University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Unimore)

The University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE), founded in 1175, is among the oldest universities in the world and has always been ranked among the top Italian universities for quality of teaching and research. The UNIMORE group involved in the Project is the Geomorphology Team, which belongs to the Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences. The group has acquired a long experience in participating and coordinating national and international projects, as well as Erasmus Agreements, since the Nineties. Projects have concerned Geomorphology applied to geohazard assessment and management, on the one hand, and geoheritage recognition and enhancement, on the other hand. The outputs of research activity are documented by hundreds of publications on national and international journals.

Persons involved

Mauro Soldati
Mauro Soldati is Full Professor of Physical Geography and Geomorphology at the Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. His research deals with geomorphology and slope instability, with special emphasis on landslides and climatic change in mountain and coastal areas. He is President of the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) for the period 2017–2022 and Member of the Governing Body of the Deep-time Digital Earth (DDE) Programme of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) since 2019. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Geomorphology, as well as of other international journals, and has been guest-editor of several special issues dealing with geohazards. He is author or co-author of about 200 papers.

Paola Coratza
Paola Coratza is Associate Professor in Physical Geography and Geomorphology at the Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Her research activity is mainly focused on assessment, mapping and enhancement of geomorphological heritage. Since 2013, she is Chairman of the Working Group on Geomorphosites of the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG). She is author or co-author of about 100 papers, and has been guest-editor of special issues of journal dealing with geoheritage.

Vittoria Vandelli
Vittoria Vandelli is a research fellow in Geomorphology and lecturer in Physical Geography at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. She received her Ph.D. in 2020 with a thesis relevant to paleoglacial reconstructions in the Italian Dolomites. Her research extends to coastal geomorphology, where she is contributing to the development of methodologies for risk mapping. She is also dealing with issues related to the protection and appraisal of sites of geological and natural interest. She is author of several scientific papers and actively involved in the editorial team of two international journals.

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