University of Tuscia

Department of Economics, Engineering, Society and Business Organization

In the year 2025 several individual networking activities engaged the University of Tuscia and other ERCIS partners. Network collaboration continued in 2025 including several bilateral exchanges among members, including Øystein Sæbø (University of Agder), Stefano Za (University of Chieti Pescara), and Paolo Spagnoletti (LUISS Guido Carli University).

Two important news items interested the University of Tuscia for the current year. First, Marco Smacchia, who got his PhD from the University of Chieti-Pescara, joined the University of Tuscia as an Assistant Professor starting from October 1st. Second, Alessio Maria Braccini is on leave starting from the third quarter of the year and joined the Department of Information Systems at the University of Agder.

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Marco Smacchia

Prof. Dr. Alessio Maria Braccini

Current Research Initiatives

CLOSER

Circular raw materiaLs for European Open Strategic autonomy on chips and microElectronics pRoduction is a project selected for funding under the call Interregional Innovation Investments (I3) Instrument by the European Commission, for a total of 14 million euro. CLOSER has the objective of contributing to the Chips Act Pillar 2 (the European Union’s regulation on semiconductors) through the recovery/recycling of raw materials for semiconductors and the recycling/reprocessing of critical components and raw materials coming from the microelectronics industry in Europe. The complex Consortium comprises 31 key European actors (SMEs, big companies, clusters, research centres, and universities) from 8 European countries (plus Switzerland). It is led by the University of Rome Tor Vergata, and participated by the University of Tuscia.

Frontsh1p

A FRONTrunner approach to Systemic circular, Holistic and inclusive solutions for a new Paradigm of territorial circular economy. The FRONTSH1P project aimed to facilitate the green transition of the Polish Lodzkie region, promoting de-carbonization and territorial regeneration by demonstrating highly replicable circular systemic models (https://frontsh1p.eu).