Research

The Research Center supports academic research projects, international networks, and interdisciplinary collaborations in the field of Contemplative Studies and religious traditions, with the aim of producing critical and transformative knowledge.

Buddhist Studies

Tibetan Spiritual Medicine

Michele Comelli – DSAAM, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (2024–present) Winner of a doctoral scholarship funded by the UBI Study Centre [...]

Cataloguing Project of the Tenjur Tucci Collection: The Tibetan Texts Acquired by Giuseppe Tucci in Central Tibet

In November 2022, a three-year research project was launched at the Department of the Institute of Oriental Studies (ISO) at Sapienza University of Rome [...]

PhD Scholarships – DREST

Il Centro Studi è attivo nella promozione della ricerca sui temi cari ai Buddhist e Contemplative Studies, sostenendo quattro progetti […]

Tibetan Spiritual Medicine

Michele Comelli – DSAAM, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (2024–present) Winner of a doctoral scholarship [...]

Cataloguing Project of the Tenjur Tucci Collection: The Tibetan Texts Acquired by Giuseppe Tucci in Central Tibet

In November 2022, a three-year research project was launched at the Department of the Institute of Oriental Studies (ISO) at [...]

PhD Scholarships – DREST

Il Centro Studi è attivo nella promozione della ricerca sui temi cari ai Buddhist e […]

Contemplative Studies

Spirituality and End of Life
Psychosocial, Ethical, and Spiritual Aspects of Contemplative Practices
Contemplative Education Network (CEN)

Spirituality and End of Life

Psychosocial, Ethical, and Spiritual Aspects of Contemplative Practices

Contemplative Education Network (CEN)

Critical Futures

LucidDreamingVR

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

Toward an Ethics of the Non-Sentient

Il concetto di agency nella dottrina e nell’etica buddhista Francesco Maria Catanzaro – DREST (Italian Doctoral School For Religious Studies), […]

Relational Ecologies and Local Ontologies in Sherpa Communities

Maria Rita Mancini – DREST, DSAAM, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (2023–present), recipient of a [...]

LucidDreamingVR

Una collaborazione per esplorare il potenziale della realtà virtuale nel sogno lucido LucidDreamingVR è un […]

Toward an Ethics of the Non-Sentient

Il concetto di agency nella dottrina e nell’etica buddhista Francesco Maria Catanzaro – DREST (Italian […]

Relational Ecologies and Local Ontologies in Sherpa Communities

Maria Rita Mancini – DREST, DSAAM, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (2023–present) [...]

Buddhism and Ecology

Maria Electra Pacini – DREST (Italian Doctoral School for Religious Studies), DSAAM, Ca’ Foscari University [...]

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