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30 MAR 2026

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The Theory of Knots in Life Sciences

Knot theory studies knots and links using invariants like the Jones polynomial,with applications in mathematics,physics,chemistry and biology,including DNA,polymers and proteins.

04 MAY 2026

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A blue ballad for an (unfulfilled) dream. What has not worked in the international development (and climate) financing model, and how can we (or, quite possibly, not) fix it?

2030 Agenda; development finance;Addis Ababa Action Agenda;official development aid;external debt;foreign direct investment;UN international conferences in financing for development; climate finance.

08 MAY 2026

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Fascinating aromas in fruits and transdisciplinary education

Aromas shape food preference and ecological interactions.Analytical methods,environmental volatiles in agroecology,and practical examples linking lab research with field observations.

13 MAY 2026

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AI, Robots and the Future of Human Relationships: Are We Crossing a Threshold?

AI companions and robots blur lines between utility and intimacy, creating emotional bonds despite being programmed, raising questions about loneliness, care, and the future of human connection.

19 MAY 2026

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Hierarchical Flow structure, from thermal management to botanic and health science

Natural flow systems evolve efficient dendritic designs. Prof. Lorente shows how hierarchical flow architectures optimize heat, fluid, and biological transport across engineering and nature.

20 MAY 2026

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The Fashion Nexus: China, Southeast Asia, and the Making of 21st-Century Fashion

Explores how China’s global rise reshapes Southeast Asian fashion, showing how designers negotiate identity, power, and creativity through local responses to “Global China.”

27 MAY 2026

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On the Edge of the Cloud: Making Smart Systems Predictable When Time Matters

Edge-to-cloud systems link devices and cloud computing for fast, efficient services. The talk explains how they work, why predictability matters, and key challenges and solutions.

08 JUN 2026

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Partial Differential Equations: An Endless Story

Partial Differential Equations are fundamental to science, shaping mathematics and linking fields like physics, engineering, art, and artificial intelligence.

15 JUN 2026

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Against Prehistory: Archaeology as Indigenous History in South America

Prehistory has been used to exclude Indigenous peoples from history. Decolonial archaeology in Brazil reclaims their continuity, agency, and territorial rights.

17 JUN 2026

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Peirce’s Legacy in the Era of Algorithmic Narrativity

The lecture explores digital narrativity with LLMs as semiotic agents, redefining narrative as flow and meaning as a balance between interpretive openness and cultural decipherability.

19 JUN 2026

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Independent Directors in South Korea: Structural Challenges and Lessons from Concentrated Ownership—A Comparative Reflection with Italy

The South Korea’s independent-director system under controlling shareholders, comparing it with Italy and assessing why current governance tools struggle to protect minority shareholders.

24 JUN 2026

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Sustainable Polymers: Advances, Challenges and Opportunities for a Changing World

Sustainable polymer science advances UN SDGs through bio-based materials,green synthesis,recycling,and AI-driven design,enabling cleaner energy,environment, health,and circular economy solutions.

08 JUL 2026

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Innovative strategies to reduce fertilizer use and nutrient losses in agro-ecosystems

With finite fertilizers and climate stress, smarter use is key: efficient crops, microbes, models, and digital tools to cut losses, pollution, and boost sustainability.

14 SEP 2026

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Emergent Mosaic Art in the Age of Computational Creativity

Mosaic art spans ancient to modern times, but lacks academic study. Combining computational aesthetics and creativity could support artists and deepen understanding of beauty in mosaics.

21 SEP 2026

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Life: a non-biological domain

Using Solaris as a lens, this talk explores the limits and biases in defining life, and how astrobiology seeks universal principles to recognize life beyond Earth.

07 OCT 2026

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Brain-muscle cross talk: drivers of resilience to fatigability and targets of novel interventions

How brain-muscle interactions promote resilience to fatigue in older adults, offering insights for interventions to improve mobility and reduce disability risk.

12 OCT 2026

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Staging Nineteenth-Century Migrations and Exiles in Museums

How European museums represent 19th-century migration, exploring how objects and artifacts convey historical movements, exile, and immigration across countries like France, Italy, and Belgium

14 OCT 2026

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Neanderthals and Early Homo sapiens in the northern Black Sea region

The northern Black Sea was a key prehistoric crossroads, where Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens adapted, innovated, and interacted over 70,000 years, shaping human dispersal and culture.

19 OCT 2026

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A Place to Belong, a Place that Needs you, a Place you Can go Home to” : (Negative) Emotions and Belonging in Minority Buddhist Communities

How fear and negative emotions shape belonging, community, and change among marginalised Japanese Buddhist groups.

09 NOV 2026

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Fundamentals and Frontiers in Fluid–Structure Interaction

Discover the fundamentals of fluid–structure interaction and their real-world applications in sustainable transport and renewable energy, illustrated through cutting-edge EU research projects.

09 DEC 2026

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Treating Mental Health Disorders with Psychedelics: What the Science Says

Psychedelics like psilocybin and LSD are re-emerging in psychiatry. This talk explores their brain effects, therapeutic potential, risks, and ethical questions, separating evidence from hype.