Great news! During the UNESCO General Conference (40th Session) in Paris (France) the city of Lugano has been appointed to host the first formal meeting of the National Commissions from Europe. It is not the first time that the city
PhD Thesis Defense @ USI
On Monday the 11th of November 2019, Marta Pucciarelli, defended her PhD thesis on “The Digital Birth of an African City. The Case of Douala”. The dissertation examines the online representation and communication of Douala, which is the largest city
UNESCO Chair @ Erasmus+ Kick-off meeting
On Friday, 25.10.2019, members of the USI UNESCO Chair met their colleagues from the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow (Poland), Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung in Eberswalde (Germany) and the University of Novi Sad (Serbia) to set-up the
Official launch of “DESy”
<<DESy>> (short for: Digital Destination Evolution System) is a project between the border areas of Switzerland and Italy and was created to collect and analyze tourist information using AI. This will benefit the tourism experience of the visitor to both
Launch of the 2nd Vol. of the MOOC “Tourism Management at UNESCO World Heritage Sites”
After the great success of the first volume (6’500+ learners from 166 countries), a brand new volume of the Tourism Management at UNESCO World Heritage Sites MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) opened its doors to all tourism professionals, students, site