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IRVAPP researcher worked on an innovative approach to the evaluation of sustainable tourism policies in the European context

FBK-IRVAPP Director Mirco Tonin, full professor of Economic Policy at the Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, was recently appointed to the Scientific Panel of the Edufin Committee. We asked him a few questions to better understand how crucial this prestigious appointment is.

Interesting research insights emerge on the phenomenon from the quantitative and qualitative evaluation study conducted by FBK-IRVAPP

Parents living in or at risk of poverty face daily financial struggles, juggling expenses and trying constantly to make ends meet. This can shift attention away from other important but less urgent daily tasks such as engaging in educational activities with their children, with potential long lasting impacts on their human capital development. The article discusses recent scientific evidence on this topic and how public policies could better support vulnerable parents in improving the development of their children during a key period of childhood.

Interim findings of the FBK-IRVAPP evaluation presented at the final conference of WILL "Educating for the Future"

Piotr Lewandowski, a well-known Polish economist, presented preliminary results of a joint research study aimed at assessing the impact of automation (industrial robots) on household income inequality in 14 European countries.

Michela Carlana, professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, presented the results of a research work conducted in Italian schools in order to assess the impact of stereotypes on immigrant students in teacher-student interactions.

Starting with empirical evidence from major European labor markets, a study by FBK-IRVAPP and UniTN to analyze the role of institutional factors in moderating wage returns from the use of digital skills in European labor markets.

Unmissable again in the 2023 edition the FBK proposals in the three-day Rovereto education festival.

We interviewed the FBK-IRVAPP director Mirco Tonin about the dramatic water crisis that is facing our country and asked him about the role of public policies evaluation in this regard.

An innovative and novel study in Italy to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention to counteract learning loss during the long summer school break.

Federica Laudisa discusses the right to university education in light of the funding and new actions envisaged by the PNRR.

The jury selected the article that evaluates the French Garanzia Giovani-like program and points out the effectiveness of its measures.

The section that monitors and provides information on FBK projects for the PNRR is available on www.fbk.eu

FBK-IRVAPP is conducting the SENSES (Seeing with new senses) project to assess an experiential intervention aimed at raising awareness of visual impairments and against stereotypes in sxhools. In collaboration with the social cooperative Abilnova and with the support of Fondazione Caritro

A research recently published in the prestigious scientific journal Scientific Reports shows that screening campaigns with rapid antigen tests to detect asymptomatic positives in the population are useful. Coordinated by FBK-Irvapp Director Mirco Tonin, together with fellow professors at the University of Bolzano, Davide Ferrari and Steven Stillman, the study, carried out using the data from the experiment conducted in South Tyrol in November 2020, indicates a significant lowering of infections (-45% in the infection growth rate) in the following weeks.

Work less to work all? The mantra is now outdated. We need to rethink work by focusing on productivity, well-being, and work-life balance of the worker.

Beginning with a discussion of the mechanisms that lead to situations of in-work poverty, Andrea Garnero, host of the FBK-IRVAPP research center, presented data on the extent and characteristics of the phenomenon in Italy and the five proposals developed for the Ministry of Labor to counter both the spread of low wages and the growth of poverty in households

Richard John Hall-Wilton, Massimo Leone and Mirco Tonin appointed today by the Board of Directors to lead the S&D, ISR and IRVAPP centers

The deadline of the calls for the selection of the new Directors for the Sensors and Devices Center (FBK-S&D), Evaluation of Public Policies (FBK-IRVAPP) and Religious Studies (FBK-ISR) Centers has been extended until 10 September 2021. More information is available at jobs.fbk.eu

FBK HAS PUBLISHED THE CALLS FOR THE SELECTION OF 3 DIRECTORS FOR RESEARCH STUDY AND INNOVATION IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: SENSORS AND DEVICES (FBK-S&D); EVALUATION OF PUBLIC POLICIES (FBK-IRVAPP); RELIGIOUS STUDIES (FBK-ISR). NEW Application deadline: 10 September 2021, 12 pm. Further information available at jobs.fbk.eu

IRVAPP researchers describe the college savings accounts programs and present the promising results of a pilot project they have evaluated

IRVAPP seminar with prof. Massimo Buscema, expert in Artificial Intelligence and deep learning faced with a perspective that is "different from the mainstream"

How can pleasure be a principle for innovation? What is the key motivational factor? How important is impact measurement? Why do we need crazyness? - A conversation with Doris Sommer from Harvard

Building a stronger Europe: new initiatives to further boost role of youth, education and culture policies

President Profumo presented the new strategic and business plans, dedicated to Artificial Intelligence. A tight 2018 calendar of events, starting with the sixth Bruno Kessler Lecture with Piero Angela

"We need a change of mindset". Those were the words of Enrico Giovannini, spokesman for ASviS, who on May 25 closed the event at the Trento Science Museum dedicated to the spread of the culture of sustainable development. In the video, interviews with Giovannini and IRVAPP director Antonio Schizzerotto.

Next Thursday, May 25, 2017, at the Trento Science Museum, two debates, at 4 pm and 8 pm dedicated to spreading the culture of sustainable development.

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Lugano and the University of Pittsburgh (U.S.A.) reveals interesting implications. Fabrizio Mazzonna, professor of health economics, tells us more.

A technology platform useful for the exchange of information to anyone in a state of economic and job insecurity. It is called Commonfare.net and is being developed under the European PIE News project, in which the CREATE-NET Research Center of Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Trento) participates.

The search for candidates for the position of new director for the humanities center of Fondazione Kessler, who will replace Antonio Schizzerotto, IRVAPP’s Chief officer since its creation in September 2008, started yesterday.

FBK-IRVAPP organizes a seminar with Fabrizio Mazzonna (Università della Svizzera Italiana) next March, 23 2017

In the framework of the cycle of scientific meetings promoted by Trentino Higher Education and Research System on Wednesday, February 15, at 6pm at MUSE, the researcher Davide Azzolini from the Institute of Research Evaluation of Public Policies (IRVAPP) will talk about youth and digital reading.

From February 13 to 18 will take place the school organized by FBK-IRVAPP (Institute for evaluative research of public policies) at the Venetian Institute of Sciences, Letters and Arts in Venice.

Looks like 2017 will be an eventful year for Fondazione Bruno Kessler. Alongside the initiatives dedicated to the discussion on FBK's research topics, the attention to dissemination to a broad audience, as well as to collaborations with prestigious national and European organizations, remains high.

The conference aims to contribute to the growth of the collective awareness of the increasing importance of the integration of micro-data originating from government archives with microdata, particularly on individuals and families, gathered from surveys carried out by ISTAT or other research institutions.