New Paper Alert!📢 "Can't Shake It Off: Earthquakes and Social Cohesion in Italy" by @dariadenti.bsky.social @pfaggy.bsky.social @mrmodica.bsky.social & Ilan Noy Do earthquakes strengthen social cohesion or undermine it? Read more about this here: 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

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...

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🎉 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