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New Publication: “Vers des «bassins de vie» transfrontaliers: Expériences d’intégration fonctionnelle à la frontière entre l’Italie et la France” by Berisha, E. & Coletti, R. (L’Harmattan, 2025)
The chapter investigates the state of the art and prospects for integration of the «cross-border living areas» across the border shared by Italy and France.

New Publication: Il Trattato del Quirinale. Nuovi orizzonti per la cooperazione transfrontaliera italo-francese (CNR Edizioni, 2025)
The edited volume investigates the state of the art and future prospects of Italian–French cross-border cooperation.

ECBP European Cross-Border Platform Annual Event, Gorizia Nova Gorica (IT-SI), November 13-14th 2025
Our team participated in the ECBP Annual Event 2025 on European cross-border territorial cooperation, held in Gorizia and Nova Gorica (IT–SI), from November 13 to 14, 2025.

Workshop: Exzellenzlabor Europa 2025, Villa Vigoni (IT), October 8-11th 2025
The workshop “European Inequalities Across Borders: Dividing and Integrating Processes”, part of the research project Exzellenzlabor Europa 2025 was held at Villa Vigoni, Italy, from October 8 to 11, 2025.

VIII Biennial of Public Space, Rome (IT), September 18-20th 2025
Our team took part in the thematic session “Ripensare insieme lo spazio pubblico nelle aree marginali” during the VIII Biennial of Public Space, held in Rome, Italy, on September 19, 2025.

National Conference Thematic session: XXXIV Congresso Geografico Italiano, AGeI, Torino (IT), September 3-5th 2025
Our team organized the thematic session “Policrisi e territori di confine: geografie e spazialità in transizione”, which examines the nexus between polycrisis and borderscapes, in the context of the XXXIV International Geographical Congress (CGI), held in Turin, Italy, from September 3 to 5, 2025.

International Conference: Border Regions in Transition (BRIT), Pyla-Cyprus, May 26-30th 2025
We participated in the International Conference Border Regions in Transition (BRIT) at the University of Central Lancashire in Pyla (Cyprus).

Re-Mapping Borderlands Between Critical & Operative Approaches: Seminar Highlights
Our team organised the research seminar at the Politecnico di Milano on 26 March 2025, fostering a dialogue on the map-power-action nexus in border areas. Read the story!

Workshop: “Re-Commoning the Italo-Slovenian Borderlands: Civic infrastructures and Shared Futures after GO!2025”, Institute of International Sociology, Gorizia, June 6th 2025
Our team organized the co-design workshop in Gorizia–Nova Gorica–Šempeter-Vrtojba to rethink the future(s) of the Italo-Slovenian borderscape with the local stakeholders.

Workshop: “Grenzlandschaften zwischen Resilienz und Kooperation. Zukunft gemeinsam gestalten / Paesaggi di confine tra resilienza e cooperazione. Dare forma al futuro insieme”, Bibliothek/Biblioteca P. P. Rainer, Innichen–San Candido (IT), June 26th 2025
Our team organized the co-design workshop in Innichen–San Candido (IT) to rethink the future(s) of the Italo-Austrian borderscape with the local stakeholders.

XXVII SIU National Conference: Publicness, Politecnico di Milano, June 18-20th 2025
The Politecnico di Milano hosted the XXVII Società Italiana degli Urbanisti (SIU) National Conference “Publicness: Le sfide della dimensione pubblica nelle città e nei territori”.

UNISCAPE “On the Borders of the Planet” Landscape Festival: University of Nova Gorica, GO!2025 ECoC, June 23-25th 2025
Our team participated in the UNISCAPE Landscape Festival at the University of Nova Gorica, part of the Official programme of GO!2025 ECoC.

International Conference: 10th Ethnography and Qualitative Research International Conference, University of Trento (IT), July 9+10-12th 2025
Our team participated to the 10th Ethnography and Qualitative Research International Conference at the University of Trento (IT).

International Conference: The Schengen Europe. Political structure, practical implications, and external perceptions 40 years after its birth, Villa Vigoni, July 14-16th 2025
Raffaella Coletti was invited to participate to the international conference at the German-Italian Centre for European Dialogue in Villa Vigoni.

Workshop: “Repenser la frontière italo-française dans la perspective des Hautes Vallées/Ripensare la frontiera italo-francese dalla prospettiva delle Alte Valli”, Palazzo delle Feste, Bardonecchia, May 27th 2025
Our team organized the co-design workshop in Bardonecchia/Bardonnèche (IT) to rethink the future(s) of the Italo-French borderscape with the local stakeholders.

Research Seminar: Narrating Transformation in Marginal Territories, 10 June 2025
Our team is pleased to invite you to the research seminar Narrating Transformation in Marginal Territories: Transdisciplinary and Action-Oriented Perspectives, which will be held in hybrid mode on June 10th, 2025, at the Institute for Regional Development Eurac Research in Bozen/Bolzano.

International Summer School: Borders Shaping Perceptions of European Societies, May 12-16th 2025
Part of our team participated in the B-Shapes International Summer School on borders and Europe at the Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research in Bolzano/Bozen (Italy).

Resilience and Dynamics at Italian Borderscapes: Seminar Highlights
Our team organised joint seminars in Trentino and Bozen/Bolzano on May 15-16, 2025, which included an excursion and a film screening. Read the story!

Resilience and Dynamics at Italian Borderscapes Seminars: 15-16 May 2025
Our team is pleased to invite you to the two-days joint seminars “Resilience and Dynamics at Italian Borderscapes” in Trentino and Bozen-Bolzano.

Research Seminar: 8 April 2025
Our team will present “Mapping Turbulence, Resilience and Everyday in Borderlands” at the research seminar held at Eurac Research in Bozen-Bolzano.

Fieldwork: Interreg GO! Annual Event, 28th March 2025
Our team travelled to Gorizia and Nova Gorica to participate to the Interreg GO! Annual Event.