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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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Published

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.

23 OCT 2026

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Aches, opportunities and trade-offs in the search of sustainable agrifood systems, a view between Latin America and Europe.

Food systems can boost sustainability, nutrition, and jobs. Tools like Life Cycle Thinking and True Cost Accounting guide the shift to resilient, equitable food systems.

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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Published

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.