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

Tibetan Spiritual Medicine

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

New Religious Movements in Japan

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

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 [...]

Tibetan Spiritual Medicine

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

New Religious Movements in Japan

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

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 [...]

Contemplative Studies

Spirituality and End of Life

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

Psychosocial, Ethical, and Spiritual Aspects of Contemplative Practices

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

Contemplative Education Network (CEN)

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

Spirituality and End of Life

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

Psychosocial, Ethical, and Spiritual Aspects of Contemplative Practices

Elisa Paluan – Social Sciences, FISPPA Department, University of Padua (2022–present) [...]

Contemplative Education Network (CEN)

The UBI Study Center is one of the supporting partners of the Contemplative Education Network (CEN), an [...]

Critical Futures

LucidDreamingVR

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

For an Ethics of the Non-Sentient

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

Relational Ecologies and Local Ontologies in Sherpa Communities

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

LucidDreamingVR

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

For an Ethics of the Non-Sentient

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

Relational Ecologies and Local Ontologies in Sherpa Communities

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

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