we are hiring🔊🔊
2️⃣ Research Contracts in Regional Science & Economic Geography within our Department (duration 2 years)👩💻 🧑💻
⏳ Application deadline: 12 January 2026
🔗 call alboufficiale.gssi.it/download/106...
🔗 Link to the application platform in the image below.
🚨 CfA – PhD & Early Career Workshop 2026
Regional Inequalities & Perceived Left-Behindness (w @regstud.bsky.social, Young Scholar Initiative & Edgenet)
📅 11–13/05 2026 | 📍 L’Aquila, Italy
Keynote speakers: @stefaniafiorentino.bsky.social @simonaiammarino.bsky.social @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social
🆕 paper in our DP series 'Green with Anger. Polarised environmental mobilisation & the knowledge economy' (Compagnucci, @dariadenti.bsky.social @pfaggy.bsky.social , Perrot)
tinyurl.com/5xt6e3md
Beneath the glamorous surface of “Made in Italy” lies a disquieting truth. @dariadenti.bsky.social & @simonaiammarino.bsky.social find that forced #labour is far more prevalent that imagined. #Italy has a geography of exploitation where race is not the sole determinant. doi.org/10.1093/jeg/...
. @pfaggy.bsky.social was featured on Rai Settegiorni program to discuss which socioeconomic characteristics and policies make places attractive for young, educated people, and how to reverse Italy's human capital drain 🧠 🧳 .
👀 👉 www.raiplay.it/video/2025/1...
Congrats 👏👏
🎉 Congrats to our PhD student Giulia Ferrante (w Luca Buzzanca & Arsène Perrot for winning the XVII AISRe Award for best paper by a young scholar
🏆 paper: ‘Speaking Ourselves Closer: Linguistic Minorities, Social Cohesion & Local Development’
ℹ️shows how linguistic diversity strengthens communities
We are at the @eaere.bsky.social conference to discuss:
🌡️hot temperatures & mental health - @sandoralp.bsky.social
🤝earthquake & social cohesion - @dariadenti.bsky.social
🌪️extreme weather & voting -Carlo Caporali
🧳disasters & tourism -Cecilia Castaldo
⛓️💥drought & human trafficking -Luca Buzzanca
🆕 paper out in Population, Space and Place by @kateryna-tkach.bsky.social (w Alessandra Michelangeli, Riccardo Borgoni & Andrea Gilardi.
They explore the nexus between migrant integration policies and pro-immigrant sentiment
To read the paper 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🔊 The GSSI host the CHANGE conference “The protection of the historic city between natural, anthropic and climatic risks"🏛️🌪️, w @iliaant.bsky.social discussing “How can we protect the cultural heritage in historical cities from natural disasters, climate change, overtourism, and other risks?”
🎤 @giubreglia.bluesky.it & Adriana Pinate presented their work @ the Workshop “Advances in Spatial & Network Modelling for Policy Making” (Sapienza University Rome) discussing “The Geography of the Green Transition: Big Promises, Uneven Outcomes” & “Institutional Quality & Ph.D. holders’ migration”
Our PhD student Maria Camila Jiménez Amaya is participating to the LSE Workshop of Early Career Women in Economic Geography
She presents the paper ‘Austerity and Sexual Violence: Insights from the UK’ (joint with @dariadenti.bsky.social & @pfaggy.bsky.social)
📣 Call for Papers: NARSC session at @assameeting.bsky.social 2026 in Philadelphia
Session theme: Economic impact of natural hazards and recovery
Submit papers/abstracts to marco.modica@gssi.it by May 15, 2025.
Organizers: @mrmodica.bsky.social & Sandy Dall'erba
📢 CfP
Institutions and Regional Development Conference
🗓️ Sept 25-26, 2025
⏰ submission by June 15, 2025
📌 @gssisocialsci.bsky.social
Topics: geopolitical risks, climate change, disasters, AI, local development, urban economics, innovation, local institutions
More details 👇
asc-conference.com
📢 Call for Papers 📢
Institutions and Regional Development Conference (September 25-26, 2025)
Topics: #geopolitical risks, #climate change, #resilience, #AI, #regional development and others
⏰ Deadline: June 15, 2025
📌 Venue: @gssisocialsci.bsky.social
For details visit 👇
asc-conference.com
In today's Avvenire, our PhD Student, Thea Jansen, talks about her research that shows remote work boosts pregnancy planning.
Her paper shows that couples are 40% more likely to plan for a baby when women work remotely while men work on-site. When roles reverse, the increase drops to 36%.
📢 Our call for the PhD in Regional Science & Economic Geography is out
🧑🎓👩🎓12 fully-funded PhD positions
🎓 4-year program
💰€16,243 annual scholarship
🏠 🍽️ accommodation at GSSI facilities (or substitute grant) + board
⏰ Deadline: May 23, 2025
🔗 Apply: www.gssi.it/phd/
ℹ️https://tinyurl.com/yhaahejz