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Research training course

An opportunity for the best students

The Research Training Pathway (PFR) aims to enhance the training of students interested in in-depth activities in the field of research.

If you are a deserving and motivated student, the programme is aimed at you and provides for progressive participation in research activity that enables you to develop the ability to conceive and carry out an autonomous project.

During the programme you will learn:

  • scientific discipline
  • methodology
  • analytical ability
  • critical ability and culture

in order to learn the correct approach to research problems and their solution.

Group work and, in parallel, leadership will be encouraged, with the aim of communicating a passion for research, enhancing personal skills, highlighting any critical issues and areas for improvement, developing independent judgement and scientific creativity.

At the end of the training course you will receive the Diploma Supplement: a certification of the activity carried out.

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The projects

For the academic year 2025/26, the proposed projects are as follows:

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  1. Denigrating epithets. The physiological response to the complaining uses of slurs
    . Lecturer and tutor: Prof. Filippo Domaneschi
  2. Philosophy of Pornography. An experimental investigation into the definition of "pornographic artwork"
    . Proponent and tutor: Prof. Filippo Domaneschi
  3. Experiential artefacts between philosophy of the mind, aesthetics and philosophy of technology
    Lecturer and tutor: Enrico Terrone and Luca Marchetti
  4. Texts, Contexts, Translations in the History of Contemporary Philosophy
    Lecturer proposer and tutor: Marco Damonte
  5. Philosophy, school, society
    Lecturer proposer and tutor: Marco Damonte

For more information, please refer to the attached project sheets.

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How to participate

To take part in the Research Training Course you must send your application by 5 December 2025,to the following email address: mariasilvia.vaccarezza@unige.it 

Remember to indicate your chosen research project from among those proposed.

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The maximum number of candidates admitted to the Research Training Pathway for the academic year 2025/2026 is set at 8 (eight) students.

Requirements

You can enter the competition if you are a student:

  • in the first year with a bachelor's degree grade of at least 110/110
  • in the first year not yet graduated but with all the credits required for the three-year degree course and an average of no less than 29/30. In addition, to be admitted, you must graduate by the autumn session with a grade of 110/110
    • or higher.
  • enrolled in the second year of the course and have acquired at least 36 CFUs envisaged in the first-year curriculum with an average mark of no less than 27/30

An additional requirement is a good knowledge of English, especially in writing, or of another language if required by the chosen project.

Eligibility interview

To assess your suitability, you will be interviewed by a commission. During the interview you will have to:

  • discuss your chosen research project
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  • read and translate part of a recent scientific publication in a language of your choice from English, French, Spanish and German
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The aptitude interview will take place Friday, 12 December 2025 starting at 10 a.m. in the office of Professors Domaneschi and Vaccarezza, Via Balbi 30.

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Admission ranking

In order to allocate the available places,the Commission will draw up an admission ranking list which will be published by 15 December 2025 in the News and events section of this website.