Research - Centro Studi UBI

Bhaiṣajyaguru: Iconography and rituals of the Medicine Buddha between North-western and Eastern India and Tibet

Shikha Gupta – Department of Asian and North African Studies (DSAAM), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (2024-present) Recipient of a […]

LucidDreamingVR

A Collaboration to Explore the Potential of Virtual Reality in Lucid DreamingLucidDreamingVR is a research project developed in collaboration between […]

The concept of agency in Buddhist doctrine and ethics

Francesco Maria Catanzaro – DREST (Italian Doctoral School for Religious Studies), Department of Asian and North African Studies (DSAAM), Ca’ […]

Sacred spaces as shared spaces: unsettling multispecies relatedness in Himalayan Buddhist communities

Rita Mancini – DREST (Italian Doctoral School Forfor Religious Studies), Department of Asian and North African Studies (DSAAM), Ca’ Foscari […]

The Śālistambasūtra as pharmakon against the naturalization of contemporary ecological discourse forms

Maria Electra Pacini – DREST (Italian Doctoral School for Religious Studies), Department of Asian and North African Studies (DSAAM), Ca’ […]

The intersection of contemplative practices, spirituality, and meaning

Caterina Ugolini – Social Sciences, FISPPA, University of Padua (2024–present) Recipient of a PhD scholarship funded by the UBI Research […]

Psychosocial, ethical, and spiritual aspects of contemplative practices

Elisa Paluan – PhD in Social Sciences, Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology (FISPPA), University of Padua (2022-2025) […]

Medical-tantric practices in the Yuthok Heart Essence

Michele Comelli – Department of Asian and North African Studies (DSAAM), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (2023-present) Recipient of a […]

New Religious Movements in Japan

Caterina Bertoli – DREST (Italian Doctoral School for Religious Studies), DSAAM, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (2022–present)Recipient of a PhD […]

Cataloguing of the Tenjur section of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon preserved in the Narthang woodblock edition

Filippo Lunardo – Department of the Institute of Oriental Studies (ISO), Sapienza Università di Roma (2022-2025) In November 2022, a […]

Contemplative Education Network (CEN)

The UBI Research Center is one of the supporting partners of the Contemplative Education Network (CEN), an international network established […]

PhD Scholarships – DREST

The Study Center is actively involved in promoting research in the fields of Buddhist and Contemplative Studies by supporting four […]