Research centres
Scientific research at the University of Lugano (USI) is mostly carried out within research institutes and laboratories connected to specific disciplinary areas of the various Faculties.
Institutes and laboratories offer a well-focused, efficient and familiar research environment, in close collaboration with the scholars researching in other institute or faculties, and with international scientific partners. Close ties to public and private institutions to scientific projects addressing demands at local, national, and international level. A rich programme of cultural events makes the results of research available available to the general audience.
Academy of Architecture
> Institutes
Archive of the Modern
Institute for the Contemporary Urban Project (i.CUP)
> Laboratories
Laboratory for the History of the Alps (LabiSAlp)
Faculty of Economics
> Institutes
Institute of Management (IMA)
Institute for Economic Research (IRE)
Law Institute (IDUSI)
Institute of Finance (IFin)
Institute for Microeconomics and Public Economics (MecoP)
> Laboratories
Centre for Entrepreneurship & Family Firms (CEF)
Centre for Organisational Research (CORe)
Centre for the Observation of Economic Dynamics (CODE)
Laboratory for System Modelling (LSM)
Faculty of Communication Sciences
> Institutes
Institute of Communication and Health (ICH)
Institute for Public Communication and Education (ICIeF)
Institute for Linguistics and Semiotics (ILS)
Institute for Media and Journalism (IMeG)
Institute of Psychology and Sociology of Communication (IPSC)
Institute for Communication Technologies (ITC)
Institute of Marketing and Communication Management (IMCA)
Institute for Mediterranean Studies (ISM)
Institute of Italian Studies (ISI)
>Laboratories
China Media Observatory (CMO)
Epistemology of Communication Sciences (EpiCentre)
New Media in Education Laboratory (NewMinE Lab)
The European Journalism Observatory (EJO)
Technology Enhanced Communication Laboratory (TEC-Lab)
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Faculty of Informatics
Advanced Learning and Research Institute (ALaRI)
Institute of Computational Sciences (ICS)