Our University's research for sustainable development
Sapienza's Departments and Research Centres have embraced the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as an indication of priorities in research activities.
Among the SDGs, those relating to the environmental protection dimension are more directly applicable to scientific research, i.e. those linked to the "Planet" label (the SDGs are ideally grouped in the 5 P: People, Prosperity, Peace, Partnership, Planet). But Sapienza's professors and researchers are also engaged in research activities concerning the other two dimensions - social inclusion and economic growth - thanks to the University's multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary wealth.
Initiatives and research activities for SDGs 2023
SDG 3 - New mechanism activating the brain's immune system discovered
SDG 3 - Covid and thrombosis: an Italian study coordinated by Sapienza discovers a stroke-causing receptorus
Initiatives and research activities for SDGs 2022
SDG 13/15 - The importance of the Paris Agreement for mountains and their biodiversity
SDG 3 - T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: cells potentially responsible for disease recurrence identified
SDG 3 - Brain-environment communication. The role of intestinal microorganisms
SDG 3 - Cystic fibrosis: an alternative therapy re-evaluates the role of certain substances, including turmeric extract
SDG 3 - COVID-19: the 'perfect storm' that increases the risk of thrombosis discovered
SDG 3 - Invisible nanoparticles against tumours
SDG 3 - COVID-19: platelets also contribute to faster response to vaccines
SDG 3 - Internet and social capital
SDG 3 - Biomarkers define the immunological fitness required for clinical response to immunotherapy in cancer patients
SDG 3 - BRCA gene mutations: not only breast and ovarian cancer
SDG 5 - Sapienza PhD dissertation on Maternal and Hinduism wins Paola Bora prize on gender issues
SDG 6 - Pathogen detection in drinking water: cheap and sustainable biosensor soon available
SDG 7 - Water and environmental monitoring system at the Botanical Garden
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SDG 7 - Sapienza's iSPLASH technology for more sustainable energy
SDG 7/13 - Electric mobility and remote working reduce urban pollution
SDG 9 - Sapienza research into orbit with Vega-C
SDG 9 - A novel sensorised artificial skin for increasingly collaborative robots
SDG 9 - Summertime, mosquitoes are back: citizens join researchers in tracking them with the Mosquito Alert app
SDG 9 - LISA and the discovery of new fundamental fields
SDG 9 - Sapienza's NODRY project awarded Erc Proof of Concept
SDG 9 - Identifying quantum phenomena through cause-effect relationships
SDG 11 - Electric mobility and remote working reduce urban pollution
SDG 11 - Agreement between Sapienza and the Istituto centrale per il restauro signed
SDG 11 - New UNESCO Chair on Education and Research to Improve Urban Health and Wellbeing in Cities launched
SDG 14 - Sapienza in the Tara oceanographic mission
SDG 14 - Blue Economy, Wsense wins European Commission's Blueinvest award
SDG 15 - Global biodiversity: how not to lose it
SDG 15 - Norway Spruce in Scandinavia: colonisation that started more than 10,000 years ago
SDG 15 - Arctic climate balance increasingly at risk
SDG 15 - Phlegraean Fields: new study to measure magma viscosity