On Saturday, 26th September 2026, the Observa team had the opportunity to attend an event organized by the Agripolis Campus to mark it 30th anniversary, an important occasion for dialogue and exchange to deepen the relationship between innovation, education, research and the local area. In the afternoon, colleagues from Observa also took part in monitoring…
From 12th to 14th October 2026 the ROSES International Symposium will take place in San Servolo, Venice, and it will focus on exploring diverse socio-educational national contexts, as well as on the sharing of findings from the survey on adolescents’ attitudes towards science and technology learning. Below, a brief summary of the agenda: The first…
The Observa team will host the upcoming International Symposium “Science, Technology and Education: Young People Perspectives“, which will take place from 12-14 October at the Venice International University (VIU), located on the historic island of San Servolo, Venice. The Symposium will bring together international partners to discuss how young people perceive and engage with the…
The Observa team recently visited the FEUGA (Fundación Empresa-Universidad Gallega) operational headquarter in the city of A Coruña (Spain) for a strategic meeting with Carlos Iglesias, marking an important milestone in the HEREDITARY project’s communication and dissemination efforts. The meeting brought together Observa representatives with Carlos Iglesias from FEUGA to discuss the progress of the…
Fattorini, E., Rubin, A., Saracino, B., & Bucchi, M. (2026). Italians’ attitudes towards AI: how technology issues travel across social conversation. Information, Communication & Society, pp. 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2026.2689030
D.Balazka, M.Bucchi & A.Rubin (2026). Between Trust and Anxiety: Citizen Attitudes to AI in Emilia-Romagna. Italian Sociological Review, 16(2), pp. 779-798. https://doi.org/10.13136/isr.v16i2.1150
Bucchi, M. (2026). The Public Uses of Scientific Celebrity: Einstein’s Visits to Italy, Japan and Sweden, 1921-1923. Minerva
The third issue of the magazine Science, Technology and Society is now available. This new special issue forms part of the European project Hereditary and is dedicated to themes of digital health, care relationships and data management. CONTENTS Digital Health: Care Relationships and Data, by Giuseppe Pellegrini Italians and Science in 2026. Health Data: Trust,…
HEREDITARY is transforming the diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative and gut microbiome-related diseases through a secure and interoperable framework that integrates multimodal health data while ensuring privacy. The project focuses on neurodegenerative and gut microbiome-related diseases, harmonizing clinical, genomic, and environmental data to unlock previously impossible insights. Specifically, this means bringing together data currently scattered…
The Quantum Effect, SMAC San Marco Art Centre Venice, until November 23, 2025 In recent weeks, the exhibition The Quantum Effect opened in Venice at the new SMAC San Marco Art Centre. Curated by Daniel Birnbaum and Jacqui Davies and produced by Officine Grandi Riparazioni Torino, the show explores the themes of quantum physics through…