The Environment, Energy and Investment (EEI) Unit conducts interdisciplinary research on the governance of sustainability transitions, understood as socio-technical processes with profound implications for social organisation driven by global environmental change. Some of its key outputs so far include a co-operation agreement between the University of Cambridge (Department of Land Economy) and Luiss, which has provided a framework for academic exchanges and joint research projects, including a recently awarded Horizon Europe EUR 6,962,000 million project on Strategies for the Evaluation and Assessment of Ocean based Carbon Dioxide Removal (SEAO2-CDR).

Cultural heritage is attracting increasing interest both academically and in policy making. Cultural heritage sectors represent a growing part of the economy, generating much income and employment directly and indirectly, notably through cultural tourism. This is particularly true in countries such as Italy. Today, policy makers need to develop new strategies for the protection of cultural heritage, an issue recognised explicitly both in the Italian PNRR which allocates substantial sums to culture, and at the level of the EU. In addition, heritage has important international dimensions. Trade in heritage objects and services is increasingly regulated at the EU and ... Read more

The Italian Foreign Policy and Security (ITAFS) research unit at the Center for International Strategic Studies at Luiss Guido Carli, dedicates itself to understanding and advancing Italian national interest in a complex global environment. The unit aims to gather information and insights on the impact of the so-called emerging and disruptive technologies, including military drones, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, cloud computing, robotics, and autonomous systems, as well as on trends in military innovation and the defense market. The unit analyses the potential impact of these technologies and trends on the military and security sectors, including their e... Read more

Med-Gulf Observatory (MeGO) aims at examining how international affairs influence and are influenced by the southern Mediterranean countries that make the broad MENA region as well as the Gulf countries. Geographically, the Observatory looks at the region  through its three main areas: 1) North Africa, also known as the Maghrib, 2) the Middle East, or the Mashriq/Levant, and 3) the Gulf Peninsula. Analytically, Second, the region is studied from three major disciplines or perspectives: 1) History, 2) Society, and 3) Politics. Seeing the transformations the region has been going through especially during ... Read more

The MIA unit aims to study the migration phenomenon from a historical, geographical and legal point of view. The results of the research will be shared both through traditional channels (conferences and publications) and by setting up a blog on the CISS website, to which the student trainees will also contribute

Overview
SPHERE is an interdisciplinary research unit within the LUISS Center for International and Strategic Studies (CISS). It is dedicated to the study of political, economic, social, and geographical dimensions related to space exploration and governance. SPHERE aims to bridge academic research, industry expertise, and policymaking in the rapidly evolving space sector.

SPHERE
• symbolises the shape of celestial bodies (Earth, planets, moons), recalling the concept of spatiality and territoriality in extraterrestrial contexts.
• represents a closed but interconnected system, j... Read more