Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences

Earth, life, ecosystems

Understanding the Earth and its processes, environments and organisms, in order to protect biodiversity and promote sustainable development.

Environment
Biodiversity
Ecosystems
Climate
Earth
Sea
Evolution
Fossils
Rocks
Water

Resources
Sustainability
Monitoring
Conservation
Minerals
Risk
Human impact
Soil

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Events

Film festival

Planet Earth held in a human being's hands

4 November 2026

Domain 1 - Antarctica

Directed by Joaquín and Julián Azulay, 2025, 90 minutes

Event Within the Framework of:
Thinking about the planet

In Italian

Ravenna

Film festival

11 November 2026

The Tigers of Mompracem

Regia di Alberto Rodriguez, 2025, 109 minuti

Event Within the Framework of:
Thinking about the planet

In Italian

Ravenna

Film festival

18 November 2026

The Song of the Earth

Regia di Margreth Olin, 2023, 90 minuti

Event Within the Framework of:
Thinking about the planet

In Italian

Ravenna

Conference

20 – 21 November 2026

“The Individual’s Voice at the End of Life: Between Advance Directives and Assisted Suicide” “Femicide and Trans*icide: The Roots of Gender-Based Violence”

Two days of lectures from the Master’s Programme in Forensic Psychiatry, open to all students and medical residents at the University of Bologna.

In Italian

Bologna

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News

Are you interested in global sustainability? Join the UnaVEx – Virtual Exchange for Sustainability

Between November and December 2026, join the online international exchange programme to discuss and act on today’s global sustainability challenges. Apply until 1 November.

Life: a non-biological domain

Using Solaris as a lens, this talk explores the limits and biases in defining life, and how astrobiology seeks universal principles to recognize life beyond Earth.

Have you heard of the Field Work call for applications?

Would you like to gain experience in development cooperation in countries of the Global South? Get ready to apply – you can now propose a position of your own choosing.

Do you travel around Bologna and district?

You can purchase a subsidised annual pass for TPER buses until 15 December 2026, subject to the availability of funds.

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About us

Taking a scientific, multidisciplinary and quantitative approach, we are involved in research and teaching on geological processes, biological evolution, biodiversity and their interactions with humankind.

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