Areas of research

research; third mission

The competence of CAST researchers goes from Economics, Statistics, Management, Sociology to History and Geography and allow to carry out a variety of multidisciplinary projects.

Many research projects about Tourism are possible thanks to the variety of experiences and competences characterizing CAST members and researchers in subjects going from Economics, Statistics, Management, Sociology to History and Geography. The European projects are particularly relevant for CAST activity, especially the “Interreg” for territorial cooperation, “Horizon Europe” and “Erasmus Plus”.

In addition, CAST can provide external expertise to other projects even if it is not a partner of it.

The Centre tries to share its expertise and knowledges with the territory that host the Campuses of Bologna University.

 Some topics of research are:

 -          Big data

-          Social and cultural sustainability

-          Climate change

-          Economic impact

-          Cultural heritage valorization

-          Destination management

-          Fiscal policy tools