Faculty & Research
Providing concrete answers to the challenges of our time through the social sciences and a multidisciplinary approach
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The social sciences are key to improving human relations and addressing global challenges such as climate change and inequality, while cognitive sciences help advance economics and artificial intelligence, improving economic forecasting and making machines more intuitive. Through a multidisciplinary and increasingly integrated approach, Bocconi aims to consolidate its research and teaching areas while expanding its disciplinary boundaries. In recent years the Department of Computing Sciences, the Department of Social and Political Sciences, and the Chair in Computer Science have been established, demonstrating a concrete commitment to these cutting-edge areas, promoting an integrated and innovative approach. Supporting this process is crucial for a more sustainable and progressive future: contributing to research helps find answers to the critical questions of our time and promote social progress.
Establishing a named professorship or chair is one of the most prestigious ways to associate that name with an academic position. Thus, the teaching and research work of a high-profile and internationally recognized professor on strategic issues of common interest can be supported.
The named position can be:
- permanent: it lasts as long as the University. It is a great honor both for the appointed professor and for the donor who contributes to founding it. The gift establishes an endowment, capital that the University invests long-term that generates an annual return, guaranteeing the independence and sustainability of the chair’s activities at Bocconi.
- fixed term: the academic position is set up for a minimum duration of 5 years, and can be extended. The gift allows you to cover the costs associated with the professor and related activities.
Donors Benefits: By supporting a chair, the Donor becomes a strategic partner of Bocconi, coming into direct contact with the faculty and actively contributing to the development of cutting-edge knowledge in the thematic area of interest.
- The activities of the supported chairs provide donors with maximum visibility in the context of academic dissemination activities such as scientific events and conferences, often for an international audience.
- Through the chair’s teaching activities, donors have the opportunity to establish direct contact with students and engage them through targeted initiatives such as challenges and guest speakers.
It is a way to actively contribute to the advancement of knowledge in a specific area, guaranteeing scientific visibility and in-depth study of extremely topical issues and in areas of common interest for the donor and the University.
Research labs bring together a group of professors coordinated by a director, focusing on different areas. This ensures a multidisciplinary approach in which diversified skills are added together to foster knowledge integration.
In addition, a select team from the company can collaborate with researchers to share experiences and skills in line with their respective research programs.
Discover Our Research Projects
To fund a Research Project means supporting a specific time-bound research project or contributing to the recruitment of the best researchers on the international market.
It is a way to help us disseminate knowledge and increase its social impact, providing fundamental resources for the work of young professors and researchers.