Our University's research for sustainable development
Sustainability and the pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda are at the centre of scientific initiatives and projects dedicated to and transversal to the overall research activity of the University
The Sustainability Departments
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 dimensions of social inclusion and economic growth, thanks to the University's multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary wealth, as well conservancy and dissemination of cultural heritage.
Research centres for sustainability
The research on climate, sustainability and environment also contributes in a specific way to the University’s research centres and the Interuniversity centers based at Sapienza.
- Centro di ricerca in Ingegneria per la tutela e la valorizzazione dell'ambiente e del territorio Click on the page
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Centro di ricerca Idrogeno: vettore energetico-ecologico alternativo Click on the page
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Centro di ricerca per le Scienze applicate alla protezione dell'ambiente e dei beni culturali Click on the page
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Centro di ricerca previsione, prevenzione e controllo dei rischi geologici Click on the page
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Centro di ricerca sulla Valorizzazione e gestione dei centri minori e relativi sistemi paesaggistico-ambientali Click on the page
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Centro interuniversitario di ricerca "Biodiversità, servizi ecosistemici e sostenibilità Click on the page
Initiatives and research activities for SDGs 2025
SDG 15 - Future of Nature Conservation in Europe
Initiatives and research activities for SDGs 2024
SDG 3 - E-registry for sarcopenic obesity presented
SDG 3 - Fentanyl and new opioids: a growing public health threat
SDG 3 - Rome trial: increasingly personalised therapies against cancer
SDG 3 - Long COVID in children and adolescents: towards understanding the mechanisms underlying the persistence of symptoms
SDG 3/12 - A new smart and eco-friendly FFP2 mask
SDG 8 - Fairwork Italy ratings 2024: report on work in the platform economy released
SDG 9 - The Hyperspim project is awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. It will develop sustainable photonic computers
SDG 11 - Sapienza leads Maps, a three-year, €10m project on sub-Saharan migration policy
SDG 11/16 - Ebla, sixty years later: protection and recovery of the archaeological site
SDG 11 - Sapienza hosts the 25th World Congress of Philosophy: Philosophy across boundaries / La filosofia attraversa i confini
SDG 11 - Calvino: the Italian writer's works in a unique digital portal
SDG 13/15 - Forest management and ecosystem functionality: the delicate balance between human beings and nature
SDG 13 Hackathon Pe’rcorso talk & walk: climate, heritage and public behaviour
SDG 13 - Forest management and ecosystem functionality
SDG 14 - EU Prize for Citizen Science 2024 awards the SeaPaCS project
SDG 15 - In Praise of Diversity. A journey through Italian ecosystems
SDG 15 - An uncertain future for biodiversity in the Congo Basin
SDG 17 - Political polarisation and interactions on social media: common patterns exist internationally
Initiatives and research activities for SDGs 2023
SDG 3 - Tsunamis of light against cancer
SDG 3 - Event in Italian: Ricerca di base e pratica clinica innovativa per affrontare le sfide dell'assistenza pediatrica
SDG 3 - Paediatric bronchiolitis: more severe cases associated with new RSV variants in recent years
SDG 3 - Precision medicine: new biomarkers identified to improve and personalise diagnosis of medullary thyroid carcinoma
SDG 3 - World's first trachea and brachiocephalic artery reconstruction surgery
SDG 3 - Child with very rare disease receives gene therapy never before used in Italy
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
SDG 9 - A cause for the strange behaviour of cuprates discovered: a step towards more sustainable superconductor applications
SDG 9 - Classifying metal nanoparticles with AI
SDG 11 - Geostatistical models to understand the function of Sardinian nuraghi
SDG 13 - Ecological research and technological advancement in the Arctic: the "EcoClimate" PRA project
SDG 14 - Arctic climate balance increasingly at risk
SDG 15 - Tracing the movements of Iron Age Mediterranean populations with DNA mapping
SDG 15 - The origins of our ancestors
SDG 15 - Counteracting soil sterility with plants tolerant to high salt concentrations
SDG 15 - Humans and bears: a possible coexistence?
SDG 15 - The role of high-biodiversity areas in contributing to the wellbeing of humanity
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