{"id":620694,"date":"2026-09-28T11:02:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T09:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/news\/bright-night-pisa\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T18:23:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T16:23:35","slug":"bright-night-pisa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/en\/news\/bright-night-pisa\/","title":{"rendered":"BRIGHT-NIGHT 2026: bringing researchers and the city together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-620236 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/piazza-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/piazza-3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/piazza-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/piazza-3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>University departments opened their doors and, for one day, Pisa\u2019s squares were transformed into laboratories thanks to BRIGHT-NIGHT, the European Researchers\u2019 Night, held on Friday 25 September.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-620610 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/BRIGHT-NIGHT9-25-2026-0159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/BRIGHT-NIGHT9-25-2026-0159.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/BRIGHT-NIGHT9-25-2026-0159-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/BRIGHT-NIGHT9-25-2026-0159-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More than 70 activities for schools were held in university buildings and research centres, involving around 2,000 students from 60 schools at all levels in the provinces of Pisa and Livorno. The event gave them an opportunity to attend lectures, visit laboratories, conduct experiments and take part in games alongside researchers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-620608 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/BRIGHT-NIGHT9-25-2026-0813.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/BRIGHT-NIGHT9-25-2026-0813.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/BRIGHT-NIGHT9-25-2026-0813-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/BRIGHT-NIGHT9-25-2026-0813-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BRIGHT-NIGHT officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Logge di Banchi at 4.30 pm, marking the start of activities in the four Research Squares: Innovation at the Logge di Banchi, Planet in Piazza Santa Caterina, Health in Largo Ciro Menotti and Community in Piazza dei Cavalieri.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-620238 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/taglio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/taglio.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/taglio-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/taglio-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Workshops, live experiments, activities for children and science talks\u2014more than 200 events in total\u2014gave the public an opportunity to discover the work of researchers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-620252 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/ricercatrice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/ricercatrice.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/ricercatrice-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/ricercatrice-768x635.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 edition centred on the theme of \u201c<strong>caring<\/strong>\u201d, understood as a responsibility towards people, communities, relationships and the environment. BRIGHT-NIGHT offered an opportunity to discover how science can become a form of care from multiple perspectives: from health and people\u2019s well-being to environmental sustainability, from community participation to the dissemination of knowledge and the responsible development of new technologies, with particular attention to the opportunities and challenges posed by artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-620247 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/rollini-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/rollini-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/rollini-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/rollini-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At 8.30 pm, the fa\u00e7ade of the Logge di Banchi came to life with \u201c<strong>Taking care Pisa. Pisa, City of Science<\/strong>\u201d, an architectural video-mapping show created by Davide Giannoni and Francesca Pasquinucci of Imaginarium and developed from Irene Taddei\u2019s photographs featured in the urban installation \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/news\/bright-urban-science-i-volti-della-ricerca-pisana-fra-le-strade-della-citta-per-bright-night-2026\/\">Bright Urban Science \u2013 Pisa City of Science<\/a>\u201d. The faces of researchers from Pisa\u2019s universities and research institutions merged with scientific elements and organic forms to portray research as an act of care towards people, the environment, communities and the future.<\/p>\n<p>BRIGHT-NIGHT concluded with a DJ set by Sharko, in collaboration with Radio Eco, keeping a packed square dancing for more than three hours.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-620619 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/bri.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/bri.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/bri-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/bri-702x1024.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/bri-768x1120.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two thousand students from 60 educational institutions took part in the programme for schools. 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