Education is the key to our future
International research for innovative, accessible, useful education

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Who we are

A non-profit research organization founded in Assisi in 2000 by Patrizio Paoletti and a group of researchers, pedagogists, psychologists, sociologists, doctors and entrepreneurs. The Foundation carries out its research programs and pedagogical projects thanks to the support of over 100,000 people in order to achieve a single goal: to allow people to get in touch with their immense potential.
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What we do

For over twenty years, the Foundation has been studying human functioning through interdisciplinary research: neuroscientific, psychological, educational, didactic and social. The results of the neuroscientific research together with the most up-to-date knowledge on human functioning, are applied immediately in education and teaching, to promote the best talents in children and adults.

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What they say about us

Education is a treasure: educating ourselves to educate others, to live an oriented and orienting life, to produce a true and continuous improvement

Patrizio Paoletti

Founder

Patrizio Paoletti is an internationally renowned trainer leading social projects and educational programs that aim to raise awareness in individuals. Author of a number of scientific publications, he is a member of numerous scientific commissions and committees and has produced publications on the processes of lifelong learning for personal and social development and growth.

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Pedagogy for the Third Millennium

Knowing how to do and knowing how to live in order to be

“Pedagogy for the Third Millennium” is the educational method that guides all our Lifelong Learning and Lifewide Education projects. It is the tool of interdisciplinary knowledge and methodologies with which the research results are transferred to the educational and didactic field to promote self-education and education, to bring out the talents and the best part of each person.

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Our Projects

The Paoletti Foundation in the world

Amazonia

Sustainable development oriented towards the well-being of children

Brasil

A project for 1,000 street children in Rio’s favelas

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Food, health, education and training to overcome poverty and violence

Haiti

A meal for Mikael

India

Training teachers and social workers, rebuilding the future of 100 children after the earthquake

Indonesia

A school to continue

Israel

Youth of light, a school of life

Nepal

Training teachers and social workers, rebuilding the future of 100 children after the earthquake

Perù

Working children: Pedagogy for the Third Millennium against child labor in Lima

Siry

An educational project for the refugees of an endless war

Italia

Scampia: allenarsi alla bellezza. Il progetto per lo sviluppo dell’intelligenza emotiva nel cuore di Napoli

Kenya

A future for children in the slums of Nairobi

DENMARK

  • Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, 2018
    “Mind, Meditation and Innovation Conference”

France

  • Beaune, 2019
    ANT Neuromeeting
  • Vichy, 2018
    Universal Logic International Conference
  • Marsiglia, 2018
    Special Lecture at Aix-Marseille University

Germania

  • Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Berlino, 2017
    Visual Science of Art Conference

Greece

  • Society of Applied Neuroscience, Corfù, 2016
    SAN2016 Meeting

UNITED KINGDOM

  • Università di Oxford, Harvard University, 2017
    Movement 2017. Brain, Body, Cognition

India

  • Università di Allahbad, 2018
    International Conference on Metidation

Israel

  • Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, 2019
    Movement and Cognition
  • Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, 2017
    “Inner Design Technology and the Art of Meditation”
  • Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, 2013
    Inner Design Technology and The Proactive Brain

Italy

  • I.C.O.N.S – 1st International Conference on the Neurophysiology of Silence, Nocera Umbra
  • LogicaMente – World Logic Day, Assisi
  • Bambini resilienti, Nocera Umbra

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PORTUGAL

  • Amadora, Lisbona, 2011
    “Health Against Poverty in Europe”

UNITED STATES

  • Harvard Medical School (Boston), 2018
    “Movement: Brain, Body, Cognition”
  • Minneapolis, 2014
    Conference of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity

CYPRUS

  • Lancara, 2012
    Child Development and Dyslexia International Symposium

Australia

  • Queensland, 2019
    Sport Medicine Australia

Brasil

  • Brazilian Academy of Philosophy, Rio De Janeiro, 2019 Rio Creativity 2019

Spain

Melgaco, 2017 ICOMDR 3rd Assembly

SWITZERLAND

  • University of Geneva, 2017
    “Arbitrariness of the Sign”

  • Amazonia

    Sustainable development oriented towards the well-being of children

  • Brasil

    A project for 1,000 street children in Rio’s favelas

  • DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

    Food, health, education and training to overcome poverty and violence

  • Haiti

    A meal for Mikael

  • India

    Training teachers and social workers, rebuilding the future of 100 children after the earthquake

  • Indonesia

    A school to continue

  • Israel

    Youth of light, a school of life

  • Nepal

    Training teachers and social workers, rebuilding the future of 100 children after the earthquake

  • Perù

    Working children: Pedagogy for the Third Millennium against child labor in Lima

  • Siry

    An educational project for the refugees of an endless war

  • Italia

    Scampia: allenarsi alla bellezza. Il progetto per lo sviluppo dell’intelligenza emotiva nel cuore di Napoli

  • Kenya

    A future for children in the slums of Nairobi

  • DENMARK

    • Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, 2018
      “Mind, Meditation and Innovation Conference”

  • France

    • Beaune, 2019
      ANT Neuromeeting
    • Vichy, 2018
      Universal Logic International Conference
    • Marsiglia, 2018
      Special Lecture at Aix-Marseille University

  • Germania

    • Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Berlino, 2017
      Visual Science of Art Conference

  • Greece

    • Society of Applied Neuroscience, Corfù, 2016
      SAN2016 Meeting

  • UNITED KINGDOM

    • Università di Oxford, Harvard University, 2017
      Movement 2017. Brain, Body, Cognition

  • India

    • Università di Allahbad, 2018
      International Conference on Metidation

  • Israel

    • Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, 2019
      Movement and Cognition
    • Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, 2017
      “Inner Design Technology and the Art of Meditation”
    • Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, 2013
      Inner Design Technology and The Proactive Brain

  • Italy

    • I.C.O.N.S – 1st International Conference on the Neurophysiology of Silence, Nocera Umbra
    • LogicaMente – World Logic Day, Assisi
    • Bambini resilienti, Nocera Umbra

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  • PORTUGAL

    • Amadora, Lisbona, 2011
      “Health Against Poverty in Europe”

  • UNITED STATES

    • Harvard Medical School (Boston), 2018
      “Movement: Brain, Body, Cognition”
    • Minneapolis, 2014
      Conference of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity

  • CYPRUS

    • Lancara, 2012
      Child Development and Dyslexia International Symposium

  • Australia

    • Queensland, 2019
      Sport Medicine Australia

  • Brasil

    • Brazilian Academy of Philosophy, Rio De Janeiro, 2019 Rio Creativity 2019

  • Spain

    Melgaco, 2017 ICOMDR 3rd Assembly

  • SWITZERLAND

    • University of Geneva, 2017
      “Arbitrariness of the Sign”
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The neuroscience of self-esteem: 5 research-based tips for valuing ourselves

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Although self-esteem is widely studied in the behavioral sciences, its neuroanatomical basis is still largely unknown. For example, reduced self-esteem has been associated with increased brain acti…
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Are we experienceing a global self-esteem crisis? Self-esteem education as a possible response to the mental health emergency in adolescence

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There are many factors that seem to point to a severe self-esteem crisis among adolescents, from the boom in cosmetic surgery, to the increase in anxiety and depression, and the rise in cases of su…
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The gift of sleep: helping the brain protect our mental well-being while we sleep.

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Sleep is a crucial biological process and has long been recognized as a determining factor in human health and performance. Although not all sleep functions are fully understood, it is known that i…
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The new technostress and “old” addictions: be educated and educate to manage mental health risks.

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Different kinds of addictions are significant mental health risk factors and education can make a big difference in our ability to manage them.
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At 21 Minutes – Tali Sharot’s research on brain optimism : benefits and risks for mental health

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One of the most important insights produced by neuroscience in recent years is undoubtedly the discovery of how much the ability to imagine characterizes us as a species and the difference it has m…
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Let’s move! Movement as an integral part of learning from Montessori to AIS… and some advice for parents and educators

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As in many other areas, with regards to the cognitive function of movement, Maria Montessori was a great precursor. The great pedagogist teaches us that from the moment children are born they learn…
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