Research for Goal 15
The University of Padua recognizes and supports research activity on the different themes of sustainability, in line with Goal 15 for sustainable development of 2030 UN Agenda, guaranteeing its freedom and full development while maintaining a multidisciplinary approach.
For this purpose, the University promotes collaboration among its internal structures and with other bodies and institutions, both in the national and international context, through the establishment and animation of research centers, interdepartmental centers, laboratories, observatories and scientific poles.
Research centers
Center for Laogon Hydrodynamics and Morphodynamycs – CIMoLa
The Center promotes and develops research activities and scientific/technical studies concerning hydrodynamic, morphodynamic, and ecological processes taking place in transitional coastal environments, such as lagoons and estuaries. A characteristic focus of the Center is the quantitative mathematical modelling of the processes, based on field and remote sensing observations, with the aim of better understanding the time evolution of costal transitional systems under climatic changes and anthropogenic influences. The Center in particular promotes research programs and technical studies with a focus on the lagoon of Venice, in support of decision making.
Research projects
Selective interspecific information use in the nest choice of solitary bees
Consistent population declines but idiosyncratic range shifts in Alpine orchids under global change
Diamonds as the key to unravel the origin of Earth’s water
An insect brain organizes numbers on a left-to-right mental number line
ROOMors – At the ‘roots’ of motor intentions
Global meta-analysis shows reduced quality of food crops under inadequate animal pollination