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​Peripheral rural areas are getting empty: People find no employment opportunities there and move on. The average age of those who stay, increases continuously. Cultural landscapes are disappearing. By contrast, the most accessible, urban and suburban areas struggle with completely opposite problems. There, conflicting land use interests, traffic problems and housing shortages affect people's quality of life.

We are conducting research on ways to overcome these spatial and socio-economic challenges. In doing so, we pursue socially innovative, environmentally sound and economically viable approaches. The expertise of our interdisciplinary team is based on numerous insights gained in international analyses. We apply these in applied projects of regional development in South Tyrol and other mountain areas. For example, we examine the societal and environmental impacts of transalpine heavy goods vehicles traffic, opportunities for diversification and value creation in rural areas, as well as possible forms of coexistence between humans and wild animals.

Our team consists of experts from the economic, social, cultural, agricultural, natural, traffic, spatial and planning sciences and conducts research in three thematic areas:​​

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22.05.2018 La Casa della Solidarietà vince un premio interregionale per l'integrazione Eurac Research è partner di ricerca dell'iniziativa per sostenere la cultura dell'accoglienza41 progetti da sei paesi alpini si sono candidati per il premio Alpine Pluralism Award.

17.05.2018 Fragebogen zum Wolf in Südtirol und im Trentino: Wissensstand und Einstellung Wölfe besiedeln seit jeher die Berggebiete in ganz Europa einschließlich der Apenninen und der Alpen. In den 70er Jahren gab es in Italien weniger als 100 Exemplare. Gegenwärtig steigt die Zahl der Wölfe auf dem gesamten Staatsgebiet wieder an: Südtirol und Trentino folgen dem nationalen Trend.

02.05.2018 „The New Wild“ von Christopher Thomson im Filmclub Ein Dokumentarfilm erzählt vom Schicksal verlassener Berggebiete.2. Mai 2018 - Filmclub, Bozen.In den letzten 30 Jahren haben mehr als die Hälfte der landwirtschaftlichen Betriebe im Alpenraum ihre Tätigkeit aufgegeben.

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