Workshop "Le infrastrutture di ricerca per l'innovazione"
2026-04-22 09:30 - 13:30 (Europe/Brussels) | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 7, Roma
ITSERR took part as one of the key actors in the national workshop “Research Infrastructures for Innovation”, promoted by the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) and dedicated to the role of Research Infrastructures in innovation processes and in collaboration with businesses.
The initiative, organised by CNR in collaboration with the network of Infrastructure Managers of the six ESFRI thematic domains (Digital, Environment, Energy, Health & Food, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Social and Cultural Innovation), served as a strategic platform for dialogue between the research system and the business community, with the aim of fostering structured pathways of collaboration and co‑innovation.
The discussions highlighted the role of the 33 Italian Research Infrastructures, funded under the NextGenerationEU/PNRR framework, in supporting innovation pathways and cooperation with industry.
The presence of representatives from Research Infrastructures and multi-sector industrial stakeholders made the workshop a concrete opportunity for high‑level networking, direct exchange and the sharing of use cases and successful collaboration models, strengthening the positioning of Research Infrastructures as strategic drivers of innovation and competitiveness.

Event “Religion at the Greenhouse. Exploring the Dynamics and Growth of RESILIENCE”
2026-05-11 09:30 - 19:00 | Serre dei Giardini Margherita, Via Castiglione, 134, Bologna, Italy
On Monday, 11 May 2026, Bologna will host “Religion at the Greenhouse. Exploring the Dynamics and Growth of RESILIENCE”, the event marking the conclusion of the preparatory phase of RESILIENCE, the European research infrastructure dedicated to the study of religions.
The event will bring together representatives from European and national institutions, universities, research infrastructures and technology partners to discuss the achievements of RESILIENCE and its future development.
The programme includes a keynote lecture by Prof. Alberto Melloni (FSCIRE / University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), a round table on research infrastructures, public policies and the study of religions, as well as four thematic afternoon panels focusing on services, impact, digital innovation and public information on religions.
Among the representatives of the ITSERR project, Fabrizio D’Avenia (University of Palermo) and Rudy Demo will share the experience developed within ITSERR by contributing to two of the afternoon panels. Rudy Demo will take part in the panel “Serving Research, Building Knowledge”, dedicated to RESILIENCE services and their future development for both the research community and the private sector. Fabrizio D’Avenia will participate in the panel “Impacting Research”, focused on the areas of impact generated by RESILIENCE and on the challenges of impact‑driven research in the field of religious studies.
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8a Conferenza Nazionale di Public History dell’AIPH
2026-06-08 08:00 - 2026-06-12 17:00 | Università degli Studi di Udine, Via Margreth, 3, Udine
ITSERR researcher Ilaria Sabbatini (University of Palermo) took part in the 8th National Conference of Public History of the AIPH, “Shaking History. Public History and Reconstruction – Heritage on the Move: Digital, Memory and Participation”, where she coordinated the panel “Serving Research, Supporting Participation”. During the session, Francesca Cadeddu (Fondazione per le scienze religiose Giovanni XXIII – FSciRe) delivered a paper entitled “Serving Research, Supporting Participation”, and Marco Papasidero (University of Palermo) presented “Sanctuaria: a digital and collaborative archive for the collection of ex‑votos and foundation legends”. Ilaria Sabbatini also contributed with the paper “Building a Research Archive: Digitization as a Historiographical Practice”.
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