on behalf of the RISING CollaborationSome of the most interesting Nuclear Structure physics cases and phenomena, addressed with experiments made with RISING, are presented and discussed. The RISING array is located at GSI and, since 2003, is active in gamma-spectroscopy experiments for the study of the properties of exotic nuclei. There are several topics which have been experimentally tackled by the RISING collaborations, among them focus is given to the problem of shell quenching and on the collective properties of neutron rich nuclei. Both aspects have an interest which goes beyond nuclear structure as they can affect, for example, stellar nucleosynthesis during the r-process in supernova explosion. In particular, four physics cases will be discussed moving from light to heavy nuclei. The first is connected to the 36 Ca nucleus, interesting for the study of isospin symmetry. The second is the study of the collective properties of 68 Ni and the search of the Pygmy Dipole Resonance and thus the determination of the symmetry energy slope parameter. The third topic is the structure of 130 Cd, a nucleus constituting a waiting point in the r-process. Finally, some preliminary results from an experiment on neutron rich Z~82 isotopes are presented. Some future perspectives in connection with the new PRESPEC international collaboration are also discussed.