ISEM

Headquartered in Palermo (Italy), the Institute for Scientific Methodology starts out as a place for critical thinking and learning on the role of science in culture and society.

Logo of ISEM

Its goal -- summarized in its slogan "Bringing science back into culture" -- is to act as a leading international educational and research center whose distinctive competence lies in its approach to science, learning and research which emphasizes the consequences -- for management, education, public communication --  of bringing science back into culture. 

The institute -- a consortium amongst the CNR, the City of Bagheria and the Sicily section of Confederation of Italian Industrialists -- conducts educational, research and cultural activities.

The Advisory Board includes scientists and management experts of international reputation.

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Mario Pagliaro to give the John van Geuns Lecture. On November 12th, Italy's chemist invited to deliver the prestigious lecture at the University of Amsterdam.

William James Lecture di Ignazio Licata. Il fisico presenta a Matera il 30 settembre il suo nuovo libro La logica aperta della mente.

Sicily's Photovoltaics Research Pole. Guarda il servizio della TGR Sicilia in onda il 23 gennaio.

14 May 2007 - Science in Israel - Seminar of Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Professor Danny Mandler on the functionment of one of the world's leading research systems.

26 marzo 2007. Straordinaria giornata di studio in occasione della presentazione dell'Institute for Scientific Methodology. (Re)mettre la science en culture (PDF): l'intervento di Jean-Marc Lévy Leblond (aussi en français).

Cnr, Palermo: speakers at the 4th Seminar 'Marcello Carapezza'

Palermo to host 10th FIGIPAS Sicily's capital chosen to host the prestigeous international meeting in inorganic chemistry in 2009.

Attività culturali

L'ISEM promuove una serie di attività rivolte a tutti i cittadini per diffondere cultura e promuovere una crescita comune basata su una visione rinnovata del rapporto fra scienza, cultura e società.