Here you can discover the detailed programme of the event "Religion at the Greenhouse. Exploring the Dynamics and Growth of RESILIENCE", to be held May 11, 2026 in Bologna. Subject to changes.
Serre dei Giardini Margherita, Bologna
May 11th, 2026
Latest update: April 23, 2026
| 09:30 | Registrations and coffee |
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| 10:00 | Welcome and introduction Karla Boersma (RESILIENCE) and Federico Alpi (FSCIRE) |
| 10:45 | Scholarship on Religious Experiences in the Age of Hate Alberto Melloni (FSCIRE) |
| 11:20 |
Roundtable: Research Infrastructures: Gaining Insights – Promoting GrowthRESILIENCE connects research centers, data holders and services, creates new instruments and services for the scientific community and serves societal actors, including religious communities, governments, decision makers, individuals and institutions. The experts gathered in this panel have professional experience on all of these aspects and will share their views on RESILIENCE’s chances and challenges, on present-day research needs, new digital possibilities and on the strategic nature of research infrastructures in general. Chair: Herman Selderhuis (TUA). Participants: Elisabetta Maini (Research and internationalisation of companies, Emilia-Romagna Region); Rita Monticelli (City of Bologna: City Council Member for Human Rights, Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue); Davide Salomoni (National Center HPC, Big Data and Quantum Computing); Salvatore Capasso (Department of Humanities, Italian National Council of Research); Roberto Scopigno (Institute for Information Science and Technologies, Italian National Council of Research); Silvia Chiodi (Institute for European Intellectual Lexicon and History of Ideas, Italian National Council of Research). |
| 12:20 | Highlights of RESILIENCE Preparatory Phase Project |
| 12:30 | Presentation of the project from Serre dei Giardini by Nicoletta Tranquillo |
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| 12:45 | Lunch |
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Panel: Serving Research, Building Knowledgepresenting the services of RESILIENCE and discussing how they can be further developed to serve the community and cooperate with the for-profit sector. Chair: Francesca Cadeddu (FSCIRE). Participants: Roxanne Wyns (RESILIENCE); Rudy Demo (ITSERR project); Joana Butėnaitė-Switkiewicz (TNA fellow); Charles Senard (Librairie Droz). |
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Panel: Impacting Researchlooking at the different areas of the impact produced by RESILIENCE and addressing the challenge of impact-driven research on the field. Chair: Jelena Brkić Šmigoc (University of Sarajevo). Participants: Herman Selderhuis (RESILIENCE Enlargement Committee); Hans-Peter Grosshans (European Academy of Religion); Fabrizio D’Avenia (ITSERR project); Eric Vallet (ReligiS project). |
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| 16:00 | Break |
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| 16:30 |
Panel: Where Ideas Growpresenting the innovation in the study of religion and in the technologies at the disposal of the community that RESILIENCE contributed to generate, look at some of the user stories that triggered it and at those that can further enhance it Chair: Roxanne Wyns (RESILIENCE). Participants: Anna Mambelli (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia); Riccardo Vigliermo (MeM.srl); Thomas Giro (FINCONS); Greg Paulson (University of Münster). |
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Panel: Changing Research, Supporting Informationdiscussing the role of scholars in making available to the wider public reliable and verified information concerning religions. Chair: Aurélie Jouvenel (École Pratique des Hautes Études). Participants: Marleen Thaler (University of Vienna); Hendro Munsterman (Nederlands Dagblad); Francesca Cadeddu (RESILIENCE). |
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| 18:30 | Closing remarks |
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| 19:00 | Dinner and drinks |