The transdisciplinary composition of the partnership, with expertise in heritage protection, cultural landscapes, climatology and climate change, civil engineering, materials handling, preparedness, monument and nature conservation, conservation/restoration, and collaboration with emergency response organisations, ensures the necessary holistic approach to the broad topic of cultural property protection. All partner institutions bring to the partnership cutting-edge research from ongoing high-level research projects.
Project Coordinator
Center for Cultural Property Protection – University for Continuing Education Krems (UWK), Austria
The University for Continuing Education Krems is a public university for academic continuing education with a research focus on current and future societal challenges. With its Center for Cultural Property Protection, it has special expertise and extensive experience in the protection of cultural heritage from (climate-related) natural disasters and in cost-effective precautionary measures for movable and immovable cultural property. The Center takes a holistic approach, collaborating with high-level professors, institutions and educators in the field of risk management and cultural property protection, and drawing on a broad network of international stakeholders in the field of material cultural heritage.
Project Partners
Ústav teoretické a aplikované mechaniky Akademie věd České republiky | Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (ITAM CAZ), Czech Republic
ITAM is a public research institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The Institute has broad expertise in the field of maintenance and preventive measures for the built heritage and in the assessment of the impact of climate change on the building fabric, with deeper insights into structural safety, damage and vulnerability assessment, and performance analysis of historic building materials (especially masonry, mortar and stone, wood).
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet | Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
NTNU is an internationally oriented university with a high scientific and technical profile. It has expertise in cultural landscapes, especially in Northern Europe, in monitoring the effects of climate change, preparedness measures, energy efficiency and sustainable management options for built heritage (especially timber buildings).
The National Research Council (CNR), Italy's largest public research institution, includes ISAC, CNR's largest atmospheric and climate institute. It aims at an integrated scientific understanding of the atmosphere, the ocean and their processes through a multidisciplinary approach combining scientific and technological competences in meteorology, climate, atmospheric dynamics and earth observation.
It has expertise in climate change, the conservation of outdoor cultural property (statues, monumental complexes, archaeological sites), the impact of pollution and cultural landscapes, particularly in southern Europe.
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Spain
ULPGC is a public university with long-standing academic experience, committed to quality, efficiency and modernity. Its strategy is based on innovation, quality and internationalisation. It offers expertise in distance learning, cultural landscapes and measures to mitigate the effects of climate change on them.
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien | University of Applied Arts Vienna (UAA), Austria
The Institute of Conservation is an internationally recognised centre of excellence in conservation and restoration and the preservation of art and cultural heritage. It offers expertise in preventive conservation, conservation-restoration and preventive measures for monuments and collections.