This volume inaugurates the Digital Humanities Center Policy Brief series, an instrument of the CNR-DSU Digital Humanities Center for formulating policies and guidelines, promoting specific expertise and methodologies, and reflecting on the integration of DH into the Institution’s research. The issue comprises three complementary contributions. The first…
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Recent demographic projections confirm that Italy’s population is bound to experience a sharp contraction by 2050, with a decline heavily concentrated in the Southern inner areas, driven by the selective out-migration of young people and highly qualified graduates. This policy brief argues that depopulation is…
Building on landmark studies of late medieval trade and merchant networks (Melis, 1962; Sapori, 1972; Del Treppo, 1989) and contemporary reflections on their systems of cooperation, connectivity, and trust (Poloni, 2024), this paper revisits selected traces of mercantile memory preserved in the Datini Archive (Prato,…
Achieving European climate neutrality by 2050 requires not only drastic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions but also strengthening the natural carbon sequestration capacity of terrestrial and marine ecosystems. The European Union has developed several instruments to account for and certify carbon removals, including the LULUCF…
The experience of urban commons in Naples represents a paradigm of social and legal innovation that has gained international recognition. Through the introduction of the institution of Usi Civici e Collettivi Urbani (Urban Civic and Collective Use Rights), the city has overcome the public-private dichotomy…
Questo primo volume della collana Scienza e dialogo per la pace propone una riflessione scientifica sulle condizioni della pace come questione centrale del nostro tempo. I contributi, provenienti da diverse discipline delle scienze umane e sociali, analizzano il conflitto come dimensione strutturale delle relazioni sociali…
This paper analyses the introduction of artificial intelligence into the Italian justice system between 2020 and early 2026, focusing on the key projects launched by universities, judicial offices, and the Ministry of Justice. Despite numerous projects and significant investments, the available applications remain limited: the…
In recent years, gender equality certification has become a key policy instrument in Italy, supported by a solid national framework and regional implementation measures targeting SMEs. However, territorial implementation shows important weaknesses. Regional interventions are heterogeneous and often fragmented, with significant differences in tools and…
This policy brief critically re-examines dominant narratives on climate migration in Africa, with a particular focus on Namibia, questioning the prevailing narrative that frames climate change as a linear, dominant driver of human mobility. In a context of accelerating climate change and increasing forced migration…
La realtà globale contemporanea vive, com’è noto, una profonda contraddizione: da un lato, il costante e sempre più accelerato progresso tecnologico, lo sviluppo di capillari relazioni economiche e la rapida circolazione delle persone e delle informazioni hanno portato l’integrazione tra aree anche lontanissime a livelli…
The international cooperation system is undergoing a profound transformation. The traditional North-South aid model has fragmented with the emergence of new global players (China, India, Brazil) and South-South partnerships. At the same time, Western Official Development Assistance (ODA) is in crisis, shrinking in volume and…
The paper examines how the level of digital development in the Euro-Mediterranean countries (Euromed 9: Italy, Spain, France, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Malta, Slovenia and Croatia), as measured by the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), is associated with active ageing outcomes as captured by the…