Ester Grossi is among the contemporary artists who have embraced the themes of Ethos. “My artistic practice has always been characterized by an interest in popular culture, folklore, and mass communication. The focus of my painting, in particular, is to codify and explore contemporary society—overflowing with symbols and information—and, through a stylistic exploration of the essential, to draw attention to the iconic power of images.”
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The project was launched following the establishment of the Ethos Observatory at Luiss Business School in late 2019 and stems from a close institutional partnership with the National Federation of Knights of Labour. Professor Sebastiano Maffettone, Director of Ethos, also serves as the Federation’s Scientific Coordinator.
A project focused on Southern Italy, featuring an in-depth analysis of the long-standing challenges facing the Mezzogiorno and proposals to reduce the North–South divide.
The project, conceived by a group of Luiss students, aims to implement concrete initiatives to promote the value of sustainability across the University. Its goal is to help keep Luiss among the world’s top 30 most sustainable universities, according to the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings, having contributed to achieving this position in previous years.
The group is involved in a wide range of activities and initiatives focused primarily on sustainability and inclusion. During the COVID-19 lockdown, the students also developed online initiatives to engage the student community and the wider public.
The group is currently evaluating the most appropriate formal structure for its activities, including becoming part of Ethos, establishing an independent association, or creating a student association. It has also been allocated a dedicated space at the Luiss campus on Viale Romania.
Activities and projects include:
Training and research programme focused on medical communication, corporate welfare, and well-being.
Under the agreement, Ethos provides scientific consulting services to Devital S.p.A. Throughout 2021, Ethos continued its advisory activities for the company, contributing in particular to the creation and development of Active Living, a Devital S.p.A. project dedicated to promoting well-being.
Educazione Civica Reloaded: programmi di formazione innovativi incentrati sull’educazione civica.
At the initiative of Luiss Director General Giovanni Lo Storto, the “Centro di Gravità” (Gravity Center) was established in coordination with Ethos. The Centre is a space designed as a hub for ideas, where academics and professionals from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds share their expertise to develop programmes together with young students, fostering interaction between the humanities, scientific disciplines, and practical knowledge.
Iniziative in comune con il gruppo Do ut do di Bologna, fra cui l’organizzazione dell’esposizione delle opere donate da artisti significativi nell’ambito della Biennale d’arte organizzata da Do ut do, che si occupa di raccogliere fondi per la Fondazione Hospice Seràgnoli Onlus.
A protocol established between the Ethos Observatory and the Madre Museum in Naples on interculturality and contemporary art, aimed at developing a virtuous model of collaboration between university and museum. The partnership gave rise to a programme of joint initiatives, including artist residencies, workshops with international artists, seminars, and site-specific installations, exploring interculturality and, more broadly, the relationship between art and ethical and social responsibility.
The first phase of the Art-Etica project (2019–2021) focused on developing a three-year programme on multiculturalism within contemporary artistic experimentation. The project began by examining the gradual shift, over recent decades, of the global centre of artistic research from the heart of the Western world towards regions historically regarded as peripheral, from Africa to the Far East.
In 2021, the Ethos Observatory was commissioned by Lega Pro to develop research and training initiatives in the field of sports ethics.