{"id":3993,"date":"2024-12-28T13:56:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T12:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irpi.cnr.it\/our-history\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T13:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:53:06","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.irpi.cnr.it\/en\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica (Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection) was established by the CNR President on January 22, 2001. 15768. The Constitutive Act was first amended on September 25, 2008, and a second time on October 20, 2013. and a second time on October 20, 2013. 113.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Institute was born from the merger of six Institutes and Centres of the Italian National Research Council (CNR), including:<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
The Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica nel Bacino Padano, in Torino<\/strong><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
The Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica nell\u2019Italia Centrale, in Perugia<\/strong>.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
The Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica nell\u2019Italia Meridionale ed Insulare, in Rende<\/strong> (CS).<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
The Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica nei bacini dell\u2019Italia Nord-Orientale, previously Istituto di Geologia Applicata alla Pianificazione Viaria e all\u2019Uso del Sottosuolo, in Padova<\/strong>.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
The Centro di Studio sulle Risorse Idriche e la Salvaguardia del Territorio, in Bari<\/strong>.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Part of the staff from the Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi, in Firenze<\/strong>.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

The main steps towards the current organization of the Institute were the following:<\/h2>
Today<\/span>

<\/div>
2026<\/span><\/div><\/h3>

IRPI – the future<\/h4>\"\"\/

Preventing geo-hydrological risk is an increasingly important challenge, both in Italy and internationally, and one in which CNR IRPI research is investing.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>
2013<\/span><\/div><\/h3>

CNR closed the Florence office<\/h4>\"\"\/

The Unit\u00e0 Organizzativa di Supporto di Firenze was closed. The Institute returns to having five offices in Perugia, Bari, Cosenza, Padova and Torino.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>
2008<\/span><\/div><\/h3>

Unit\u00e0 Organizzativa di Supporto di Firenze<\/h4>\"\"\/

CNR established a new office of CNR IRPI in Firenze. The Institute has six offices in Perugia, Bari, Cosenza, Firenze, Padova and Torino.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>
2001<\/span><\/div><\/h3>

Creation of IRPI<\/h4>\"\"\/

CNR established the “Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica (IRPI), with the headquarters in Perugia, and offices in Bari, Cosenza, Padova and Torino.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>
1994<\/span><\/div><\/h3>

Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica nei bacini dell\u2019Italia Nord-Orientale<\/h4>\"\"\/

The CNR “Istituto di Geologia Applicata alla Pianificazione Viaria e all’Uso del Sottosuolo”, in Padova, was renamed “Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica nei bacini dell’Italia Nord-Orientale”.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>
1984<\/span><\/div><\/h3>

Centro di Studio sulle Applicazioni di Tecnologie Avanzate nel campo dell\u2019Idrogeologia<\/h4>\"\"\/

CNR established the “Centro di Studio sulle Applicazioni di Tecnologie Avanzate nel campo dell’Idrogeologia” (CSATAI), in Bari. The centre was then renamed “Centro di Studio sulle Risorse Idriche e la Salvaguardia del Territorio” (CERIST).<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>
1970<\/span><\/div><\/h3>

Flood in Florence<\/h4>\"\"\/

Following the disastrous flood in Florence in Novembre 1966, CNR established three new research institutes on geo-hydrological hazards in Torino, Perugia and Cosenza.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3993","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOur History - Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irpi.cnr.it\/en\/our-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our History - Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.irpi.cnr.it\/en\/our-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-25T11:53:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.irpi.cnr.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/storia-irpi-2026-futuro-ai-.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.irpi.cnr.it\/en\/our-history\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.irpi.cnr.it\/en\/our-history\/\",\"name\":\"Our History - 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