmological analysis.

In parallel, Pierluigi Monaco, Professor of Astrophysics and Cosmology, and his team produced a set of thousands of simulations using a fast approximate method called PINOCCHIO (PIN-pointing Orbit Crossing Collapsed HIerarchical Objects). The 4,500 simulations replicate the sample that Euclid will observe through spectroscopy, with the aim of calculating the uncertainties in determining cosmological parameters.

To learn more, the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) interviewed Prof. Monaco, first author of the article recently accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics on these simulations.

Read the interview “Thousands of Simulations: One Universe Is Not Enough” – MEDIA INAF

Federico Rosei, professor of Industrial Chemistry at the Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Trieste, recently elected Member of the Italian Academy of Engineering and Technology, has been elected Foreign Member of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering - ATSE.

The election of prof. Rosei recognises his pioneering contribution in the field of nanomaterials and his international leadership in research, innovation and training of young people. The ATSE Class of 2025 brings together 35 leading scientists and engineers who represent the cutting edge of technological progress and applied sciences worldwide. Among them, Federico Rosei is the only Foreign Member.

This recognition by the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering further highlights prof. Rosei's achievements as a world-renowned scientist.

The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) is an independent academy founded in Melbourne that brings together over 900 of Australia's leading engineers, technologists and scientists.

The entire academic community extends its deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Marta Gianelli at this time of great sorrow. We share below the tribute written by Professor Barbara Milani, who supported her in the first steps of her research career.

Marta studied Chemistry at the University of Milan, where she graduated with top marks in February 2024. In September 2024 she won a research fellowship competition at the University of Trieste and, from the following month, joined the group of Professor Barbara Milani in the Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutics as a young research assistant.

Marta was a brilliant young researcher, full of enthusiasm and eager to continue her academic journey with a doctorate. In July she had been awarded a scholarship to pursue a PhD in Chemistry at the University of Trieste, but had decided to take up her doctoral studies at another European university and was in the middle of interviews in recent days.

Although at the very beginning of her post-graduate career, she contributed actively to the life of the group, with ideas and great initiative, and was immediately held in deep affection by us all. She often spoke about her projects and, even though we were able to share only a few months with her, I am certain that a bright future as a scientist and as a woman awaited her.

‘Once again this year, UniTS and its community are at the forefront of Trieste Next, a festival that, like our university, promotes basic research by placing it in dialogue with applied research, innovation and, as a result, relations with businesses and the local area. Today more than ever, multidisciplinarity is a value, and the cross-fertilisation between the life sciences, technological, social and human sciences plays a strategic role. This year, UniTS is present at the festival not only with over 200 volunteers who make the event possible, but also with numerous talks designed and led by students, doctoral students and technical and administrative staff.’

With these words, Donata Vianelli, Rector of the University of Trieste, presented the 2025 edition of Trieste Next at the Urban Center. The festival will be dedicated to the theme ‘Life Within. Dialogues Between Science and Technology’.

Under the scientific direction of UniTS, from 26th to 28th September 2025 the Festival of Scientific Research will once again transform Piazza Unità into a great stage for science: for three days, more than 100 events and hundreds of scientists from all over the world will engage with the public, reflecting on the challenges of our time and debating the frontiers of technological innovation.

Thanks to the support of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, top speakers of Trieste Next will form part of the university’s programme: science communicator David Quammen, author of the international bestseller ‘Spillover’, which in 2012 described the origin and evolution of pandemics, will present his new book ‘The Reluctant Mr. Darwin’ on Friday 26th September at 21:00. On Saturday 27th September at 21:00, Brian Kobilka, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2012, will illustrate his research that has opened new frontiers in understanding how cells communicate with each other, with fundamental implications for the development of new drugs.

These are the UniTS events at Trieste Next, day by day:

Friday 26th September
Saturday 27th September
Sunday 28th September

These are the ten UniTS exhibition spaces in its stand in Piazza Unità:

UniTS Stand, 26th–28th September

The stand will also host a point of sale for University merchandise:

• Friday 26th September: 16:00 – 22:00
• Saturday 27th September: 10:00 – 22:00
• Sunday 28th September: 10:00 – 20:00

Once again this year, most of the Trieste Next events will also be available via live streaming.

Sono 606 i candidati che concorrono quest’anno per l’accesso ai corsi di laurea triennali delle professioni sanitarie. Per l’anno accademico 2025/26 sono attivati dieci corsi di laurea in tre sedi (Trieste, Gorizia e Pordenone), con la novità del secondo corso di Igiene dentale a Pordenone, che si affianca a quello storico attivato nel capoluogo giuliano. 

POSTI PROGRAMMATI E NUOVE DISPOSIZIONI    
Nonostante la riforma dell’accesso a Medicina e Odontoiatria, con l’avvio del semestre aperto, l’attrattività delle professioni sanitarie si conferma con 660 iscrizioni alla prova di selezione (-79 rispetto al 2024, +74 in confronto al 2023, +30 rispetto al 2022), per 460 posti programmati (-40 rispetto allo scorso anno) così distribuiti: Infermieristica 200; Fisioterapia 40; Ostetricia (interateneo) 20; Igiene dentale – Trieste 25; Igiene dentale – Pordenone 25; Tecniche della prevenzione (sede Gorizia) 20; Tecnica della riabilitazione psichiatrica 30; Logopedia 30; Assistenza sanitaria (interateneo, sede Gorizia) 40; Dietistica (sede Pordenone) 30.

Le nuove norme, che regolano l’accesso ai corsi di laurea magistrale in Medicina e Odontoiatria e Veterinaria, prevedono anche riserve fino al 20% dei posti programmati nei corsi dichiarati affini delle professioni sanitarie, destinate a chi non risulterà in posizione utile nella graduatoria di merito al termine del semestre aperto. All'Università di Trieste saranno, quindi, disponibili fino a 40 ulteriori immatricolazioni in Infermieristica, 8 in Assistenza sanitaria e 4 in Tecniche della prevenzione nell’ambiente e nei luoghi di lavoro.

ATTRATTIVITÀ NEL COMPLESSO STABILE 
Il trend delle candidature, non sempre di facile lettura, è influenzato anche dalla variabilità dell’offerta dei corsi e dei posti disponibili, ma l’interesse sembra restare complessivamente stabile. Alcuni corsi di laurea interateneo con l’Università di Udine, ad esempio, si attivano ad anni alterni tra le due sedi: nel 2025 a Trieste è presente Ostetricia indicata come prima preferenza da 61 candidati, mentre non sono attivi Tecniche di Laboratorio Biomedico e Tecniche di Radiologia Medica per Immagini e Radioterapia, che nel 2024 avevano raccolto 111 prime opzioni. Considerata questa differenza, la diminuzione delle candidature rispetto allo scorso anno si riduce a 29 unità. Il confronto con il 2023, che aveva un’offerta molto simile all’attuale (escludendo Igiene dentale e Dietistica, allora non attivati), restituisce invece un saldo positivo di 8 iscritti alla prova di ammissione.

Inoltre, con 660 candidature, il 2025 segna il secondo miglior risultato di sempre a livello di interesse, dopo il record dello scorso anno, quando a iscriversi alla selezione furono in 739. 

Un altro aspetto molto positivo è rappresentato dalla distribuzione delle preferenze dei candidati. Ogni candidato infatti può indicare fino a tre corsi in ordine di preferenza che gli permetteranno di entrare nelle rispettive graduatorie e tutti i corsi di laurea raccolgono un numero complessivo di preferenze ampiamente superiore ai posti programmati: Infermieristica 331; Fisioterapia 343; Ostetricia (interateneo) 161; Igiene dentale – Trieste 111; Igiene dentale – Pordenone 72; Tecniche della prevenzione (sede Gorizia) 76; Tecnica della riabilitazione psichiatrica 134; Logopedia 218; Assistenza sanitaria (interateneo, sede Gorizia) 97; Dietistica (sede Pordenone) 210.

L’indicazione delle prime preferenze, invece, testimonia una sofferenza del corso di Infermieristica (118 opzioni rispetto alle 170 dello scorso), l’unico nel complesso a risentire della concorrenza del semestre aperto per l’accesso a Medicina. Contemporaneamente però quest’anno cresce l’interesse dei candidati nei confronti di Assistenza sanitaria (richieste quasi raddoppiate), Dietistica (+47% rispetto al 2024) e Logopedia (record storico con 86 prime scelte). 

PROVENIENZA E GENERE        
L’offerta formativa delle professioni sanitarie di UniTS si conferma attrattiva oltre i confini regionali: anche quest’anno, infatti, il 22% dei candidati non proviene dal Friuli Venezia Giulia. E se le candidature dei residenti a Trieste sono poco più di 1/3 del totale, il 44% è residente nelle altre province della Regione (Udine, 19%, Gorizia 13%, Pordenone 12%): un quadro che testimonia la validità della proposta didattica per la formazione dei professionisti sanitari. Si conferma anche il grande interesse femminile verso questi percorsi professionali: le candidate sono il 74%, ancora in crescita (+1%) rispetto alle prove di ammissione del 2024.

PROSPETTIVE OCCUPAZIONALI        
L’interesse verso i corsi delle professioni sanitarie è sostenuto da prospettive occupazionali molto positive: a un anno dal titolo, secondo Almalaurea, il 90% dei laureati UniTS nelle professioni sanitarie lavora, con tempi medi di inserimento di circa due mesi. Lo stipendio medio si attesta intorno ai 1.800 euro mensili.

LA PROVA   
La prova unica per tutti i corsi di laurea prevede 60 quesiti a risposta multipla: 23 di biologia, 15 di chimica, 13 di fisica e matematica, 5 di ragionamento logico e 4 di competenze di lettura e conoscenze acquisite negli studi. L’esito sarà pubblicato all’Albo ufficiale dell’Università di Trieste (www.units.it/ateneo/albo) entro 15 giorni dallo svolgimento.

On Friday 26th September the European Researchers’ Night returns to Trieste, an event promoted by the European Commission which every year involves thousands of researchers, scholars and institutions in hundreds of European cities. It is the largest communication and outreach event on research taking place in the EU and Horizon Europe-associated countries, engaging more than 1.5 million people.

In Trieste, where the event was presented today, the highlight will take place on Friday 26th September in Piazza Unità d’Italia and the surrounding areas, which for the occasion will be transformed into an open-air laboratory with meetings, shows, experiments, demonstrations and games for all ages. The aim, once again, is to spread a culture of science and knowledge of research professions in an informal and stimulating setting.

Many events will run alongside the Trieste Next science research festival, hosted in Piazza Unità d’Italia and other venues in the city centre. Other activities will anticipate the Night starting on Thursday 11th September. From 22nd September there will also be meetings in schools.

The Old Port will come to life with the special opening of the Immaginario Scientifico Science Museum from 16:00 to 20:00. A shuttle bus will link Piazza Unità with the museum premises in Magazzino 26: on board a researcher will talk about topical issues and answer questions and curiosities.

In Trieste, the lead partner of the SHARPER – Sharing Researchers’ Passion for Evolving Responsibilities project is the Immaginario Scientifico, which organises the European Researchers’ Night together with the Municipality of Trieste and the scientific institutions of the Trieste City of Knowledge Memorandum of Understanding, of which the University of Trieste is also a member.

All activities are free of charge (some require booking).

Full details here: https://www.sharper-night.it/trieste/

Below is the programme curated by the University of Trieste:

Preview events:

Thursday 11th and 18th September, 18:00-19:30 | ITS Arcademy
 IO VEDO ALTRO. When science looks at fashion

A journey through art, fashion and design via neuroscience, artificial intelligence, physics and materials, to discover – thanks to the words of researchers – the hidden links between creativity, innovation and knowledge.
 Booking required.

Organised by Area Science Park and ITS Arcademy, in collaboration with the University of Trieste, SISSA and CNR-IOM

Friday 12th and 19th September, 18:00–19:00 | Aqvedotto Caffè
SUMO SCIENCE

Late-summer evenings, sitting at tables under the trees to enjoy a lively contest between researchers from different disciplines, each passionately defending their own field of research. The audience will decide the winner.

Organised by Science Industries with researchers from ICGEB, INAF, OGS and the University of Trieste

Sunday 14th September, 11:00 and 16:00 | Immaginario Scientifico
TEN YEARS OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES

Two talks retracing the stages of a revolutionary discovery that opened a new window on the Universe: how do the detectors work? What have we learned in a decade? What mysteries remain to be solved?

Organised by INFN Trieste and the University of Trieste

Thursday 25th September, 17:00-18:30 (meeting point 16:50, Piazza Dalmazia – tram stop)
 DON’T MISS THE SCIENCE TRAM: A JOURNEY THROUGH RAILS, RESEARCH AND WIND

A unique experience on the historic Opicina tram line. On board, passengers will hear fascinating stories of science and innovation told directly by those who live research every day. In Opicina, they will then visit the new Bora Museum, a short walk from the tram terminus, with interactive stations, curiosities, memories and stories about Trieste’s famous wind.

Free activity (participants pay only the tram ticket). Booking required (from 10th September).

Organised by the University of Trieste, INAF Trieste, INFN Trieste, Borarium

The programme for Friday 26th September

Piazza Unità d’Italia, Trieste Next university marquee
 15:00-22:00

PLAYING WITH SCIENCE

In three different areas visitors can discover some of the most recent scientific research through games and interactive experiences. Chemistry in a bubble will allow participants to create innovative materials such as slime, between bouncing and jelly-like spheres. The Comparatist is a game designed to explore laws and regulations from different countries. In the Rogue AI space, visitors will become detectives able to distinguish safe artificial intelligences from dangerous ones.

PATHWAYS TO BUILD THE FUTURE

Three of the activities offered share a vision of the future still to be built. Restorative justice pathways will present stories of injustice and innovative solutions; a virtual tour of the Friuli Venezia Giulia coastline will help understand the problem of rising sea levels; quantum experiments will link photons and atoms; and visitors will be able to travel through space among 3D printers and orbital debris simulations. In the exhibition space curated by Professor Seriani and the university team Astreo (UniTS), it will also be possible to send messages to the International Space Station and observe how a small Rover moves.

NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEALTH

New technologies are transforming approaches to health, care and prevention. In this exhibition space, neurological disorders will be addressed through virtual and digital rehabilitation, enabling personalised and engaging exercises to foster motivation and consistency. In the same space, scenarios will be explored on the management of chronic pain through artificial intelligence, neuromodulation, virtual reality and telemedicine within an integrated therapeutic approach.

THE TRICKED BRAIN / LESS IS MORE. DESTROYING TO CURE

Two interactive experiences exploring how the mind and the cell work: The tricked brain challenges the senses and reasoning with perceptual illusions and cognitive games, while Less is More illustrates how cells recognise and dispose of damaged proteins through ubiquitination, showing the recycling of amino acids and the link between this process and new therapies against diseases linked to protein accumulation.

Organised by the Departments of Engineering and Architecture; Physics; Political and Social Sciences; Mathematics, Computer Science and Geosciences; University Clinical Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences; Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Life Sciences; Astreo Student Team, University of Trieste; Artificial Intelligence Lab; projects 3D-L-INK; PROTOMAT; SAMBA; Office for Science Communication Support; Luciano Fonda University College; Language Lab, University of Udine. In collaboration with the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region; Fibromyalgia Secretariat FVG; Italian Fibromyalgia Syndrome Association AISF ODV; CNR-IOM; CNR-INO; ASUGI, Interreg Italy-Slovenia X-BRAIN project; Ministry of Justice – Office of External Penal Enforcement.

15:00-18:30 | Sala del Torchio, Via dei Capitelli 8
 MATHEMATICS AT PLAY

Games and mathematics come together in interactive activities challenging logic, calculation, geometry and statistics, both entertaining and teaching rules and concepts.

Organised by the University of Trieste Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Geosciences, CIRD Interdepartmental Centre for Educational Research and PLS – Mathematics Project

17:00-18:30 | Porticos under the Town Hall, Piazza Unità d’Italia
 STREET SCIENCE

Science takes over public spaces: researchers step out of their laboratories and onto the ‘stage’ of the square to tell the story of their work and discoveries in the form of true street lectures.

Organised by research bodies SIS FVG, G. Tartini Conservatory of Music, University of Trieste, University of Udine

18:00-19:15 | Area Talk 1, Piazza Unità d’Italia
THE ROLE OF SAFETY IN RESEARCH ACROSS BORDERS

This session addresses the issue of researchers’ safety abroad in an international context marked by profound political, economic and social changes.

Organised by the University of Trieste

19:00-20:15 | Area Talk 2, Piazza Unità d’Italia
STORIES WITHIN. THE SUSTAINABLE LIGHTNESS OF EVERY BEING

A performance blending artistic languages with ecological, human and social reflections, turning the audience into active participants in the stage system.

Organised by the University of Trieste, Oltre quella sedia, Ministry of Justice – UDEPE

19:00-20:15 | Sala Costantinides and Sartorio Museum Park
GUARDIANS OF THE NIGHT

A sunset walk to discover bats and their hidden world, guided by researchers and listening to their calls with a bat detector.

Organised by the University of Trieste Department of Life Sciences and Bat World Italy