{"id":168,"date":"2026-02-21T13:45:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T13:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.echelab.unirc.it\/?page_id=168"},"modified":"2026-05-21T13:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:27:07","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.echelab.unirc.it\/?page_id=168&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:63px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-xx-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-link-color-color\">ABOUT US<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ECHE Lab \u2013 European Cultural Heritage Enhancement Lab is a research laboratory located within the DICEAM Department of the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ECHE Lab&#8217;s mission is to conduct <a href=\"https:\/\/www.echelab.unirc.it\/?page_id=205&amp;lang=en\">Research and Transfer Activities<\/a> in the field of cultural heritage enhancement and management. It also carries out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.echelab.unirc.it\/?page_id=207&amp;lang=en\">Third Mission and Territorial Animation activities<\/a> and Training for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.echelab.unirc.it\/?page_id=201&amp;lang=en\">young professionals<\/a>. The results of field trials feed into Scientific Production and Debate, both in terms of theoretical research and the development of innovative tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ECHE Lab identifies Cultural Tourism as one of the most effective tools for valorizing Cultural Heritage, but also as a potential source of risk. ECHE Lab&#8217;s research activities, therefore, aim to identify ways of using Cultural Heritage, including through tourism, that balance valorization with heritage conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this context, the ECHE Lab&#8217;s research activities focus specifically on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Strategic Planning and Integrated Design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Management Plans and Models<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organization of the Cultural-Tourism Offer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Economic Feasibility\/Sustainability Assessments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assessment of Carrying Capacity and Impact on the Territory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community Engagement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ECHE Lab&#8217;s scientific research activities also aim to support potential applications for recognition from major national and international institutions (UNESCO, Council of Europe, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The results of the ECHE Lab&#8217;s research activities are transferred to the local community through the activation of Local Laboratories in collaboration with a large and qualified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.echelab.unirc.it\/?page_id=195&amp;lang=en\">partnership<\/a> consisting of local authorities, associations, stakeholders, and local communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ECHE Lab provides technical and scientific support to public and private entities for the enhancement of cultural heritage, including through the activation of public-private partnerships and the development of economic feasibility projects and proposals for calls aimed at accessing national, regional, and European Union financial resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ECHE Lab develops its research activities with the involvement of experts from other Italian and international universities, who make up the laboratory&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.echelab.unirc.it\/?page_id=198&amp;lang=en\">Scientific Advisory Council<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.echelab.unirc.it\/?page_id=201&amp;lang=en\">Young Professionals<\/a> seeking training and\/or experience in the field of scientific research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ECHE Lab also fosters scientific debate through the biennial international symposium <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmp.unirc.it\">NMP \u2013 Networks, Markets &amp; People<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The name ECHE Lab arose following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coe.int\/it\/web\/cultural-routes\/university-network#:~:text=La%20Rete%20Universitaria%20per%20lo,Sociologia;%20etnologia\">Institute&#8217;s recognition of Cultural Routes and its inclusion in the Council of Europe University Network for Cultural Routes in 2023<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously, the laboratory was called UNESCO Med Lab and inherited the expertise of the Quantitative Evaluations Section of the LaborEst laboratory, founded by Edoardo Mollica in 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT US ECHE Lab \u2013 European Cultural Heritage Enhancement Lab is a research laboratory located within the DICEAM Department of the Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria. 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