The Italian Science Fund (Fondo Italiano per la Scienza, FIS) is a program of the Ministry of Universities and Research (MUR) that supports fundamental research across all scientific, humanistic, and technological fields. Inspired by the model of the European Research Council (ERC), the FIS aims to promote scientific excellence, strengthen the international competitiveness of Italian research, and support human capital, with particular emphasis on research freedom and the scientific quality of projects. Interdisciplinary, pioneering, or innovative and unconventional projects are particularly valued.
The project explores the key factors that shape social justice in Participatory Design for Artificial Intelligence, focusing in particular on how exclusion and opacity show up during implementation. Using a participatory action-research approach with concrete case studies, the goal is to better understand the knowledge, practices, and power dynamics that contribute to unequal outcomes in AI systems.
The project investigates how self-assembling, polymeric systems respond to external chemical gradients, a key scenario for the development of innovative, adaptive materials. Using computational simulations, it explores the molecular mechanisms that couple the self-assembling species with surrounding chemical gradients, paving the way for the design of new materials mimicking natural biomaterials.
This research explores emerging forms of urbanity shaped by large-scale infrastructure projects in various areas of the planet. Drawing upon cases in Asia, Europe and South America, it aims to uncover the challenge these projects pose to urban planning and design, highlighting the transformative power of infrastructure in shaping landscapes, cities, and urban environments.
The project addresses design and thermal management in hybrid-electric aerospace systems, which require precise temperature control, cooling strategies and new thermal barrier materials to ensure safety, performance and structural integrity of aircraft and spacecraft. AMPERE uses multi-scale and multi-physics models and digital twins to develop resilient and innovative solutions.
