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2026

Taste the Past. Digital Media for Byzantine Heritage and Authentic Experiences in Northern Greece

Agioi Anargyroi in Kastoria

Organized in collaboration with the Zayed University (United Arab Emirates), the University of Western Macedonia and the Institute of Economic Analysis & Entrepreneurship of the University of Macedonia (Greece), it explores both tangible and intangible cultural heritage across two historic cities – Thessaloniki and Kastoria – with a focus on Byzantine heritage. 

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2025

ICTs and the Challenges of “Overtourism”: Exploring the Case of Machupicchu

overview of Machupicchu

Organized in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair in Anthropology of Health, Biosphere and Healing Systems of the University of Genoa, the  UNESCO Chair on City, Landscape and Heritage of the University of Lima, the UNESCO Chair on Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism of the University San Martin de Porres (Lima) and supported by the UNESCO office in Lima, the school offers a unique opportunity to explore the intricate dynamics between tourism, heritage and sustainability, and address them with the help of ICTs.

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2025

Digital media for island tourism. The case of Madeira and its heritage

 

Coimbra University
Organized in collaboration with  the University of Madeira, the Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies (ESHTE) and the University of Coimbra, the School explored issues related to tourism and heritage in the special environment of an island, considering how digital media can support sustainable approaches. 
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2024

Sustainable tourism and digital media

 

Coimbra University

USI UNESCO Chair organized one of the Summer Schools offered by the Swiss Study Foundation to the smartest students of any faculty.  The main goal was to understand how digital media can help to address current sensitive issues in tourism at heritage places such as cultural and social sustainability.

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2024

Digital media for tourism in Creative Cities: Experiences from the Center of Portugal

 

Coimbra University
Realized in collaboration with the University of Coimbra, the school explored the role of digital media in enhancing urban sustainable development within the frame of the UNESCO Creative Cities progamme.
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2023

A new Grand Tour in Tuscany

 

Together with the Università di Pisa, the aim of this Winter School was to offer, in one of the most attractive environmental, monumental and landscape contexts in Italy, a highly educational experience.
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2022

IMAGINE

 

Several destinations in Indonesia, in collaboration with Trisakti School of Tourism (Indonesia)
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2022

Digital Cultural Tourism and Diplomacy

 

The 1st edition of the USI UNESCO Chair Winter School will be realized in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage at the Cyprus University of Technology in February 2022 (Limassol/ Cyprus).
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2020 (Southern Summer school)

Digital Communication of indigenous African heritage and fashion

 

Several destinations in Namibia, in collaboration with the University of Namibia (Namibia) and the University of Turku
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2019

LeVERAGE ICTs for Tourism

 

Lugano & Val Müstair (Switzerland)

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2018

Co-creating on the road ICT solutions to promote sustainable Tourism in World Heritage Sites

 

Several destinations in Southen Finland, in collaboration with he University of Turku

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2017

ICT2ST4D

 

Hangzhou (China), in collaboration with Zheijang University

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2016

ICT4ulT

 

Armeno (Italy)

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2015

ICTs to Promote Sustainable Tourism

 

Milano (Italy), in collaboration with the University Milano-Biccoca

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2014

IDEAL Tourism

 

Lugano (Switzerland)