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Climate change, new database of temperatures of the last 2000 years

An international team of 98 researchers from 22 countries has released as an open dataset the result of their three years research on evidence on climate change history from natural archives..

New archaeological sites discovered near Aquileia

Satellite images and air laser scans taken near the ancient city of Aquileia allowed Ca’ Foscari University of Venice’s archaeologists to find at least three settlements that will be further explored with additional investigations and archaeological digs.

Tourism and Sharing Economy: research on Airbnb data

Researchers of the Department of Economics have explored that question and presented their results in a public encounter dedicated to the ‘non-traditional’ hospitality industry gathering Sharing Economy and digital technology.

Ca' Foscari awarded by the Italian Ministry of Education for the Contamination Lab

Ca’ Foscari University of Venice arrives in third place among the awarded universities in Northern Italy awarded by the Italian Ministry of Education, MIUR, with specific funds to develop a ‘Contamination Lab’.

Ca’ Foscari leads strategic effort to save Venice from rising sea levels

The REDUNE project, commissioned by the EU-funded LIFE program and led by a team of scientists from Ca’ Foscari aims to make tourism on the beaches of Veneto environmentally sustainable by 2022.

Researchers’ Night in Venice 2017: open call for proposals

Venetonight is open to the Ca’ Foscari’s academic community involved in research. The array of activities that can be submitted is extremely broad: interactivity is their common denominator.

Global Trade and Social Rights seminar

From June 19th to June 24th Ca’ Foscari will host an international seminar on Global Trade and Labour Rights, with interventions of experts from around the world.

Research at Ca' Foscari on health care and low incomes

Economists of Ca' Foscari University of Venice and of Pavia University publish a paper about Italian personal income tax (Irpef) tax credits and increasing health inequalities.

Humanities and Computer Science, a new perspective

Humanities and Computer Science: Paolo Mastandrea, professor of Latin at Ca’ Foscari, tells us about digital tools aiming at carrying out ‘intertextual’, linguistic, philological and stylistic surveys.