Heritage Science

Department

Ancient World Studies , Sapienza University of Rome 

Main research activities/topics/projects

Heritage science is an interdisciplinary research area based on different disciplinary skills: humanities (archaeology, philosophy, philology, geography, art history), social sciences (economics, sociology), hard sciences (chemistry, physics, geology, mathematics), architecture, computer science and engineering. The research and innovation activities of the PhD in Heritage Science (PhD-HS) aim at improving understanding and interpretation, conservation and protection, management and sustainable use of tangible and intangible natural and cultural heritage. PhD-HS is built, with strong international connotation, on the models of national PhD already started, in particular the one in Sustainable Development and Climate Change. The coordination is of Sapienza University of Rome. Universities contribute by coordinating and/or participating in one of the planned curricula (11 from archaeology to artificial intelligence, from art history to applied physics to the study of matter, from museology to environmental sciences). In addition to the participation of public bodies (CNR and INFN), PhD-HS sees the involvement of institutions belonging to the Ministry of Culture in order to better link research to real needs and address current needs and future challenges.

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Duration in months (min-max)

PhD sandwich: 6-12