UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites
Erasmus+ #ICT4STD Summer School in Berlin
The (Spring) Summer School took place in Berlin from March 4th until March 12th, 2022. The purpose of the Summer School was to bring together multinational teams of students from the four partner universities of the Erasmus+ #ICT4STD project in order to study and...
Visit of Jose Bastante, head of the National Archaeological Park of Machu Picchu
On Thursday, 3rd of March, 2022, the USI UNESCO Chair had the pleasure to welcome Jose Bastante, head of the National Archaeological Park of Machu Picchu. He presented his recent publication “Machupicchu Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias”, and the work he is doing...
New Erasmus+ “#ICT4STD” publication
The second study of the Eramsus+"#ICT4STD" project "ICT-Anwendungen gegenurbanen Overtourismus" has been published in the Austrian tourism journal "Tourismus Wissen Quarterly". It is about ICT and overtourism in cities and was written by Louisa Wolf-Gorny. More...
PhD Student, Lea Hasenzahl, is part of Asia Society Switzerland Gen A Fellowship Program
Ph.D. Student, Lea Hasenzahl, is one of 25 Gen A Fellows of the Asia Society Switzerland. "Asia Society Switzerland is committed to empowering younger voices in the dialogue with Asia, recognizing youth as a key driver of Switzerland’s future success in the region"...
USI UNESCO Chair @ ENTER22 (12. – 14.01.2022)
The USI UNESCO Chair contributed to the ENTER22 with three full papers. Moreover, Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni moderated a research track. Our first presenters on Day 2 of the conferencewere Elide Garbani-Nerini and Elena Marchiori! Together with chair-holder, Lorenzo...
New “ICT4STD” Research Paper
The research project "eLearning for tourism during COVID-19" was started within the Erasmus+ project. Its first paper "eLearning for tourism during COVID-19. Learning from students' perspectives. A pilot study" presents a pilot study on the experiences and challenges...