Link Campus University: Research and Projects

Research and Projects realized in 2019 by the Research Department of Link Campus University.

Title: Research with the Circolo di Studi Diplomatici on priority themes for Italian foreign policy

Duration: 3 months
Start date: 02/09/2019
Finish date: 30/11/2019

Partnership:

Circolo di Studi Diplomatici (Coordinator)
Link Campus University

Description: The aim of the project is to contribute to the in-depth study of a number of priority themes for Italian foreign policy purposes by making use of the scientific and knowledge contribution of the Circolo di Studi Diplomatici. The research is organised into seven Diplomatic Dialogues, which constitute one of the traditional forms of expression of the Circle's research activities, and a Conference.

The topics covered in the research are:

First Dialogue: Euro-Russian relations and the role of Italy.
Second Dialogue: Mediterranean and Middle East between regional and external powers. Italy's interests.
Third Dialogue: Central and Balkan Europe in the construction of Europe.
Fourth Dialogue: Strategic Autonomy and the Global Role of the European Union.
Fifth Dialogue: The European Union between integration and differentiation.
Sixth Dialogue: The Global Management of International Migration
Seventh Dialogue: Turkey between European anchorage and regional power ambitions.
Final Conference: From stagnation to the revival of the European project.

LCU Activity:

Scientific, technical and administrative support through transcription and proof reading of the proceedings of the Dialogues and the final Conference.

Funds:

Project grant ex art. 23 - bis, DPR 18/1967 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Title: Publication of the volume “Promozione Integrata del Sistema Paese”

Duration: 4 months
Start date: 01/09/2019
Finish date: 31/12/2019

Partnership:

Circolo di Studi Diplomatici (Coordinator)
Link Campus University

Description: Link Campus University is carrying out policy oriented research on the theme “La Politica estera come investimento per il futuro dell’Italia” identified as a priority and strategic by MAECI's Analysis, Planning, Statistics and Historical Documentation Unit. Studies in this direction are considered by MAECI to be fruitful in assisting the definition and conduct of Italian foreign policy.

Given the leitmotif of the integrated promotion strategy - namely "creating a system" within the context of Italy's external policy - Link Campus University believes that the production of a specialised volume on this topic could be an integral part of the strategy itself.

LCU Activity:

Policy oriented research
Publication of the volume

Funds:

Project grant ex art. 23 - bis, DPR 18/1967 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Title: Digitalization of the archive of the Circolo di Studi Diplomatici for historical-diplomatic research purposes

Duration: 3 months
Start date: 02/09/2019
Finish date: 30/11/2019

Partnership:

Circolo di Studi Diplomatici (Coordinator)
Link Campus University

Description:
The project, dubbed "Digitalization of the archive of the Circolo di Studi Diplomatici for historical-diplomatic research purposes", provides for the development of the following project activities, carried out by Link Campus University and the Circolo di Studi Diplomatici supporting historical-diplomatic research through the digitisation of analyses and evaluations on the major themes of international politics collected in the more than 50-year history of the Circolo di Studi Diplomatici in the form of letters, dialogues and notebooks of lectures held in training activities, creating an online archive on a website with a related App (Android - Mac Os X) for consultation by single file, of documents in PDF format continuously updated by the new publications of the Club, in order to make it easily accessible to the widest public of scholars, researchers and people interested in the recent history of international relations and the roles played by Italy.

LCU Activities:

scanning a total of 1264 Diplomatic Letters (4 to 6 pages long) and 246 Diplomatic Dialogues (15 to 20 pages long) for a total number of pages of over 10,620.
creating a multimedia archive
defining cataloguing criteria

Funds:

Project grant ex art. 23 - bis, DPR 18/1967 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Title: Energy MAnagement CONTROL (EMA CONTROL)

Duration: 30 months
Start date: 01/07/2019
Finish date: 31/12/2021

Partnership:

TECNO ACCISE (Coordinator)
Link Campus University

Description: With a view to the continuous improvement and extension of its services, the EMA CONTROL project aims to develop a new technological platform that will make it possible to:

Acquiring an increasing amount and type of data from different types of information sources. This will have to be translated into a highly flexible platform;
Offer new functions for analysing the collected data, allowing a "dynamic" classification of energy profiles;
Recommending services/actions on the basis of the particular situation/class (present or expected in the future) assigned by the system and a knowledge base that gathers company know-how in digital format;
Offering new ways of visualising data (from collected and analysed plant data to machine operation and configuration data) and making use of services provided by the platform (e.g. decision support), in order to make such interactions more interactive, effective and comprehensive;
Ensuring high levels of data security and privacy and, at the same time, offer complete transparency and traceability of how and when data is collected, analysed and used within the platform. This is also with a view to the development of (energy/environmental) production certification services within industrial plants.

In order to realize the aforementioned objectives, the project will develop appropriate research in the following innovative technologies:

Big data, Internet of Things and Lambda architectures;
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence;
Human-Computer Interaction and Augmented reality;
Blockchain.

LCU Activity:
Within the project, the Link Campus researchers propose to analyse data from the plant using two different approaches: artificial intelligence, to be understood as Machine Learning or Deep Learning, and dynamic modelling. The two approaches will be used in order to validate each other's outputs (consistency checks) and improve the actual new knowledge extracted, attempting to provide estimates of future consumption with a higher degree of reliability.
The comparison between two techniques, which are equally used in the scientific field, will not only allow a precise prediction, but also a comparison between the two methodologies which will generate a result that can be reported to the relevant scientific community. Similarly, the introduction of Blockchain as a decentralised resource management system will make it possible to validate an innovative technological tool in an industrial application, testing its performance capabilities and applicability in fields other than the financial sector.

Funds:
Funds for Sustainable Growth - Sportello “Fabbrica Intelligente” PON I&C 2014-2020 (MISE)

Title: Libya Up - Labs of Innovation and Business for Young Actors of start UP

Duration: 36 months
Start Date: 15/11/2019
Finish Date: 14/11/2022

Partnership:

LINK CAMPUS UNIVERSITY – Coordinator (Italy)
FAKULTETA ZA UPORABNE DRUZBENE STUDIJE V NOVI GORICI ZAVOD (Slovenia)
PARAGON LIMITED (Malta)
UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI (Libya)
BRIGHT STAR UNIVERSITY (Libya)
UNIVERSITY OF ELMERGIB (Libya)
UNIVERSITY OF GHARYAN (Libya)
MISURATA UNIVERSITY (Libya)
LIBYAN ACADEMY MISRATA (Libya)
SEBHA UNIVERSITY (Libya)
GULF OF SIDRA UNIVERSITY (Libia)
SIRTE UNIVERSITY (Libya)
UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI (Libya)
UNIVERSITY OF ZAWIA (Libya)

Description:
The aim of the project is to increase the cultural and entrepreneurial contribution of Libyan higher education institutions in the country's economic and social growth process. The aim is to improve their organisational capacities to connect academic research activities to the labour market and civil society, in particular through the implementation of TTOs - Technology Transfer Offices (corresponding to the UTTs present in some Italian universities).In fact, Libyan universities need support both to improve their internal organisation and to strengthen coordination and networking activities in order to increase their international visibility. They play a primary role in promoting national innovation processes as they already possess high academic standards. However, they would be able to stimulate more internal development if only they could sufficiently publicise their research results.
Thus, for the Libyan academic world, TTOs represent a window on the business and labour market, through which research and ideas can be shown to the outside world, creativity can be promoted, social dialogue can be enhanced, and young people can be initiated into the professions.
The project, after an analysis of the social, legal and economic situation in the country, as well as the level and potential of scientific and technological research in universities, focuses on the development of the aforementioned dissemination/promotion system.

LCU Activities:

Developing innovative and multidisciplinary abilities in order to promote the activities of the Libyan academic institutions;
facilitating the exchange, the flows and the creation of knowledge;
stimulating the entrepreneurial spirit and the ability of the university in carrying out innovative actions/activities;
creating a national and international network on the themes of the project.

Funds:
Programme: Erasmus+;
Key Action: KA2 - Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices;
Action: Capacity Building in higher education.

Title: INFERNO

Duration: 1 month and 20 days
Start date: 17/06/2019
Finish date: 06/08/2019

Description:
The project increases the cultural offer of the area through the theatrical performance of Dante's Inferno and other collateral activities aimed at training, awareness and theatre literacy.
The activities take place, in an itinerant and site-specific modality, at the headquarters of Link Campus University, a site of historical-artistic interest, usually isolated in terms of urban planning and artistic offerings. It responds to the need to increase the wellbeing of citizens, spread theatre culture and make the XIII municipality, lacking in spaces for live performances, attractive to audiences (across the board in terms of age and type).
The performance expands the culture of the spectator in terms of rhythm, movement in space, and the interaction between light and sound. The staging is a journey into the collective consciousness of the vices of modern man, leading the spectator into the centre of the action.
A special feature of the project is the creation of the work through a training workshop in acting and dramaturgy (Inferno Lab), open to 11 young actors selected by audition (grant recipients).
It combines theory and practice, in a learning methodology made unique by the synergetic creation of the work. The workshop increases traditional and non-traditional forms of expression (spoken word theatre, poetry, dance, stage movement, pantomime) and culminates with the staging of the performance. The project also provides for a theatre literacy workshop for children on the theme of theatre play (Teatro dei piccoli), held by university lecturers. The expressive, dynamic and engaging environment, centred on the basic elements of theatre-making (body, voice, emotions), enables creativity to be cultivated by experimenting with games, expressive paths and dramatisation.
The theatre regains its social function of social glue, seeking to deepen the spectator's curiosity along paths of individual and collective growth, helping to create a cultured and cohesive community. Along with acting training, the project brings the audience closer to the creative process that starts with the analysis of literature and reaches all the way to the stage.
The project provides for open rehearsals and follow-up meetings with artists, performers, practitioners and critics are planned. The meetings stimulate reflection and discussion on issues related to the text, dramaturgy, the role of actor/director and the entire theatrical world. In particular, the Study Day "The Use of the Body in the Theatre" addresses issues related to the relationship between the body, multimedia arts and digital technologies, given that the transition from old to new media is a central element of all forms of representation.

LCU Activities:

Production and staging of the performance
Theatre workshop (Inferno Lab, Teatro dei piccoli);
Meetings and study days.

Funds:
The project is co-financed with funds allocated by Roma Capitale Avviso pubblico “Estate Romana 2019”.

Title: PLOT - Transcriptions, Reproductions, Analyses of Manuscripts from the Archives of Lazio

Duration:

Phase 1 - 12 months june 2019 - may 2020
Phase 2 - 18 months june 2020 - december 2021

Partner:

LINK CAMPUS UNIVERSITY (LCU), in the capacity of research organization.
National Association of Former War Prisoners, and Veterans of the Liberation War (Leader)
Municipality of Casperia (RI), in the capacity of owner;
Municipality of Velletri (RM), in the capacity of owner;
Municipality of Alatri (FR), in the capacity of owner;
Capitolo della Cattedrale di Sezze (LT) in the capacity of owner;
Municipality of Magliano Sabina (RI), in the capacity of owner;

Description:
The objective of the project is to employ new technologies available in the digitalization of the contents of the manuscripts and documents guarded by the archives involved in the project (in particular developed on community research and development projects), with the purpose of extracting specific knowledge and defining valorisation paths based on further fruition technologies.
In addition to the valorisation of content otherwise unavailable either to primary users (citizens, tourists, etc.) or to sector operators (scholars and researchers who can only access the addressed cultural asset), the project plans to characterize the extracted content also from an accessibility perspective, by developing multi-sensory and multi-platform dissemination paths.
Therefore, the final result is the realisation of an ecosystem of innovative services based on the digital acquisition of manuscripts and documents archived in cultural institutes located in Latium.

LCU Activities:
LCU will be in charge of the technological design of the intervention and will subsequently be engaged in the development of innovative technologies for the automatic scanning of manuscripts for the understanding and acquisition of texts (written in italics and in different styles) and their digitisation, as well as in the development of the innovative digital platform for the use of the content thus acquired. LCU's participation is crucial in this respect, both to guide developments taking into account the state of the art, and to ensure that archival institutions understand the technological integrations and develop with them the usability models that can be proposed to their target users.

Funds:
The project is co-financed with the funds allocated for POR FESR LAZIO 2014-2020 - Intervento 2 del DTC – Distretto Tecnologico per le nuove tecnologie applicate ai Beni ed alle Attività Culturali: “RICERCA E SVILUPPO DI TECNOLOGIE PER LA VALORIZZAZIONE DEL PATRIMONIO CULTURALE”.

Title: LEARN TO COMPETE (SALERNO – SA23)

Duration: 34 months
Start date: november 2018
Finish date: 30/09/2021

Partnership:

Link Campus University, in the capacity of Lead Institution;
Institutes of the Territorial Scope of Salerno (SA 23):
I. I.S. BARONISSI, ITIS BARONISSI, ITIS BARONISSI – SERALE, ITC MERCATO SAN SEVERINO, I.I.S. "G. FILANGIERI" CAVA DE’ TIRRENI, IPSC SIANO, IPSAR SIANO, IPSAR CAVA DE' TIRRENI, ITIS FILANGIERI CAVA DE’ TIRRENI, IPSAR CAVA – SERALE, DELLA CORTE – VANVITELLI CAVA DE TIRRENI, ITIS CAVA DE' TIRRENI, GIOVANNI XXIII SALERNO, IST.PROF.SERV. COMMERCIALI SALERNO, I.P.I.A. MANUT ASS TECNICA SALERNO, IST TECN TRASPORTI E LOGISTICA SALERNO, GALILEI-DI PALO SALERNO, ITG DI PALO SERALE SALERNO, F. TRANI SALERNO, "F. TRANI" – SERALE SALERNO, GENOVESI - DA VINCI SALERNO, IPSAR "S. CATERINA DA SIENA" SALERNO, B. FOCACCIA SALERNO, IPSIA B. FOCACCIA SALERNO, I.P.S.A.S.R. SALERNO, I.P.S.A.S.R. ANGRI, I.P.S.A.S.R. BATTIPAGLIA, I.P.S.A.S.R. CASTEL S.G. "G. PAOLO II", I.P.S.A.S.R. CAPACCIO, I.P.S.A.S.R. SARNO, I.P.S.A.S.R. FISCIANO, I.P.S.A.S.R. POLLICA, I.P.S.A.S.R. ACERNO, R. VIRTUOSO SALERNO, SABATINI-MENNA SALERNO, IPSEOA ANNESSO CONVITTO NAZIONALE SALERNO

Description:
The project aims to help create the right conditions for the acquisition of skills in compulsory schooling. The guiding thread is the need to provide children with the abilities required to raise awareness on active participation in society. To this end, the project aims to achieve the following competences:
Learning to learn: the subjects are able to organize their own learning pathway, identifying, choosing and using various sources and means of information and training (formal, non-formal and informal), also according to the time available, their own strategies and their own method of study and work.
Communicating and understanding messages of different kinds. Collaborating and participating in group interaction. Acting autonomously and responsibly. Problem solving: dealing with problematic situations by constructing and testing hypotheses. Identifying connections and relationships. Acquiring and interpreting information.

LCU Activities:
The first phase includes training for teachers, required to establish the OECD-PISA-INVALSI TRAINING PLATFORM and to modulate and choose the teaching tools and materials to be used within the project activities. Once teachers have become aware of the objectives to be achieved and the tools that will be made available to them, they will move on to the CO-DESIGN phase.
This phase will use the data gathered from the analysis of the tests and any other material made available by the schools, along with the tools and teaching materials provided by LCU. The DIDACTIC phase will provide for classes with a maximum of 20 students, and in case of students with special needs, additional modules and specialised support staff will be granted. Once the co-design and planning phase is closed, the training of pupils will begin. The last phase will provide for laboratory training (LABORATORY PHASE) of at least 10 hours, to be carried out at the individual school sites, which will be functional to the simulation of the OECD-PISA-INVALSI tests. Parallel to these four phases, the tutoring phase, considered transversal to all the project phases, will be fundamental, in order to provide continuous support and to settle any criticalities as they arise during the course.

Funds:
The project is co-financed with the funds FSC 20014-2020. Azione 1 “Rafforzamento delle competenze di base in lettura e matematica degli studenti campani”. Obiettivo di servizio: Istruzione.

Title: KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN MATHEMATICS AND READING (NAPLES - NA13)

Duration: 34 months
Start date: november 2018
Finish date: 30/09/2021

Partneship:

Link Campus University, as lead institution;
Istituti dell’ Ambito Territoriale di Napoli Nord (Na 13):
Ipseoa Duca Di Buonvicino Napoli, L.Sc. Caccioppoli-Napoli, Iti "Fermi - Gadda" Napoli, Itc E.Caruso-Napoli-, I.T.I. Alessandro Volta, "Leonardo Da Vinci" – Napoli, L.Sc.F. Sbordone-Napoli, Ist. Sup Attilio Romano', Itis Miano, Iti G.Ferraris-Napoli, Iti(Ss)G. Ferraris-Napoli, I.S.I.S. "Melissa Bassi", Ist.Sup."V. Veneto"-Napoli, Ipc - Ipsar."V. Veneto"Napoli, Ist Turistico " V. Veneto", I.I.S. "Sannino-De Cillis" Napoli, Ip.Agr " Sannino- De Cillis, Ipia "Sannino"-" De Cillis" Napoli, Sez.Ne Sper.Le Rec.Ro Obbl. Scol.Co-Nanapoli , It.Agr. " Sannino-De Cillis-"Napoli , I.T.I.S " Sannino-De Cillis", Ipia " Sannino" Serale Ist. Sup. "Archimede" Itcg Archimede Serale –Napoli Itt "Marie Curie" Napoli, Ipsar "I. Cavalcanti" Napoli, Itis Curie Serale, Ipsar "I. Cavalcanti" Napoli

Description:
The project aims to raise teachers' and learners' awareness on the importance of literacy and numeracy skills in everyday life, and to equip teachers and schools with methodological, operational and technological tools for analysing, measuring and enhancing these skills in order to reduce the gaps in INVALSI OECD-PISA. In addition, the project aims to promote the collaboration between universities and schools in the creation and implementation of educational activities, through the use of technological platforms and the adoption of methodologies and tools useful for measuring and thus improving said abilities. To make this possible, the project aims to provide teachers with management and decision-making skills.
In the NA 13 area, the interventions will be planned in consultation with the heads of the schools in order to bridge the gaps that will also be determined by the number of schools. Particular importance will be attached to the scheduling of activities during extracurricular hours with reference to the need to align the project activities with the activities already provided for in the schools' training offer.

LCU Activities:
In the first phase of TRAINER TRAINING and CO-DESIGNING, it will be useful to design the OECD-PISA-INVALSI TRAINING PLATFORM and to modulate and choose the teaching tools and materials to be used within the project activities. Once teachers have become aware of the objectives to be achieved and the tools that will be made available to them, they will move on to the CO-DESIGN phase.
This phase will use the data gathered from the analysis of the tests and any other material made available by the schools, along with the tools and teaching materials provided by LCU. The DIDACTIC phase will provide for classes with a maximum of 20 students, and in case of students with special needs, additional modules and specialised support staff will be granted. Once the co-design and planning phase is closed, the training of pupils will begin. The last phase will provide for laboratory training (LABORATORY PHASE) of at least 10 hours, to be carried out at the individual school sites, which will be functional to the simulation of the OECD-PISA-INVALSI tests. Parallel to these four phases, the tutoring phase, considered transversal to all the project phases, will be fundamental, in order to provide continuous support and to settle any criticalities as they arise during the course.

Funds:
The project is co-financed with the funds FSC 20014-2020. Azione 1 “Rafforzamento delle competenze di base in lettura e matematica degli studenti campani” - Obiettivo di servizio: Istruzione

Title: e-smMARTEC (sustainable mobility with MARketing TEChniques)

Duration: 36 months
Start date: 01/08/2019
Finish date: 31/07/2022

Partner:

Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (Greece);
Region of Central Macedonia (Greece);
Coventry University Enterprises Ltd (United Kingdom)
Promotion of Operational Links with Integrated Services – POLIS (Belgium);
Rome Mobility Agency (Italy);
University of Žilina (Slovak Republic);
Municipality of Venlo (Holland);
Hessen Trade & Invest GmbH / Centre of Competence for Sustainable Urban Mobility - HTAI/CC-SUM (Germany).

Description:
The aim of the project is to engage citizenship in the definition of a new sustainable mobility model. The approach used is geared towards reinforcing strategic planning by modifying citizenship's behaviour in the use of public transport, in particular by persuading residents to take proactive action towards local public institutions responsible for managing urban architecture.
The specific objective is to empower the community by involving it in the decision-making processes defining the urban transport system, as well as supporting it in the transition from a self-centred/individual lifestyle to a more shared one (smart city). To this end, the most effective and advanced marketing techniques and participatory decision-making systems will be identified, studied and employed. The partnership is established by virtue of the experience and know-how of the subjects involved, acquired through the interactions of citizens from various regional areas throughout the years. The public Policies analyzed on which action will be taken in the ways summarised above are mainly Regional Operational Programmes (ROPs) and SUMPs (or SUMPs - Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans).

LCU Activity:

historical analysis of public policy governance models, with particular reference to urban transport (top-down) and collective participation and design techniques (bottom-up)
events and meetings to exchange experience and knowledge among stakeholders (citizens, experts, banks, political representatives...);
identification, analysis, evaluation and support for the implementation of effective marketing campaigns;
production of the guide 'Transferability evaluation and principles of e-smMARTEC techniques'.

Funds:
The project is co-financed with the funds allocated by INTERREG EUROPE – European Regional Development Fund – IV Call.

Title: SMART MICE PLATFORM

Duration: 24 months
Start date: 01/01/2019
Finish date: 31/12/2021

Partnership:

ENTERPRISE @PPLICATION INTEGRATION SOFTWARE SRL - Capofila
CONVENTION BUREAU ROMA E LAZIO SCRL, SKYLAB STUDIOS SRL, OMNITECHITSRL, UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA "TOR VERGATA"

Description:
Smart Mice Platform is an Industrial Research and Experimental Development project whose main objective is to develop and integrate various innovative ICT solutions in the field of digital services for tourism and cultural heritage. The project focuses on the fourth strategic regional cluster identified by the Regional Tourism Plan (Congresses and Business) but is also aligned with the other clusters and in particular with the third and fifth (Educational Incoming and Personalisation and High Range).
The core of the project will be the design and implementation of an Integrated Digital Platform capable of conveying the information related to conference tourism in Rome and Lazio, allowing, among other things, a more effective territorial marketing action through the aggregation of the various actors operating in the sector (accommodation facilities, BBCC managers, public bodies, etc.), and facilitating the research, planning, purchase and experience phase of travel choices for liasure or business purposes.

Funds:
The project is co-financed withe the funds allocated by Lazio 2014/2020, pursuant to the “Beni Culturali e Turismo” notice.

Title:3ReaD

Link CE

Duration: 27 months
Start date: 01/01/2019
Finish date: 01/03/2021

Partner:

CORVALLIS SPA - Coordinator
KAURI BUSINESS SOLUTION,Business Solutions - Digital Innovation (kauriholding.it)
TELECONSYS SPA, Home page - Teleconsys - Sharing Innovation
UNIVERSITA' DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA,Home | Dipartimento di Storia disegno e restauro dell'architettura (uniroma1.it)
LINK CAMPUS UNIVERSITY

Description:
The aim of 3ReaD is to realize a complete toolset designed for surveying, generating, editing and analysing data on the state of preservation of the architectural, archaeological and art-historical cultural heritage. In particular, the project provides for the development of an on-line platform which, starting from an automatic photogrammetric survey (Image-Based Modeling and Rendering), will generate a metric and detailed 3D model of a cultural asset - be it small in size or distributed over a large area - on which to carry out diagnostic investigations to assess its state of conservation, perform damage mapping, automatically perform anastylosis processes to recompose ashlars or fragments, generate information useful to feed a Decision Support System.

Purposes:
3reaD enables the creation of highly customizable and flexible softwares and applications to be adapted to different purposes according to the user's needs.

With 3reaD, the user will be able to immerse in the virtual space of the representation, overcoming two-dimensional limits and transforming, for the first time, the role of the observer from passive user to interactive protagonist.

Thanks to the 3reaD platform it will be possible to:

organise more systematically and economically planned conservation interventions knowing where, how and when to intervene to ensure the conservation of the cultural asset;
find applications in the field of natural emergency management;
contribute to the immersive dissemination of artistic, architectural and archaeological knowledge

Funding:
The project is financed by the European Regional Development Fund within the framework of POR/FESR Lazio 2014/2020, public notice “Beni Culturali e Turismo” grant provided 79.610,89 Euro.

Contents:

Title: ECOSLIGHT - Environmentally Conscious Smart Lighting

Duration: 36 months
Start date: 01/12/2019
Finish date: 30/11/2022

Partner:

Hellenic Open University (Greece)
National Technical University of Athens – NTUA (Greece)
Techniko Epimelitirio Eladas (Greece)
European Grants International Academy Srl (Italy)
Link Campus University (Italy)
Forschungsverbund Berlin EV (Germany)
European Lighting Cluster Alliance – ELCA (Italy)
Europaischer Verband Beruflicher Bildungstrager – EVBB (Germany)
Bundesverband Der Trager Beruflicher Bildung EV (Germany)
Universite Paul Sabatier Toulouse III (France)
ECQA (Austria)
Association française de l'éclairage (France)

Description:
The building sector faces up to the present day by striving to provide energy-efficient and sustainable lighting for cities, buildings and companies, with the goal of reducing fossil fuel consumption by 2050, as set out in the European Commission's road map.
However, today's professional lighting landscape sees experts confronted with different approaches depending on their academic background. This prevents the achievement of holistic and interdisciplinary design, which is essential in the 21st century. Therefore, there is an imminent and growing need in the field to bring together design expertise with new technologies, taking more account of ecological and human issues of the entire planet.
The ECOSLIGHT training programme for intelligent lighting designers identifies market-demanded skills and related job profiles, creating curricula modulated on learning capabilities and outcomes. Professionals are involved in specialised training through MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and hands-on work with their respective professional communities.
The project adopts all the necessary certifications (EQF, ECVET, EQAVET) useful to improve professional recognition and identification at national and EU level and is developed within modern, widespread and EU-recognised training/occupational frameworks (e-CF, DigComp, EntreComp, P21).
Overall, the project aims to improve employment and career prospects in the sector, as well as to havie a strong impact on productivity growth and achievements in the use of new technologies, energy saving and human welfare.

LCU Activities:

Project co-ordination;
Organisation of meetings and events;
Definition of training and professional frameworks;
Identification and mapping of professional needs;
Identification and mapping of professional development programmes.

Funds:
Programme: Erasmus+;
Key Action: KA2 - Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices;
Action: Sector Skills Alliances in vocational education and training;
Call of proposals: EAC-A03-2018.

Title: Research with the Circolo di Studi Diplomatici on priority themes for Italian foreign policy

Duration: 3 months
Start date: 02/09/2019
Finish date: 30/11/2019

Partnership:

Circolo di Studi Diplomatici
Link Campus University

Description:
The aim of the project is to contribute to the in-depth study of a number of priority themes for the formulation and conduct of Italian foreign policy by making use of the scientific and knowledge contribution of the Circolo di Studi Diplomatici. The research is organised into seven Diplomatic Dialogues, which constitute one of the traditional forms of expression of the Circle's research activities, and a Conference.

The topics covered in the research are:

First Dialogue: Euro-Russian relations and the role of Italy.
Second Dialogue: Mediterranean and Middle East between regional and external powers. Italy's interests.
Third Dialogue: Central and Balkan Europe in the construction of Europe.
Fourth Dialogue: Strategic autonomy and the global role of the European Union.
Fifth Dialogue: The European Union between integration and differentiation.
Sixth Dialogue: The global management of international migration.
Seventh Dialogue: Turkey between European anchorage and regional power ambitions.
Final Dialogue: From Stagnation to the Revival of the European Project.

LCU Activities:
Link Campus University acted as scientific, technical and administrative support by transcribing and proof-reading the proceedings of the Dialogues and the Final Conference held on 5 December 2019 at Spazio Europa.

Funds:
Contribution to the project ex art. 23 - bis, DPR 18/1967 - MAECI

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