New year starts great with the CfA for the Workshop ‘Regional Inequalities & Perceived Left-Behindness’(w @regstud.bsky.social, YSI & Edgenet)
📅 11–13/05 2026 | 📍 L’Aquila
PhD & Early Career
Keynote speakers: @stefaniafiorentino.bsky.social @simonaiammarino.bsky.social @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social
Oggi Il Centro ospita un’intervista ad @pfaggy.bsky.social sul tema cruciale degli andamenti demografici in Abruzzo, mettendo in risalto il ruolo della precarizzazione del mercato del lavoro e dei servizi educativi e di welfare 🏫🤰📉
The true happiness divide isn't the chasm between the city & rural areas, but the gulf within #city gates.
@crhistianjoel.bsky.social, @pfaggy.bsky.social & Veneri argue in @urbanstudiesjournal.com we are consumed by losing the race against our neighbours, not a rival city.
doi.org/10.1177/0042...
📚🗓 Save the date: Presentazione del libro 'Sviluppo territoriale e valorizzazione dei patrimoni locali: il caso dell’Abruzzo aquilano post-terremoto' di Giovanni Baiocchetti
🗓 13-12-2025 h:16:00
📍 GSSI, viale Crispi 7, L’Aquila
Modera @pfaggy.bsky.social
🎊Congrats to our PhD alumna Thea Jansen for winning the Tommaso Fasciani Award for her doctoral thesis "Remote Work as a Catalyst for Change: Implications for Residential Mobility, Family Planning, and Female Employment" (supervised by Andrea Ascani, @pfaggy.bsky.social, @sandoralp.bsky.social)
Il Centro dedica una lunga intervista a @pfaggy.bsky.social sullo stato dell’economia dell’Abruzzo e sulle strategie per favorirne ulteriormente lo sviluppo economico puntando su giovani, qualità istituzionale, salari e FDI
. @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...
🆕 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
. @pfaggy.bsky.social è stata ospite di Spoiler su TV6 per parlare di ‘Giovani in fuga dall’Abruzzo e giovani in fuga verso l’Abruzzo’
La puntata ha affrontato i temi della fuga dei cervelli e dell’attrattività della regione per le giovani generazioni 🧠🧳
📺 youtu.be/UdgHuN6YSWY?...
Pleased to present our paper on Ukrainian #refugees in Italy, with @pfaggy.bsky.social & Alessandra Michelangeli, at #ERSA2025 in Athens
Grateful to Andrii Kartysh, Consul General of Ukraine in Milan, & Maksym Kovalenko, Consul General of Ukraine in Naples, for disseminating our online survey
Sul quotidiano Il Centro @pfaggy.bsky.social parla delle attuali criticità legate all’erosione del potere d’acquisto delle famiglie italiane e alle soluzioni possibili
An interesting day in the books…#ERSA2025
Leggere qui…priceless
📚🆕 Thematic Encyclopedia of Regional Science is out w contributions from our members @giubreglia.bsky.social , Carlo Caporali, @dariadenti.bsky.social, @pfaggy.bsky.social & @mrmodica.bsky.social 🌍
More ➡️ www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the...
➡️ @dariadenti.bsky.social presents her work on earthquake & social cohesion 🤝🦺 (w/ @pfaggy.bsky.social @mrmodica.bsky.social & Ilan Noy) @ the 5th Diversity and Discrimination Workshop (@exeter.ac.uk @lborouniversity.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social)
sites.google.com/view/dnd-wor...
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)
🎓 Got a Bachelor’s degree? Want a Master’s?
We offer “Chasing Science” for the University of L’Aquila Master’s programs in Social Sciences.
Benefits:
✅ €12,000 scholarship
🏠 Housing
📚 Extra learning activities
Apply by June 15, 2025
Details: amministrazionetrasparente.gssi.it/page/5/detai...
📢 Final weeks to apply to our PhD in Regional Science & Economic Geography
🧑🎓👩🎓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/
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…but we do not know whom yet…
“Science has no passport, no gender, no ethnicity, no political party.”
EC President Ursula von der Leyen, announcing a €500M initiative to attract top global talent.
In a fractured world, science remains a unifying force – rooted in diversity, driven by curiosity, and shared by all humanity.
Last week to apply to our PhD scholarships…fully funded, including accommodation and meals, plus laptop and funds for traveling to conferences on top of the scholarship
Tornata al liceo…magari!
Motivational flowers to start the week…
A color-coded map of Europe showing the percentage of the population living within a 15-minute drive of a hospital by NUTS 3 regions in 2023. Dark blue regions (≥100%) indicate full access, while yellow regions (<50%) show limited access. Germany shows widespread dark blue coverage. High-access regions are also found in parts of France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Italy. Low-access areas (yellow) are concentrated in parts of Romania, Greece, Spain, and Ireland. Grey areas indicate regions with no available data. The map is sourced from Eurostat
📍 How close is your nearest hospital?
In 2023, 83% of people in the EU lived within a 15-minute drive of a hospital.
✅ 124 regions had 100% coverage—96 of them in 🇩🇪 Germany.
⚠️ In 97 regions, fewer than 50% lived within 15 minutes.
🚨 In 7, it was under 10%.
→ europa.eu/!D7BpB8
80 non da ma DI liberazione…e che la libertà possa durare per sempre…
📣 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
The key chart right now:
Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers.
This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.
Many neurodiverse people discovered success w/ remote work as it reduced distractions. Disclosure is often not safe as ppl downplay the condition in a way they would never do w/ a physical one. Flexibility is good for all workers, esp neurodivergent people. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
IMPORTANT: Annals of Regional Science is looking for a new editor in chief from the Americas
Evento Made in Italy oggi pomeriggio all’Emiciclo
