Conference Agenda
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Location: Museumszimmer Main Building of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2nd floor, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Wien |
Date: Monday, 08/Sept/2025 | |
2:00pm - 3:30pm |
192: Which literary geographies for a changing Europe? Location: Museumszimmer Chair: Prof. Giacomo Zanolin Chair: Dr. Lucrezia Lopez The “Waiting Territories” in a changing Europe. A geographical reading of the book "O Retorno [The Return]”, by Dulce Maria Cardoso . University of Coimbra / CEIS20 /RISCOS, Portugal ON A JOURNEY WITH GIANNI RODARI: WHEN LITERATURE BECOMES "CREATIVE GEOGRAPHY" 1: Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy; 2: Fondazione PARCO; 3: Parco della Fantasia Gianni Rodari Senses and Emotions. European Caminoscapes through Literary Geo-Representations University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain The Sinophone gaze on Europe: Geo-literary perspectives Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy |
4:00pm - 5:30pm |
194: Human Dimensions of Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity. A Geographical approach Location: Museumszimmer Chair: Prof. Stefano Malatesta Additional Session Chairs: Marcella Schmidt di Friedberg, Enrico Squarcina, Maria Paradiso, Clara Di Fazio, Arturo Gallia
Advancing marine citizen science throught participatory practices and critical ocean studies Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Sustainable marine biodiversity management practices and climate change. The case of the Sea Turtle Rescue Centre of the Salento Museum of Natural History University of Salento, Italy Human-Sea Interactions in the Mediterranean: A Systematic Literature Review 1: Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados (IMEDEA;CSIC-UIB), Spain; 2: Centro Oceanográfico Baleares, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Spain MEDiverSEAty: Integrating Human Dimensions in the Conservation and Restoration of Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity. 1: Institut za biologiju mora, Montenegro; 2: University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy; 3: University of Malta, Malta; 4: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21), Spain; 5: Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados (IMEDEA; CSIC-UIB), Spain; 6: University of the Aegean, Greece; 7: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales - Institut Jean Nicod, France |
Date: Tuesday, 09/Sept/2025 | |
9:00am - 10:30am |
145: Decolonise political ecology? New epistemologies facing socio-ecological crises Location: Museumszimmer Chair: Prof. Salvo Torre Additional Session Chairs: Isabella Giunta, Valerio Bini
Decolonizing political ecologies of developmentalism from the peripheries of Europe: Revisiting environmental movements in Türkiye 1: University of Groningen, the Netherlands; 2: Boğaziçi University, Türkiye Political ecology and decolonising research practices: an imperative and a chimera 1: University of Ferrara, Italy; 2: University of Bologna, Italy TRANSFORMING HERITAGE-SCAPES AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN CENTRAL ASIA: COULD WE ADOPT A POLITICAL ECOLOGY APPROACH? University of Bologna, Italy RE-IMAGINING COSMOPOLITANISM IN THE CAPITALOCENE: DECOLONIAL OPTIONS FOR FUTURE PROSPECTS Sapienza University of Rome, Italy |
11:00am - 12:30pm |
148: Water in the Anthropocene (II): Urban Rivers: greening or renaturalization? Location: Museumszimmer Chair: Dr. Joaquim Farguell 2nd Session Chair: Albert Santasusagna Riu
Assessment of nitrogen and phosphorus pollution based on multi-source data and the InVEST model in the Henan section of Yellow River Basin, China Institute of Geographical Sciences, Henan Academy of Sciences, China, People's Republic of Pharmaceutically active compounds in rivers and streams of the Budapest metropolitan area: adsorption in sediments and efficiency of the riverbank filtration 1: HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Budapest, Hungary; 2: ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; 3: University of Pannonia, Soós Ernő KFK, Nagykaninzsa, Hungary; 4: HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Budapest, Hungary; 5: MATE Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő, Hungary; 6: Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal DANube SEdiment Restoration (DANSER): Towards deployment and upscaling of sustainable sediment management across the Danube River basin (The Upper Danube case) 1: University of Vienna, Austria; 2: Department of Geology, University of Vienna, Austria; 3: BOKU University, Vienna, Austria; 4: Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Austria; 5: FLUVIUS, Floodplain Ecology and River Basin Management, Vienna, Austria; 6: via donau, Vienna, Austria; 7: Donau-Auen National Park, Vienna, Austria; 8: Ingenieurbüro Klasz, Vienna, Austria (Dis-)connectivity in urban rivers: the case of Genova (NW Italy) 1: University of Genova, Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, Genova, Italy; 2: Information System - Technology Office, Genova Municipality, Genova, Italy |
2:00pm - 3:30pm |
112: Geographies of energy transition in a changing Europe Location: Museumszimmer Chair: Prof. Justyna M. Chodkowska-Miszczuk Additional Session Chairs: Agata Lewandowska, Dominik Zieliński
Local Collective Action Initiatives for a Sustainable Transition: Non-institutional participation in the province of Granada, Spain University of Granada, Spain Spatial redevelopment trajectories of nuclear sites in Europe HEIG-VD, Switzerland All scales considered: A multi-site mapping methodology for understanding energy transitions 1: Anhalt University of Applied Science; 2: Technical University of Berlin Energy injustice and constraints of energy transition in marginalised rural areas in Hungary HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, Hungary |
4:00pm - 5:30pm |
137: Geographies of Precarious Housing and Homelessness: Navigating Commodified Housing Markets in Times of Crisis Location: Museumszimmer Chair: Judith Schnelzer Chair: Dr. Philipp Schnell Everyday politics of older women experiencing homelessness in Czech Republic Masaryk University, Czech Republic Regional aspects of the healthcare system for people experiencing homelessness in Hungary Eötvös Loránd University - Doctoral School of Earth Sciences (Budapest, Hungary); Metropolitan Research Institute - Városkutatás Kft. (Budapest, Hungary) Pathways from Homelessness to Secure Housing. The Case of Vienna. Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria |
Date: Wednesday, 10/Sept/2025 | |
9:00am - 10:30am |
119: The relationship between people, technology and space in the AI era Location: Museumszimmer Chair: Runlin Yang 2nd Session Chair: Shan Yang
Measurements of distance in international trade of goods University of Warsaw, Poland Digitalization in health care regarding the Covid-19 pandemic – A case study from Hungary HUN-REN CSFK, Hungary Impacts of Remote Work on Human Mobility and Heat Exposure Patterns under Climate Change: An Environmental Justice Perspective NANJING UNIVERSITY, China, People's Republic of |
11:00am - 12:30pm |
179: Local Strategies of Empowering Rural Communities Location: Museumszimmer Chair: Prof. Andreas Koch When bottom-up isn’t enough. Local rural perspective between culture wars and false consciousness Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland Local stakeholders’ involvement in co-participatory multi-hazard risk management along the Prut Valley 1: Institute of Ecology and Geography, Moldova State University, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova; 2: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Department of Geography, Iasi, Romania Scarce Water Resources between Communal Ownership and National Centralization Efforts 1: Institute of Geography, Osnabrück University, Germany; 2: Stockholm Resilience Center, Stockholm University, Sweden; 3: Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza (CATIE), Turrialba, Costa Rica Geographical Indications: Examining the Role of PDO and PGI Schemes in Producer Cooperation in Slovenia Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Slovenia |
2:00pm - 3:30pm |
147: Geopolitics of Early Modern Age: Conflicts, Authors, Maps and Perspectives of a Global World Location: Museumszimmer Chair: Prof. Alessandro Ricci On the political use of geography. The case of Gabriel Chappuys Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy Geostrategic Rhetoric of the Map: Decorative Elements on Early Modern Cartographic Representations of the Adriatic Sea 1: Department of Geography, University of Zadar, Croatia; 2: Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, Zagreb, Croatia The Heritage of Mural Cycles. The Symbolism of Power from the Modern Age to Contemporaneity: the Case of the Cartographic Cycle of the Palazzo Aeronautica in Rome Università La Sapienza di Roma, Italy Global Lines and Geopolitics of Early Modern: Maps for a Global World Università di Bergamo, Italy |
4:00pm - 5:30pm |
155: Future proofing geography education: towards ethical and inclusive fieldwork Location: Museumszimmer Chair: Dr. Bouke van Gorp Chair: Prof. Dan Swanton Additional Session Chairs: Sara Brouwer, Veronique Schutjens, Charlotte Miller
A manifesto for fieldwork: co-creating visions for the future for fieldwork 1: University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; 2: University of Chester, United Kingdom; 3: University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Student experiences of inclusivity in fieldwork Utrecht University, The Netherlands The Ethics Conversation Tool. Designing inclusive, effective and coherent fieldwork activities UvA, Netherlands, The Our journey to more inclusive fieldwork Utrecht University, The Netherlands |
Date: Thursday, 11/Sept/2025 | |
11:00am - 12:30pm |
165 (I): Collaborating on Changing Cities: Citizen Science as an Urban Planning Ally (I) Location: Museumszimmer Chair: Dr. Venere Stefania Sanna Chair: Prof. Cristina Capineri Chair: Dr. Michela Teobaldi Chair: Prof. Giacomo-Maria Salerno Chair: Dr. Francesco Di Grazia Chair: Dr. GOZDE YILDIZ On Smart Engagement: Questions about Techno-Social Praxis on Inclusive Place-Based Smart City Planning Process for Climate Resilient City University of Washington, United States of America Bi-directional connection between citizens and public authorities through citizen science UGent, Belgium ‘We Will Be Protagonists’: Perspectives from the Global South on Citizen-Generated Data (CGD) 1: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 2: The Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná University societal outreach and citizen science: open challenges Politecnico di Milano, Italy |
4:00pm - 5:30pm |
165 (II): Collaborating on Changing Cities: Citizen Science as an Urban Planning Ally (II) Location: Museumszimmer Chair: Dr. Venere Stefania Sanna Chair: Prof. Cristina Capineri Chair: Dr. Michela Teobaldi Chair: Prof. Giacomo-Maria Salerno Chair: Dr. Francesco Di Grazia Chair: Dr. GOZDE YILDIZ Urban gaps in small cities in the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Upper Middle Rhine Valley" – How to address urban vacancies with Citizen Science?! University of Koblenz, Germany From Local Challenges to Regional Impact: Engaging Teenagers in Citizen Science in Emilia-Romagna 1: University of Bologna, Italy; 2: Agenda Digitale, Emilia Romagna Region, Italy Integrating citizens into Digital Climate Health Technologies: A case study of air quality monitoring platforms Philipps Universität Marburg, Germany Critical reflections on the potential of citizen science in urban water quality investigations 1: University College Dublin, Ireland; 2: Dundalk Institute of Technology |