A study of thirty teeth recovered from the archaeological site in the province of Salerno has reconstructed childhood growth patterns, identified early-life stress events, and traced the dietary habits of ancient inhabitants, revealing the consumption of fermented foods such as bread, wine, and beer
A study by the University of Bologna gives voice to 17 Italian Paralympic athletes: media coverage still tends to emphasise disability over sporting performance, often relying on heroic or pity-based stereotypes
Coordinated by the Department of Interpretation and Translation and selected as a success story among EU-funded Horizon initiatives, this research project has led to the development of solutions designed to enhance the linguistic and cultural skills of children with a migrant background
An analysis of the markings found on hundreds of eggshell fragments dating back more than 60,000 years, unearthed between South Africa and Namibia, has revealed our ancestors’ remarkable ability to organise visual space according to abstract principles
The new Erasmus+ project, coordinated by the University of Bologna, will develop new tools to train professionals who can combine economic expertise with social awareness
An expert in the geography of migration, tourism and geographical theory, Professor Claudio Minca from the Department of History and Cultures at the University of Bologna explains how freedom of movement is never the same for everyone, and how these differences translate into selective spatial practices in places that we all pass through every day: borders, cities, infrastructural nodes, spaces of hospitality, and so on
From architecture to interpretations of Venus’s movements in the Codex Cospi, held at the University Library of Bologna: how the pre-Hispanic peoples of Mesoamerica, without telescopes, interpreted the celestial sphere to define political and social order. UniboMagazine spoke with Professor Davide Domenici
"The San Giovanni in Monte Complex is undeniably a place of memory: a collection of millennia of sedimented history alongside a sequence of episodes, some richer in detail than long periods of latency and silence"
By stepping into the role of a female avatar, a group of young men experienced catcalling first-hand in an everyday scenario. Anger and disgust emerged as the strongest emotions from the experiment. The technique could be used both in clinical settings and educational environments to foster empathy and emotional awareness
The enforcement of the historic United States law to combat international corruption was suspended on 10 February 2025 through a presidential executive order. On the same day, companies under investigation or sanctioned for corruption increased their market capitalisation by an average of USD 160 million. A signal that could also lead other countries to scale back their efforts to fight international corruption
Emergy analysis is a tool to objectively calculate the environmental and social costs of climate policies, with significant implications on legal proceedings related to climate change