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The first two phases of the health emergency introduced the formula of working from home with advantages and disadvantages. Today we talk about a research carried out by the University Centre for Family Studies which presents the first data and offers suggestions on the measures to be taken. Our Professor of Psychology of Leadership and Coordination Claudia Manzi, research project coordinator, explains us the results.

Empowering brains in interaction is the subject of this study. How can we empower the mind of professionals at the workplace? This is the question that lead the researchers in developing the study in order to improve, through neuroscience, our strategies during working activities such as taking part in a meeting, organising the activities of our team, or communicating with our collaborators to achieve good results. We are now listening to the voice of the neuropsychologist Michela Balconi who led the research.

From the Piacenza’s campus of Università Cattolica comes a survey on biodegradable bioplastics developed by the Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences. The study is about the degradation of two of the bioplastics most widely available on the market today: bags for the separate collection of wetwaste, made up of a starch-based mixture, and bottles of polylactic acid (PLA).Listen to the voice of Francesca Bandini, PhD student at the Doctoral School on the Agro-Food System and first author of the study.

The European ySKILLS project, which started in January 2020 and will last until December 2023, includes 14 Universities from 13 countries (Italy among them). ySKILLS examines both risks and opportunities related to the use of ICT by children and adolescents (aged 12 to 17) as well as their digital skills to understand the potential of digital skills as a strategy to boost the resilience of children, and the link between digital skills and children’s wellbeing. Listen to the presentation of Giovanna Mascheroni, professor of Sociology at Università Cattolica, member of the ySKILLS Executive Board and lead author of one of the two reports of the project.

In 2018 the bathymetric exploration of the Lake Garda’s seabed was started and then carried out by the Italian Navy and the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Università Cattolica. The seabed will provide greater navigation safety and address the problems related to climate change and greater protection of this lake ecosystem.

Scholars and researchers will now have data and images at their disposal to better safeguard the lake ecosystem. Alfredo Marzocchi, professor of Mathematical Physics at the faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, and Scientific Project Coordinator, explains the survey.

The research “I trust you” is an internal survey inside the project “Opinion leader 4 future”promoted by the Graduate School of Media, Communications and Performing Arts of our university with the collaboration of Credem Group. The research examined how the Z Generation, boys and girls from 10 to 25 years old, build their opinions today. The survey explored their opinions about pandemics and other matters. Listen to the presentation of Mariagrazia Fanchi, director of the Graduate School.

Atherosclerosis does not develop overnight. The plaques that prevent blood from flowing in the arteries take years to form. But the heart attack occurs in an instant, often without warning. In order to understand this complex mechanism some researchers at Università Cattolica and Policlinico Gemelli carried out a survey, published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Filippo Crea, director of the Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences of Università Cattolica, illustrates it.

Don’t exploit religion, humanise the migrants and create a public space with them. These are the keywords of the multidisciplinary survey “Migrations and religious identity realised by about thirty researchers (sociologists, philosophers, psychologists, legal experts, politicians, theologists. Laura Zanfrini, Migrations Sociology professor at Università Cattolica and scientific director of the survey, explains the results.

How have Italian people faced the post Covid preventative regulations? Do they agree with the social restrictions requested by the Government? And what is their attitude towards the upcoming prospect of a vaccination against Covid nineteen? The University’s Research Centre Engageminds HUB made a survey on the aforementioned topics and the psychological difficulties following the Covid pandemic. Guendalina Graffigna, psychologist and director of the Centre, will outline the study on PodCatt #cattolicathinks.

Today we talk about Instagram, the most popular social network used by teenagers. A survey analyses the combination of images and texts shared in particular by girls. The researchers highlight an increasing number of body images that are used to communicate the most intimate emotions. And the body plays an important role in the acceptance and construction of identity. Clelia Malighetti, PhD student in Communication Psychology, explains the survey results that are collected in the book The Psychology of Instagram.