Nature

Forests: the first three old-growth forests in Friuli Venezia Giulia join the national network

Good news for forests and woodlands. Last August, the first three old-growth forests in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region were officially designated. Old-growth forests are forest ecosystems in which human...
accessibility

Silent Reading Party at the Omero Museum: In Ancona, Reading Is for Everyone

Silent Reading Party at the Omero Museum: In Ancona, Reading Is for EveryoneThe Silent Reading Party took place on Sunday, November 8, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the...
Nature

The most prestigious photograph of the year was taken by an Italian photographer

The winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is Italian. It is the world’s oldest and most prestigious wildlife photography award, now in its 61st year.Photographer Federico Veronesi...
university

How to “Play” the Shanghai Ranking: How Can We Harness the Widespread Excellence of the Italian Higher Education System?

Every 15 August, the Shanghai Ranking produces the same small collective ritual in Italy. People look at the top one hundred universities in the world, observe that there are no...
Nature

The echo of the meadows

Many of us will have come across flowering meadows whilst walking in the countryside or in the mountains, where colours blend with scents and the breeze weaves its way through...
theater

Another world

The This Ability Pride Veneto, which is regularly held in the city of Padua, represents an important opportunity to promote awareness and foster a culture of inclusion. The event was...
human rights

Bourdieu's Habitus and Inclusion – From Persons with Disabilities to Disabled Persons

IntroductionThis article explores disability from a new perspective through the sociological theories of Professor Pierre Bourdieu. Its primary objective is to demonstrate that the very concept of disability, as it...
inclusion

Laura Nota: ‘The Future Is Not Something We Endure, but Something We Imagine’. From Switzerland, a Manifesto for Rethinking Career Guidance, Freedom and Social Justice

Psychologist Laura Nota of the University of Padua has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Lausanne and has issued a challenge to the academic world: abandon dominant...
India

India, Women, and Reality

Legal Definition of Gender DiscriminationToday, despite decades of feminist movements and struggles for gender equality, gender discrimination remains a widespread phenomenon both internationally and within the Indian context. Within the...