On March 31, 2025, the Annual Poster Session of the PhD Program in Security, Risk, and Vulnerability will take place at the Genoa Aquarium!

The 2025 event is funded by SERICS projec and will be hosted in the Nautilus Room and the Blue Hall, starting at 2:00 PM.

Among the key speakers of the day: Prof. Alessandro Armando, President of the SERICS Scientific Committee, will provide an overview of the extended partnership together with Prof. Andrea Simoncini from the University of Florence. Prof. Francesco Buccafurri from the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria will deliver a keynote on the evolution of digital identity in Europe.

The program also includes contributions from Prof. Eric Longo from the University of Florence, as well as Filippo Bagni and Fabio Seferi from the IMT School in Lucca and the University of Florence.

The event will conclude with the presentation of the Best Poster Award, recognizing the best contribution by our PhD students to scientific research! 

See further details here.

We are delighted to announce that  Prof Elizabeth Searing of the University of Texas at Dallas will deliver a seminar for the Resilience Course, titled "Building a Framework for Nonprofit Resilience".

The seminar will be held at the Department of Economics and Business Studies in the Darsena Area on June 25, from 10 AM to 12 PM in Aula Acquario (floor 1).

As part of the Resilience Course (Cross-course), this seminar will contribute to the course's total credits.

(Further updates on the official start of the Resilience course will be provided in the next weeks)

For further info, email giulia.leoni@unige.it

We are delighted to announce the successful conclusion of the second Annual Poster Session, kindly hosted by the Department of International and Political Sciences (DISPI) at the beautiful Albergo dei Poveri.

This event provided a vibrant platform for our students to showcase their research and engage in interdisciplinary exchanges. The session was further enriched by an insightful keynote speech from Prof. Roberto Baldoni of the National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN), alongside an engaging presentation by Nicole Brunetti. And at the close of the event, we enjoyed some networking opportunities over drinks, celebrating the far-reaching impact of our PhD community.

Thank you to everyone – students, faculty, and other members of the university community – who attended and contributed to the success of this event.

To view all the posters, names of the participants, and winners of the Best Poster Award, please visit this page.

We look forward to seeing you at our next event!

On July 20, a participatory planning meeting was held at Sanremo Casino. The meeting utilised fuzzy cognitive mapping to identify the most crucial urban functions for the post disaster recovery within Sanremo city as an area exposed to multi risk condition. Local stakeholders actively participated in this event, contributing to the PhD project of Soheil Mohammadi (PhD student in Security, Risk, and Vulnerability - RRENIB curriculum, XXXVII cycle).

On May, Silvia Pinasco (PhD student in Security, Risk, and Vulnerability - RRENIB curriculum, XXXVII cycle) went back from the first joint EUCENTRE-ReLUIS mission for post-earthquake damage assessment in Turkey. The mission took place in the areas devastated by the earthquake that occurred last February, with a magnitude of 7.8. An interview made by Ingegnio to Silvia is available here. 

On Feb 15, the students of the XXXVI and XXXVII cycles will present their research activity in a poster session. Pictures and the actual posters are available here.

The Female Analysis/Assessment Team of the Italian contingent in Libano contributes to UniGe research activity carried out by Cristina Fontanelli (PhD student of The PhD Program on Security, Risk and Vulnerability).

A report by Almalaurea evaluates the advantage offered by a PhD.

Cristina Fontanelli (PhD candidate in Security, Risk and Vulnerability) has been awarded the prize for the best paper in the top Security Studies conference in Europe (EISS). Congratulations Cristina!

Federica Bizio (Chief Data Scientist, Cybersecurity Division at aizoOn) presents the opportunity of carry out an industrial PhD at the University of Genoa in partnership with aizoOn. 

The Phd Program in Security, Risk and Vulnerability offers the opportunity to carry out your research program in collaboration with the Bruno Kessler Foundation in Trento.

Stella Blumfelde (PhD Student, XXXVI Cycle) presents the PhD Program in Security, Risk and Vulnerability at the Communication Festival in Camogli.