On May 20 and 21, 2026, the international conference \u201cEthics of Heritage Science at Large-Scale Neutron and Synchrotron Facilities\u201d took place in Lund.<\/p>\n
This event, sponsored by the Italian Embassy, was a unique opportunity for experts from around the world to discuss the ethical implications of various techniques used for the study and protection of cultural heritage, including those that utilize large-scale research infrastructures such as Maxiv and the European Spallation Source (ESS), which Sweden now makes available to a broad community of researchers.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Are there truly \u201cnon-destructive\u201d techniques, and what considerations are essential for the study and conservation of cultural heritage? These are just two of the many questions we must ask ourselves whenever we plan a study on cultural heritage, and they were addressed\u2014perhaps for the first time in such a direct manner\u2014during the two-day event organized by the Linxs Institute in Lund.\u00a0 As emphasized by the Scientific Attach\u00e9 of the Italian Embassy, conveying greetings from Ambassador Michele Pala, \u201cItaly is home to over 60% of the world\u2019s artistic treasures, playing a central role in the study and conservation of cultural heritage thanks to the incredible density and diversity of its assets: archaeological, architectural, and artistic.<\/p>\n
Ours is one of the countries with the highest number of UNESCO World Heritage sites, making it a global benchmark for conservation practices, a pioneer in conservation and training processes, and an absolute leader\u2014through its archaeological research groups\u2014in the protection of historical cultural heritage in numerous conflict zones, linking culture to peacekeeping.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The distinguished Italian presence at the conference was represented firsthand by Laura Longo of Ca\u2019 Foscari University and Luca Bondioli of the University of Padua, as well as by other Italians attending the conference who work at major international institutions and world-renowned museums.<\/p>\n
Sweden\u2019s leadership in digitization and open access within the cultural heritage sector is shaping international standards, actively contributing not only to research but also to the preservation of cultural heritage. This event demonstrated once again that Italy and Sweden can help improve the European ecosystem of research and innovation\u2014including in the cultural heritage sector\u2014by attracting international students and professionals. We are, and we want to continue to be, two leading countries in Europe and globally in the study of cultural heritage, and in new technologies for the preservation and management of assets that are invaluable to the history and culture of society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On May 20 and 21, 2026, the international conference \u201cEthics of Heritage Science at Large-Scale Neutron and Synchrotron Facilities\u201d took place in Lund. This event, sponsored by the Italian Embassy, was a unique opportunity for experts from around the world to discuss the ethical implications of various techniques used for the study and protection of […]","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":6212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambstoccolma.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambstoccolma.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambstoccolma.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambstoccolma.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambstoccolma.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ambstoccolma.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6220,"href":"https:\/\/ambstoccolma.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6217\/revisions\/6220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambstoccolma.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambstoccolma.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambstoccolma.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}