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AREAS OF RESEARCH

 

Cultural heritage (ERC: SH3_4; SH5_10; SH6_12; PE6_4)

• Technological support and materials for restoration;
• Application of nanotechnology to the cultural heritage;
• Technological support and strategies for the development of archaeological parks in value;
• Hystory of architecture;
• Study and cataloging of buildings, sites and areas of historical value;
• Strategies and itineraries for cultural tourism;
• Applications of innovative technologies for surveing and cataloging; and for reconstruction of disappeared buildings.

Territorial development (ERC: SH2_7; SH2_12; SH3)

• Development strategies in the Mediterranean areas;
• Strategies for competitiveness of production systems;
• Environmental assessments and ecological networks;
• Processes of urbanization and urban regeneration policies;
• Participatory practices and structural changes;
• Technological support to communication.

Architectural, urban and landscape design (ERC: SH3_1; SH3_9; SH5_12; SH6_12; PE8_10; PE8_13; PE8_16)

• Theory and methods of architectural, urban and landscape design
• Strategies and forms of urban changes;
• Accessibility and mobility: new public spaces and infrastructure;
• Strategies and systems of landscape;
• Design experiments on the city: brownfield and marginal sites;
• Quality control building and technological support;
• Technology of materials and environmental sustainability;
• Production technology, process engineering;
• Lightweight construction, textile technology;
• Architectural engineering.

Design and visual communication (ERC: SH3_1; SH3_3; SH2_12; SH5_7; SH5_10; PE6_4; PE8_12)

• Innovative processes of transformation of urban public spaces, using digital techniques;
• Exibit and installations in the contemporary city;
• New relational spaces in the contemporary city;
• Eco-friendly materials, handicraft production and merchandising;
• Development of products with recycled content;
• Sustainable design (for recycling, for environment, eco-design).

Agroecology, agricultural biodiversity and rural landscape (ERC areas: LS3_11; LS3_12; LS8_1; LS8_2; LS9_5; LS9_6; LS9_7)

• Models of agronomic production and regeneration in Mediterranean environments;;
• In vivo and in vitro agricultural biodiversity preservation;
• Agroecology and knowledge models in traditional agricultural landscapes;
• Circular economy and reuse of agri-food by-products;
• Agricultural biodiversity and agroecology in design, planning and engineering.

European Research Council - ERC