Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati

2026 Call for University Professors’ Secondment to the Interdisciplinary Lincean Centre “Beniamino Segre”

The Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei has opened the 2026 call for applications for the secondment of university professors to the Interdisciplinary Lincean Centre “Beniamino Segre”.For 2026, 4 positions ...
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Call for Applications for the Position of Director of SISSA

The International School for Advanced Studies (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, known as SISSA) seeks candidates for the position of Director of the School. SISSA is a public ...
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SISSA Colloquium - Neuronal Mechanisms Supporting Human Cognitive Ability

SISSA Colloquium returns on Wednesday, March 18th, at 2 PM in Aula Magna Budinich. This time, we will have the pleasure of hosting Professor Huib Mansvelder (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), who will ...
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Selection for the conferment of a PhD Fellowship funded by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)

SISSA welcomes applications from candidates with a strong interest in research, without limitations of age and nationality, who have completed, or are going to complete by 31 October 2026, their ...
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Equal Opportunities and Wellbeing

CUG is an acronym for “Comitato Unico di Garanzia”, the unified committee for equal opportunities, the promotion of the wellbeing of the personnel, and against discriminations. The CUG has ...
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Ammissione ai corsi di PhD della SISSA per l'Anno Accademico 2025/26 - Admission to SISSA PhD courses for the Academic Year 2025/26

Extra EU candidates are welcome to applyCheck the Information Sheets below for additional information on the examsCLICK HERE FOR ONLINE APPLICATIONSMATHEMATICS AREA - CLOSEDGeometry and Mathematical ...
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Three million euros to SISSA for precision astronomy

Enrico Barausse is one of the 4 PIs of the international consortium GWSky, awarded with 12 million euros by the European Research Council to investigate gravitational waves Existing and future ...
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Announcement of the Dubrovin Medal Winners for 2022

The Boris Dubrovin medal was created in memory of the great mathematician Boris Anatolievich Dubrovin, Professor at SISSA from 1993 to 2019 SISSA is pleased to announce the winners of the Dubrovin ...
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Artificial intelligence: why its indiscriminate use is a danger to the production of knowledge

“If the difficult and demanding process of learning to think like a scientist is replaced by a simple command to ChatGPT, critical thinking, depth of analysis, and even the very skills that allow ...
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SISSA and Fondazione Pietro Pittini award the winners of the 2025 Ambrosetti Medal

This morning, SISSA hosted the ceremony for the presentation of the 2025 Antonio Ambrosetti Medal. Established in memory of Professor Antonio Ambrosetti (1944–2020), the prestigious award recognises ...
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There are 40 billion billions of Black Holes in the Universe

How many black holes are out there in the Universe? This is one of the most relevant and pressing questions in modern astrophysics and cosmology. The intriguing issue has recently been addressed by ...
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Glioblastoma: a mechanism that helps tumor cells multiply discovered

Chloride ion flows that enter the cells play an important role in the duplication of glioblastoma cells, a highly aggressive brain tumor. This is the finding of research recently published in the ...