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Education, growth, inclusion

To analyse and understand educational and training processes in order to promote learning, well-being and development among individuals and communities.

We are building the future through knowledge

  • Childhood and families
  • Adolescence and pathways to adulthood
  • Training for teachers and educators
  • Active learning approaches
  • Education and digital technologies
  • Lifelong learning
  • Training and work
  • Disability and inclusion
  • Migration and interculturalism
  • Gender and equal opportunities
  • Tackling educational poverty
  • Well-being and the prevention of hardship
  • Community and democratic citizenship
  • Children’s literature
  • History, memory and heritage
  • Innovation and evaluation

Events

Conference

4 November 2026

Thinking the World, Inhabiting the Earth

Critical Thinking and Ecological Education in Early Childhood

Ceremony
A draw representing young adults speaking each others

4 November 2026

It is no longer enough to provide children with services; we must give the cities back to them.

The international "Novi cives - Builders of Citizenship" award is presented to Francesco Tonucci

Conference

20 – 21 November 2026

“The Individual’s Voice at the End of Life: Between Advance Directives and Assisted Suicide” “Femicide and Trans*icide: The Roots of Gender-Based Violence”

Two days of lectures from the Master’s Programme in Forensic Psychiatry, open to all students and medical residents at the University of Bologna.

Meeting

23 November 2026

Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Growing ideas and generating impact

Event Within the Framework of:
Student Entreprenurial Cycle 2026-2027

About us

We explore the role of education in promoting people’s autonomy and well-being, and in strengthening communities – including through the prevention of situations of hardship – to build a more inclusive, collaborative and democratic society.

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5,019

Students enrolled on degree programmes in the 2024/2025 academic year

17

Total number of competitive research projects in 2022, 2023 and 2024

18

Public engagement initiatives in 2023

89.2

Graduates in employment three years after graduation in 2023

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