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Research areas

Research areas

A journey through the areas, projects and research groups where new knowledge is born and developed. Discover the research and scientific innovation activities of the department’s researchers.

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News

Are you interested in global sustainability? Join the UnaVEx – Virtual Exchange for Sustainability

Between November and December 2026, join the online international exchange programme to discuss and act on today’s global sustainability challenges. Apply until 1 November.

Innovation and Research

The call for Great-ER is open!

Take part in the free, 12-month advanced incubation programme, designed to support the development of deep tech research-based business projects. Apply by 23 September.

Have you heard of the Field Work call for applications?

Would you like to gain experience in development cooperation in countries of the Global South? Get ready to apply – you can now propose a position of your own choosing.

Do you travel around Bologna and district?

You can purchase a subsidised annual pass for TPER buses until 15 December 2026, subject to the availability of funds.

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Events

5 Oct 6 Oct 2026

Workshop

Human Rights Today

Aula A - Via Centotrecento e Sala Mondolfo - Via Zamboni 38

21 Sep 20 Nov 2026

Demo

Study abroad

Meeting

Job Day sede di Imola

Talk

Visiting lecture of Jonas Lüscher on his poetology

Via Zamboni 38, aula VI

Conference

FAIRy day

Congress

Workshop on Jonas Lüscher's novel "Verzauberte Vorbestimmung"

Via Zamboni 32, Aula Forti

Talk

Public lecture from the new novel of Jonas Lüscher

Via de' Marchi 4

Round table

Questioning anthropocentrism

aula n. 105 - Via San Giacomo 3

Seminar

Time, history, city

via Zamboni, 38 - Sala Apollo

19 Oct 23 Oct 2026

Conference

Sìcura - Settimana della sicurezza

Seminar

Mothers and children in prison

via Centotrecento 18 - Aula A

Seminar

A preliminary taxonomy of statistical transactions

Sala Apollo, Via Zamboni 38

Seminar

Political Philosophy Seminar

Aula Mondolfo, via Zamboni, 38

19 Nov 20 Nov 2026

Conference

Necessitudo, Spinoza and the Necessity of the Common

Aula 2, via Azzo Gardino, 33

Exhibition

“What Can a Body Do?” Across the Archipelago of the Floating Islands of the Third Theatre.

Aula VI, via Zamboni 38

Lectio magistralis

«I minori mali possibili». Contratto sociale, sacrificio e diritti in Beccaria

Aula Mondolfo, Via Zamboni 38

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Calls and competitions

Open calls

Borse di studio e agevolazioni

Bando di concorso per un Premio di studio destinato a studentesse meritevoli iscritte nell’a.a. 2026/27 al II^ anno del corso di Laurea Magistrale in Global Cultures dell’Università di Bologna

end date: 30 novembre 2026, 12:00

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Numbers

1100 First Year Student
11 Research Centres
3 Degree Programmes
3 ERC Research Projects
11 EU Research Projects
1 PHD Programme

Focus

PhD programme

Operating centre: Bologna - Main Department: Department of Philosophy and Communication Studies (FILCOM) - Mobility abroad: 6 months

First and Second cycle degree programmes a.y. 2023/24

Consult the complete list of first and second cycle degree programmes offered by the Department and make your choice.

Highlighted

“Avrò cura di te (I will take care of you)”: psychological support for parents and carers

“Avrò cura di te (I will take care of you)”: psychological support for parents and carers

Discover the new free psychological support service open to the entire community of the University of Bologna.

International collaboration

International collaboration

Library

Library

Azzo Gardino

Azzo Gardino

Zamboni

Zamboni

Azzo Gardino

Azzo Gardino

Zamboni

Zamboni