Research centres

Centro di Ricerche interdisciplinare di Patologia e Chirurgia dell’Apparato Locomotore

Over time, the centre's expertise has expanded from the spine to the entire musculoskeletal system. In terms of research, the main focus is on spinal and prosthetic surgery. Studies have also been carried out on basic research applied to avascular necrosis of the femoral head, chronic osteoarticular pain and related NMDAR and TRPV channels, elective orthopaedic surgery and trauma surgery in various parts of the body. In addition to research, CRIPCAL also provides training for specialist and trainee doctors through seminars, workshops and practical courses. With regard to funding, CRIPCAL's activities are mainly financed by donations from private companies.

Centro di ricerca in Osteoarcheologia e Paleopatologia

It promotes archaeological and anthropological research.

Head and Neck Surgery & Forensic Dissection Research Center

Reference centre for anatomical study and surgical training at national and international level.

Research Center for Clinical Ethics (CREC)

Promotes and develops clinical ethics and ethical counselling in healthcare in order to improve patient care.

Centro di Ricerca in Neuroscienze

The Centro di Ricerca in Neuroscienze (Research Centre in Neuroscience) at the University of Insubria was founded in 2003 with the aim of promoting research in fields related to neuroscience, and in particular the study of functional and neurodegenerative disorders of the nervous system using approaches from cellular and molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, neuropharmacology, neuroimmunology and systems biology. 
The Centre also aims to be a meeting point for biomedical and clinical research groups within the University, promoting the exchange of knowledge and the creation of multidisciplinary collaborations. 
An important mission of the Centre is the training of young researchers working in the laboratories affiliated with the Centre: to this end, annual meetings of the affiliated research laboratories are organised, at which young collaborators are invited to present and discuss their research activities. In addition, the Centre organises specialist seminars and informative events on neuroscientific topics, to spread knowledge of the physiological and pathological mechanisms in the nervous system, and of research into new avenues for therapeutic interventions in the field of neurological and psychiatric diseases.

Centro di Ricerca per gli adenomi ipofisari e la patologia sellare

UPLOAD (Upper and Lower Airways Inflammatory Diseases) Research Center

Centro di Ricerca per l'Invecchiamento di Successo (CRIS)

Centro di Ricerca per l’Umanizzazione delle cure ed il Miglioramento degli Esiti a lungo termine in Terapia Intensiva (CRUMETI)

Centro di ricerca di Diritto Svizzero

Centro di ricerca su "Federalismo e autonomie locali"

Research Centre “Religion, Law and Economy in the Mediterranean Area" (REDESM)

Research centre "Restorative Justice and Mediation Studies Centre" RJMSC

Centro di ricerca "Centro Studi sulle politiche ambientali e territoriali" (POLAMB)

Centro di ricerca di Diritto doganale e del commercio internazionale

Centre for Research and Studies on "Law, Media, Information and Society" (DirMIS)

Centro di Ricerca sulla Moda Sostenibile

Centro di ricerca "Istituto di Rating Processuale" IRP

Centro di ricerca sull'Internazionalizzazione delle economie locali (CRIEL)

Centro di ricerca in etica degli affari e responsabilità sociale (CREAReS)

International Study Center for Smart Organizations Management and Smart Territory Valorization (SMARTER)

Centro di Ricerca sulla Regolamentazione dell'Intelligenza Artificiale (CRIA)

Insubria Experimental Economics Research Centre (InExEc)

Centro di ricerche sulle dislipidemie

Centro di ricerche sulle malattie tromboemboliche e le terapie antitrombotiche

Centro di ricerche in Epidemiologia e medicina preventiva "EPIMED"

Centro di ricerche in farmacologia medica

Centro di Ricerca in Chirurgia Toracica

Centro di ricerche per lo studio e l'applicazione di nuove tecnologie in chirurgia vascolare

Centro di ricerca sugli aspetti odontostomatologici e il loro trattamento delle sindromi rare in età evolutiva

Centro di ricerca Interdipartimentale sulle Scienze Motorie Applicate (CRISMA)

Centro di Ricerca sulle Malattie Croniche (MACRO)

Centro di Ricerca sulla Nutrizione dal concepimento all'età evolutiva

Centro di Ricerca in Medicina Genomica

Centro di ricerca in patologie tiroidee e malattie associate (CERTIMA)

Centro di ricerche in chirurgia mini-invasiva

Centro di ricerche in senologia

Centro di ricerche per lo studio e lo sviluppo dei trapianti d'organo

Centro di ricerche in radiologia interventistica

Centro di ricerca di alta specializzazione sulla patologia della parete addominale e sulla chirurgia riparativa delle ernie addominali

Centro di Ricerca in Chirurgia d'urgenza e del trauma

Centro di ricerca per lo studio dei tumori eredo-familiari

Insubria Experimental Imaging Center (IEIC) Research Centre

Centro di ricerca in ginecologia oncologica e chirurgia mini-invasiva

Research Centre for Innovative Technology and Biomaterials

Centro di ricerca in Chirurgia Robotica

Centre for Nonlinear and Complex Systems

This is the longest-running centre in the Department, predating even the University of Insubria (previously active as the University of Milan); it coordinates research on the dynamic description of the motions of non-linear and complex systems. The problems considered range from physical systems described by classical and quantum mechanics, studied from both a purely theoretical and numerical-experimental point of view, with sometimes significant applications to complex systems of interest to statistical and social sciences.

Como Lake Centre for Astrophysics Research (CLAP)

Como Lake Institute of Photonics (CLIP)

Research Centre ‘Research Centre on Mountain History, Material Culture and Earth Sciences’

Research Centre for Mass Media and Society: History and Criticism of Public Opinion

Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC)

Centre for Research on Minorities (CERM)

The Centre for Research on Minorities (CERM) aims to promote and further interdisciplinary research on the sociology and sociolinguistics of minorities, fostering synergies between sociolinguistic, language teaching, sociological, historical, pedagogical-educational and legal expertise. The first of its kind, it aims to provide a comprehensive overview of minority realities, migration dynamics and the composition of communities in settlement contexts, adopting an inclusive view of minorities that emphasises their potential in terms of human capital, growth and development in different territories. 
CERM's activities include training and refresher courses in the fields of non-discrimination and protection of minority languages, linguistic, social and cultural inclusion of immigrants, training in minority languages, language teaching aimed at maintaining the mother tongue and teaching Italian as a second language to learners belonging to specific minorities.

Centre for Research on Linguistic and Cultural Phenomena (CRiFLi)

The Centre promotes interdisciplinary studies and research using innovative methodologies in the field of language and historical and synchronic linguistics of European languages and languages of the Mediterranean basin, in particular English and Italian, and languages and cultures with a global impact (e.g. Latin American Spanish and Argentine culture in particular). in the field of Italian literature and modern foreign literatures, also considered in their historical and cultural relations; it also deals with issues related to multi-ethnic and multi-/inter-cultural interaction and their reflections on sociolinguistic and interlinguistic levels; it also studies communication science (medical and scientific communication in English-speaking countries in particular) in interaction with new media and new disciplinary areas and forms of artistic expression and language such as music, theatre and dance. 

Centre for Research on Contemporary Art History (CRiSAC)

The Centre was established in spring 2019 as a permanent observatory, equipped with a scientific structure capable of monitoring, studying and promoting, in dialogue with Italian and foreign scholars, museums, foundations, archives, educational institutions and public and private bodies, the history of contemporary and post-modern art in the region.

Centre for Epigraphic and Documentary Research (CRED)

The Centre aims to promote theoretical and applied research, of an interdisciplinary nature and using innovative methodologies, in the study of written documents, in their broad diachronic and diatopic sense, as objects of investigation and/or as primary sources for multiple scientific disciplines (such as linguistics, epigraphy, philology, palaeography, history, archaeology, law, art, archaeometry and information technology). 
Specifically, in terms of content/signifié, the main areas of research focus on the complex relationships between the “making” of the writing phenomenon and the cultural and social development of civilisations, between the definition of the value of the written document in relation to historical phenomena and socio-economic and legal structures. 
In terms of expression/signifiant, the research focuses on the technical developments of writing types and material extension procedures, the variety and qualitative gradation of media, as well as the links between texts and figurative and decorative elements.

Research Centre “Intelligence in the Cosmic Context” (INCOSMICON)

Ágalma International Research Centre for Aesthetics, Philosophy and Collective Imagination (CIRAGEF)

The Centre promotes interdisciplinary studies and research using innovative methodologies in the fields of philosophy and the humanities and social sciences, particularly in aesthetics, the philosophy of art, the collective imagination, and political and legal processes, also considering their historical and cultural relationships. It also deals with issues related to cultural studies and their impact on the devices of vision; it also studies the science of communication in interaction with new media and new disciplinary areas and forms of artistic expression and languages such as painting, sculpture, architecture, music, dance, television, theatre and cinema.

Insubrian Centre for Political Studies (CISP)

Institute for the Study of Padanian Judaism (ISEP)