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The official channel of the Department of Political and Social Sciences is online: research, discoveries, people and stories to watch together.

Research Stories

Research Stories

We tell the stories of the protagonists of research, themes and projects that make UniBo's Department of Political and Social Sciences a national and international excellence.

SPS Guests

SPS Guests

The prestigious “Chinese Hall” of Hercolani Palace opens its doors to guests from all over the world. Here you will find the interviews they gave us after their visit.

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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Events

5 Oct

Round table

LM IR - Round Table - Beyond the Hype

Strada Maggiore 45
8 Oct

Talk

What is geopolitics (not) for?

9 Oct

Conference

FAIRy day

9 Oct

Seminar

Recounting Genocide Thirty Years Later: The Role of Testimony and Memory in the Podcast Enclave – Surviving Srebrenica

13 Oct

Seminar

Genre, politics, and the crisis of democracy in the U.S.

14 Oct 15 Oct 2026

Talk

Media, Religion, and Gender

Palazzo Hercolani, Aula di Virgilio (Via dei Bersaglieri 6, 14 Ottobre) e Aula Ardigò (Strada Maggiore 45, 15 Ottobre)
16 Oct 17 Oct 2026

Festival

Waking the World Up

via Filippo Corridoni, 20
16 Oct

Lecture

The New Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism: Growth, Democracy, or Climate Action?

19 Oct

Seminar

Emergency management from the Civil Protection perspective in light of the most recent experiences

19 Oct

Seminar

An Artificial Assistant as a cognitive "sparring partner" for the development of skills and competencies

19 Oct

Seminar

Managing differences in prevention strategy: focus on age

20 Oct

Seminar

Talking about well-being, understanding discomfort: the psychosocial risks seen by clinical psychology

20 Oct

Seminar

Natural, processed, safe foods? How to navigate qualities, preferences, and false myths

20 Oct

Seminar

Emerging lessons on the political economy of climate finance in the Global South

21 Oct

Workshop

Collaborative robotics in research laboratories: security, innovation and new frontiers

22 Oct

Seminar

Self-awareness and artificial intelligence: a clinical perspective

22 Oct

Conference

Mobility of the future between health, safety and sustainability

22 Oct

Seminar

Rural and Agricultural Development Schemes: A Twentieth-History Perspective

5 Nov

Seminar

The fight against global hunger. Fao and the freedom from hunger campaign

11 Nov

Seminar

From mafia mobility to mafia ubiquity: understanding how organized crime groups transform, survive, or unravel while they move

18 Nov

Lecture

The end of neoliberalism: the return of politics and the European occasion

18 Nov

Seminar

Jobs outside Academia: a view from the policy world

2 Dec

Lecture

Bounded sovereignty: economic policy in an era of global fragmentation

9 Dec

Seminar

Affective polarization and its electoral consequences in a comparative longitudinal perspective

16 Dec

Meeting

The European Union in a hostile world

Aula Poeti - Palazzo Hercolani, Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna
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Calls and competitions

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