GSSI Social Sciences
@gssisocialsci.bsky.social
Updates from the research community of the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) Social Science - this is not the institutional GSSI account.
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
📅 11–13/05 2026 | 📍 L’Aquila
PhD & Early Career
Keynote speakers: @stefaniafiorentino.bsky.social @simonaiammarino.bsky.social @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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
📅 11–13/05 2026 | 📍 L’Aquila
PhD & Early Career
Keynote speakers: @stefaniafiorentino.bsky.social @simonaiammarino.bsky.social @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social
🆕 paper by Martina Locorotondo (w A. Fishwick) in the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.
“Repair and Reconstruction for Urban Commoning: The Making of the Liberated Spaces in Naples” examines repair & reconstruction practices & urban commons
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
“Repair and Reconstruction for Urban Commoning: The Making of the Liberated Spaces in Naples” examines repair & reconstruction practices & urban commons
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION FOR URBAN COMMONING: The Making of the Liberated Spaces in Naples
Commoning requires repair. Where capitalist logics of accumulation, enclosure and exclusion produce abandoned space through the city, urban commoners remake that space to serve the needs of inhabitan...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:55 PM
🆕 paper by Martina Locorotondo (w A. Fishwick) in the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.
“Repair and Reconstruction for Urban Commoning: The Making of the Liberated Spaces in Naples” examines repair & reconstruction practices & urban commons
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
“Repair and Reconstruction for Urban Commoning: The Making of the Liberated Spaces in Naples” examines repair & reconstruction practices & urban commons
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🎄✨ We wish our community and network a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year🎉
December 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🎄✨ We wish our community and network a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year🎉
🎊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)
December 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🎊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)
🆕 paper in the @jpube.bsky.social by @sandoralp.bsky.social (w Depalo Domenico & Gabriele Curci).
“Air Pollution and Workplace Accidents: Evidence and Implications” uses Italy to measure what happens to accident rates when air quality gets worse.
Paper link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“Air Pollution and Workplace Accidents: Evidence and Implications” uses Italy to measure what happens to accident rates when air quality gets worse.
Paper link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Air pollution and workplace accidents: Evidence and implications
We estimate the impact of air pollution on workplace accidents and permanent disabilities in Italy, a setting characterized by stringent air pollution…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🆕 paper in the @jpube.bsky.social by @sandoralp.bsky.social (w Depalo Domenico & Gabriele Curci).
“Air Pollution and Workplace Accidents: Evidence and Implications” uses Italy to measure what happens to accident rates when air quality gets worse.
Paper link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“Air Pollution and Workplace Accidents: Evidence and Implications” uses Italy to measure what happens to accident rates when air quality gets worse.
Paper link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🎉👏We are proud to announce that our PhD student Giulia Finardi has been selected for the 2026 Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) Young Scientists Programme (YSP) — a prestigious initiative supporting and empowering the next generation of disaster risk reduction experts
December 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🎉👏We are proud to announce that our PhD student Giulia Finardi has been selected for the 2026 Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) Young Scientists Programme (YSP) — a prestigious initiative supporting and empowering the next generation of disaster risk reduction experts
📚🗓 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
🗓 13-12-2025 h:16:00
📍 GSSI, viale Crispi 7, L’Aquila
Modera @pfaggy.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
📚🗓 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
🗓 13-12-2025 h:16:00
📍 GSSI, viale Crispi 7, L’Aquila
Modera @pfaggy.bsky.social
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.
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.
December 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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.
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.
🆕 paper 📚 by @giubreglia.bsky.social & @mrmodica.bsky.social out in @regionalstudies.bsky.social “A world of shocks: mapping multi-shock and multilayer resilience, assessing resilience markers and drivers”.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
A world of shocks: mapping multi-shock and multilayer resilience, assessing resilience markers and drivers: Regional Studies: Vol 59 , No 1 - Get Access
www.tandfonline.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🆕 paper 📚 by @giubreglia.bsky.social & @mrmodica.bsky.social out in @regionalstudies.bsky.social “A world of shocks: mapping multi-shock and multilayer resilience, assessing resilience markers and drivers”.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
🚨 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
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
December 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
🚨 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
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
Ugo Rossi analyzes the social and economic vulnerabilities facing the Campania region in a recent piece for La Repubblica.
napoli.repubblica.it/commenti/202...
napoli.repubblica.it/commenti/202...
Serve una strategia contro la crisi sociale
L’intervento
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November 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Ugo Rossi analyzes the social and economic vulnerabilities facing the Campania region in a recent piece for La Repubblica.
napoli.repubblica.it/commenti/202...
napoli.repubblica.it/commenti/202...
🆕 paper out in our Discussion Paper Series 'Labour market integration of Ukrainian refugees in Italy’ 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 by @kateryna-tkach.bsky.social @pfaggy.bsky.social & Alessandra Michelangeli
They use new data to provide new findings the geography of employment and skills of Ukrainian refugees in Italy.
They use new data to provide new findings the geography of employment and skills of Ukrainian refugees in Italy.
November 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
🆕 paper out in our Discussion Paper Series 'Labour market integration of Ukrainian refugees in Italy’ 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 by @kateryna-tkach.bsky.social @pfaggy.bsky.social & Alessandra Michelangeli
They use new data to provide new findings the geography of employment and skills of Ukrainian refugees in Italy.
They use new data to provide new findings the geography of employment and skills of Ukrainian refugees in Italy.
Welcome to our new cohort of PhD students 🥳🤩
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Welcome to our new cohort of PhD students 🥳🤩
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
October 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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
We're thrilled to announce our upcoming seminar lineup for November 2025 - May 2026.
We will host distinguished researchers from leading institutions across Europe to engage with cutting-edge scholarship and foster academic exchange.
We look forward to an enriching series of discussions
We will host distinguished researchers from leading institutions across Europe to engage with cutting-edge scholarship and foster academic exchange.
We look forward to an enriching series of discussions
October 29, 2025 at 7:52 AM
We're thrilled to announce our upcoming seminar lineup for November 2025 - May 2026.
We will host distinguished researchers from leading institutions across Europe to engage with cutting-edge scholarship and foster academic exchange.
We look forward to an enriching series of discussions
We will host distinguished researchers from leading institutions across Europe to engage with cutting-edge scholarship and foster academic exchange.
We look forward to an enriching series of discussions
. @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...
👀 👉 www.raiplay.it/video/2025/1...
Settegiorni - Parlamento - Rai Parlamento Settegiorni - Video - RaiPlay
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October 25, 2025 at 6:19 AM
. @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...
👀 👉 www.raiplay.it/video/2025/1...
Last week @giubreglia.bsky.social & Aydan Ege Güven were among the presenters at the Università degli Studi Roma Tre ERICE Workshop.
Their contributions dealt with
resilience complexity & the geography of critical Infrastructure
Their contributions dealt with
resilience complexity & the geography of critical Infrastructure
October 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Last week @giubreglia.bsky.social & Aydan Ege Güven were among the presenters at the Università degli Studi Roma Tre ERICE Workshop.
Their contributions dealt with
resilience complexity & the geography of critical Infrastructure
Their contributions dealt with
resilience complexity & the geography of critical Infrastructure
. @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?...
La puntata ha affrontato i temi della fuga dei cervelli e dell’attrattività della regione per le giovani generazioni 🧠🧳
📺 youtu.be/UdgHuN6YSWY?...
IN FUGA - SPOILER 3.10.25
YouTube video by TV SEI
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October 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
. @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?...
La puntata ha affrontato i temi della fuga dei cervelli e dell’attrattività della regione per le giovani generazioni 🧠🧳
📺 youtu.be/UdgHuN6YSWY?...
Day 1 of the 8th ASC conference with keynote lectures by Philip McCann & Chiara Farronato and paper sessions on climate change 🌪️, institutions🏛️, development , AI & digitalization 💻
September 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Day 1 of the 8th ASC conference with keynote lectures by Philip McCann & Chiara Farronato and paper sessions on climate change 🌪️, institutions🏛️, development , AI & digitalization 💻
🆕 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
tinyurl.com/5xt6e3md
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September 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🆕 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
tinyurl.com/5xt6e3md
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
September 4, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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
In a 🆕 paper in Applied Geography, Andrea Ascani and Yibo Qiao explore the role of high-speed railway in helping the industrial upgrading of cities in the context of China.
Read it here (OA): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read it here (OA): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
High-speed railway and city industrial upgrading in China: A quasi-experimental study
This paper investigates the effect of High-speed Railway (HSR) on city industrial upgrading. Using the Annual Survey of Industrial Firms (1998–2015) a…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:34 AM
In a 🆕 paper in Applied Geography, Andrea Ascani and Yibo Qiao explore the role of high-speed railway in helping the industrial upgrading of cities in the context of China.
Read it here (OA): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read it here (OA): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🆕 paper in Regional Studies, Regional Science by @pven.bsky.social & Nicola Pontarollo 🏙️ 🇪🇺
"Cities for living" finds that environmental quality & social diversity matter more than economic indicators for city liveability
Read the paper www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"Cities for living" finds that environmental quality & social diversity matter more than economic indicators for city liveability
Read the paper www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cities for living. Identifying the local conditions driving life satisfaction in European cities
This paper analyses differences in life satisfaction across European cities. It contributes to the geography of well-being literature by identifying the individual and the contextual factors that e...
www.tandfonline.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🆕 paper in Regional Studies, Regional Science by @pven.bsky.social & Nicola Pontarollo 🏙️ 🇪🇺
"Cities for living" finds that environmental quality & social diversity matter more than economic indicators for city liveability
Read the paper www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"Cities for living" finds that environmental quality & social diversity matter more than economic indicators for city liveability
Read the paper www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🆕 paper in our DP Series by Maria Giovanna Brandano & @martidalmolin.bsky.social shows walking routes boost economic growth in Italy 🇮🇹
They found walking-paths slow tourism has significant economic impact.
An alternative to mass tourism that benefits local communities.
www.gssi.it/images/discu...
They found walking-paths slow tourism has significant economic impact.
An alternative to mass tourism that benefits local communities.
www.gssi.it/images/discu...
www.gssi.it
July 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🆕 paper in our DP Series by Maria Giovanna Brandano & @martidalmolin.bsky.social shows walking routes boost economic growth in Italy 🇮🇹
They found walking-paths slow tourism has significant economic impact.
An alternative to mass tourism that benefits local communities.
www.gssi.it/images/discu...
They found walking-paths slow tourism has significant economic impact.
An alternative to mass tourism that benefits local communities.
www.gssi.it/images/discu...
🆕 paper out in the Journal of Rural Studies by our PhD candidate Borys Cieślak
He studied the emotional-caring labor of postmasters in the Appennines to shows they help enhance wellbeing, & belonging among rural communities. 📯⛰️
More here doi.org/10.1016/j.jr...
He studied the emotional-caring labor of postmasters in the Appennines to shows they help enhance wellbeing, & belonging among rural communities. 📯⛰️
More here doi.org/10.1016/j.jr...
Redirecting
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July 21, 2025 at 5:18 AM
🆕 paper out in the Journal of Rural Studies by our PhD candidate Borys Cieślak
He studied the emotional-caring labor of postmasters in the Appennines to shows they help enhance wellbeing, & belonging among rural communities. 📯⛰️
More here doi.org/10.1016/j.jr...
He studied the emotional-caring labor of postmasters in the Appennines to shows they help enhance wellbeing, & belonging among rural communities. 📯⛰️
More here doi.org/10.1016/j.jr...