We propose ourselves as an international team of high-level experts capable of dealing with multidisciplinary issues thanks to the presence in our team of both academies  and companies from hard and soft science.

SILKWAY bases its intervention areas on five Units.

Goal

The main goal of SILKWAY is to promote research, training and the dissemination of knowledge at all levels of society by agreeing on joint initiatives between the network partners and creating links between business, academia and civil society.

Vision

The shared vision is of a world without cultural barriers and open to research and education, with the establishment of joint degree programmes and the exchange of teachers and students

Focus

SILKWAY the ideal platform to take a cross-cultural, community-focused approach, not only in terms of technical and economic development, but also in terms of policy and scientific collaboration.

5 RESEARCH UNITS WORKING TOGETHER

Initiatives and topics

Geopolitics and Demography

  • Economic and social inequality, globalization
  • Networks structure and spatial economics
  • Trade and Inequality
  • Urbanization, education, income and poverty

Finance, Management and Law

  • Belt and Road and Corporate Social Credit System (SCS)
  • New Marshall Plan: 5G and Health Silk Road

Energy and Environment

  • Energy transition
  • Use of new energy sources with low environmental impact
  • Financial instruments for mitigating climate change
  • Focus on water

Infrastructure and Connectivity

  • Transports, modal nodes and inter-modality
  • Mobility flows
  • Urban Mobility Policies and Sustainability
  • MaaS (Mobility as a Service)

Theory, Culture and Politics

  • Issues of public concern, which affect cultures and societies at the global level.
  • Sustainability, responsibility, common goods, human development, human rights
  • Citizenhip, public sphere, deliberative democracy, gender relations, political conflicts

The international network

Our Partners

University of Milano-Bicocca

Italy

www.unimib.it

Universidad Santiago de Compostela

Spain

www.usc.es

University of Camerino

Italy

www.unicam.it

University of Bergamo

Italy

www.unibg.it

University of Brescia

Italy

www.unibs.it

University of Chieti-Pescara

Italy

www.unich.it

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University of Padua

Italy

www.unipd.it

Universidad de Tenerife "La Laguna"

Spain

www.ull.es

Universidade de Aveiro

Portugal

www.ua.pt

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Baku Higher Oil School

Azerbaijan

www.bhos.edu.az

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University of International Business

Kazakhstan

uib.edu.kz

Eurasian National University

Kazakhstan

www.enu.kz

FOIM (Fondazione degli Ingegneri della Provincia di Milano)

Italy

www.foim.org

MBS consulting

Italy

www.mbsconsulting.com

Pininfarina design and architecture

Italy

www.pininfarina.com

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Collegi di Milano

Italy

www.collegiodimilano.it

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The international network

Individual Members

Giovanna Fossa

Politecnico di Milano

Italy

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Maria Teresa Vespucci

Università Bergamo

Italy

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The international network

Future Partners

CSD Engineers

SWISS

www.csd.ch

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Izmir Katip Celebi University

TURKEY

www.ikc.edu.tr

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Università degli Studi di Perugia

ITALY

www.unipg.it