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CHANGES

Cultural Heritage Active Innovation for Sustainable Society
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Classification: 
national research
Programme: 
PNRR - Partenariati estesi
Call: 
Decreto Direttoriale MUR n. 341 del 15/03/2022 - Avviso pubblico per la presentazione di Proposte di intervento per la creazione di “Partenariati estesi alle università, ai centri di ricerca, alle aziende per il finanziamento di progetti di ricerca di base” – nell’ambito del Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza, Missione 4 “Istruzione e ricerca” – Componente 2 “Dalla ricerca all’impresa” – Investimento 1.3, finanziato dall’Unione europea – NextGenerationEU
Main ERC field: 
Social Sciences and Humanities
Unict role: 
Partner
Duration (months): 
36
Start date: 
Thursday, December 1, 2022
End date: 
Sunday, November 30, 2025
Total cost: 
€ 115.900.000,00
Unict cost: 
€ 7.223.942,27
Coordinator: 
Università di Roma "La Sapienza"
Principal investigator in Unict: 
Prof. Daniele Malfitana, Prof. Pietro Maria Militello
University department involved: 
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Department of Humanities
Participants: 
  • Università di Bari "Aldo Moro"
  • Università di Milano
  • Università di Napoli "Federico II"
  • Università di Bologna
  • CNR
  • Università di Firenze
  • Università di Venezia
  • Università di Roma 3
  • Università di Torino
  • Università di Bergamo
  • Università Suor Orsola Benincasa di Napoli
  • Opificio delle Pietre Dure
  • Istituto Centrale per il Restauro
  • The Gran Sasso Science Institute
  • Fondazione Sicilia
  • CoopCulture
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
  • Scuola Normale Superiore
  • Istituto enciclopedia Italia Treccani
  • Fondazione 1563
  • Centre of Excellence DTC Lazio
  • Engineering
  • EDILCO

Abstract

CHANGES project will lead to the identification of innovative research approaches on topics including landscapes and their transformations, sustainable practices in changing urban environments, impact of digitization as a decarbonization tool, low energy consumption technologies for sites and collections, enhanced diagnostics tools for the characterization and monitoring of objects and built heritage, green conservation and restoration products and protocols, risk reduction against climate change and sustainable tourism.

CHANGES project will use CH as a complex multidisciplinary domain for cooperation between universities, various scientific communities, creative industry and citizens.

CHANGES partnership will aim at consolidating the Italian National Research Plan, while implementing the Horizon Europe program priorities on the European cultural heritage and the cultural and creative industries (CCIs)