Research
The Study 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

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

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

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 [...]
Contemplative Studies

Caterina Ugolini – Social Sciences, FISPPA, University of Padua (2024–present) [...]

Elisa Paluan – Social Sciences, FISPPA Department, University of Padua (2022–present) Recipient of a PhD scholarship funded by the UBI Study Center

The UBI Study Center is one of the supporting partners of the Contemplative Education Network (CEN), an international network established to promote [...]
Critical Futures

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

Francesco Maria Catanzaro – DREST, DSAAM, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (2023–present) Recipient of a PhD scholarship [...]

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