Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies - Post-Doctoral Education and Research

Post-Doctoral Education and Research

Partnerships exist with many foreign universities, such as University of California, Berkeley, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Max Planck Society, ETH Zurich, University College London, Imperial College London, University of Sussex, Waseda University, Osaka University, Chongqing University, University of Strasbourg, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, University of Toronto, Utrecht University, Berlin Institute of Technology, National Institute of Information and Communications Technologies of Japan, etc.

There are also worldwide important international corporations and industrial partners that are closely linked to Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, such as: the nearby Piaggio where there are special Sant'Anna Laboratories at the Polo Sant'Anna Valdera (PSAV) which in essence contributes to the industrial process, Finmeccanica, Fiat (Centro Ricerche Fiat), Telecom Italia, Marconi Communications, Ericsson Research, Deutsche Telekom, Mistubishi Electric Corporation, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd, etc.

Polo Sant'Anna Valdera (PSAV) is a research centre of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies based in Pontedera (Pisa). It was inaugurated in 2002 thanks to the interest of the then president of Piaggio, Giovanni Alberto Agnelli. The property is housed in converted sheds donated by Piaggio. The main research is in the fields of robotics, bioengineering, biotechnology, precision engineering, computing and virtual environments. Polo Sant'Anna Valdera (PSAV) has 25 offices, 4 classrooms for teaching, 7 laboratories, 20 rooms, all six thousand square meters. There currently employs about hundred people. The most important project in these laboratories is a bionic hand for people to have an upper limb amputee. The ARTS Lab - Advanced Robotics Technology and System, created the famous breakthrough in the field of bio-robotics with the so-called CYBER HAND, shown on CNN International's Vital Signs Life Hand report.

Sant'Anna also undertakes many international projects which are tied to the European Commission, the Government of Italy and its ministries, as well as regional projects of the Region of Tuscany and the Province of Pisa.

The Sant'Anna also maintains a number of research laboratories, some of which are located at the National Research Council (CNR) whose largest research center is located in Pisa.

In the framework of the bilateral cooperation between Italy and China i.e. the Office of Chinese Language Council International (HanBan), Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna hosts the third Italian Istituto Confucio i.e. Confucius Institute.

Research Institutes:

• Institute of Management (Italian: Istituto di Management) includes the laboratories: MAIN, MES and SUM.

• Institute of Economics (Italian: Istituto di Economia) includes the laboratory LEM.

• Institute Dirpolis (Law, Politics and Development) (Italian: Istituto Dirpolis (Diritto, Politica e Sviluppo)) includes the laboratories: Lider, Cdg, CSGS and Wiss.

• Institute TeCIP - Institute of Communication, Information and Perception Technologies (Italian: Istituto TeCIP, Istituto di Tecnologie della Comunicazione, dell'Informazione e della Percezione) includes the laboratories: IRCPhoNet, Percro, Retis.

• Institute of Biorobotics (Italian: Istituto di Biorobotica) includes the laboratories: ARTSLab, CRIMLab and EZ-Lab.

• Institute of Life Sciences (Italian: Istituto di Scienze della Vita) includes the laboratories: Laboratory of Medical Sciences, Biolabs, LandLab and PlantLab.

Laboratories and research centers:

- Management

• MAIN - Management & Innovation Laboratory
• MeS Lab - Management and Health Laboratory
• SUM LAb - Sustainability Management

- Economics

• LEM - Laboratory of Economics and Management
• CAFED - Centre for the Analysis of Financial and Economics Dynamics
• EZ-Lab - Center for Research on the technology and support services for the Longevity

- Law

• LIDER - International and Comparative Law Research Laboratory
• STALS -Sant’Anna Legal Studies
• Research Centre on Social, Juridical and Human Rights Sciences

- Political Science

• CDG Laboratory - International Research Laboratory on Conflict, Development and Global Politics
• ITPCM - International Training Programme for Conflict Management
• Iran Electoral Archive

- Engineering

• ARTS Lab - Advanced Robotics Technology and System, which created the famous breakthrough in the field of bio-robotics with the so-called CYBER HAND, shown on CNN International's Vital Signs Life Hand report
• CRIM Lab - Center of Research In Microengineering
• RoboCasa, the Italy-Japan joint laboratory for Research on Humanoid and Personal Robotics
• Joint Lab Italy - Korea
• CEIICP - Centre of Excellence for Information, Communication and Perception Engineering. The Centre is a result of a joint venture in the telecommunications sector between the Sant'Anna School and Marconi Communications SpA (now Ericsson). In partnership with CNIT (National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications), the two parties signed an agreement for the creation of a research centre for photonic networks and technologies, thus realizing through CEIICP a unique example of synergy in Italy. The Centre has gained a prominent position in the national and international scenario, thanks to the various agreements with foreign universities, joint laboratories, and European and Extra- European partnerships.
• IRCPHONET - Integrated Research Centre for Photonic Networks and Technologies
• RETIS lab - Real-Time Systems Laboratory
• PERCRO - Perceptual Robotics

- Agrobiosciences

• Land Lab – Agriculture, Environment and Landscape
• BIOLABS - BIOlogical LABoratorieS
• PLANT LAB - Plant and Crop Physiology

- Medicine

• Laboratory of Medical Science
• European Transplantation Management Centre - Research Centre on E-TX-MAN organ and tissue detection, donation and transplant and related