On 21 February 2026, the University of Bari Aldo Moro – Department of Economics, Management and Business Law will host the workshop “Virtual Reality and Cultural Tourism Marketing”, the final event of the PRIN 2022 project “REVeRT – Relaunching Cultural and Heritage Experiences through Virtual Reality Tourism”.
Yesterday, 12 January, saw the launch in Dakar of PRO-IMPACT (Technical Assistance and Research Project for the Analysis and Impact Assessment of Employment Policies in Senegal), aimed at supporting formal employment in Senegal, with a particular focus on young people, women and people with disabilities. The project is funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), with an allocation of one million euros.
On 2 and 3 December, the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the National Research Council (CNR-ISMed) promoted and organised an international conference entitled "Mediterranean or Mediterraneans?" at the Monumental Complex of Santa Maria La Nova. The conference was attended by numerous researchers and scholars from countries on the three shores of the Mediterranean, providing an opportunity for in-depth discussion on the challenges and dynamics that characterise the contemporary Mediterranean. During the conference, the "Mediterranean Studies District" was inaugurated, a hub that brings together the universities of Naples with the aim of ‘creating a system’ for research on the Mediterranean, which is still too divided and fragmented. The initiative symbolically promotes the city of Naples as a "bridge" between the three shores of the Mediterranean, emphasising the importance of shared scientific and cultural collaboration.
Tommasina Pianese and Daniela De Gregorio (CNR-ISMed) received the Best Paper award in Track 8 – Educational Innovation at TEEM 2025 – 13th Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality, held at the University of Salamanca (Spain) from 21 to 24 October 2025.
Last week, LIUC Università Cattaneo in Castellanza hosted the workshop "Returns in e-commerce: what paths for reverse logistics?". There has been a lively discussion on how to rethink reverse logistics flows in terms of operational efficiency, customer experience and sustainability.
On 14 and 15 October 2025, the Second Meeting of the European CreaTech Project Consortium will be held in Naples, at the Sala De Rosa of the National Research Council (CNR-ISMed in Via G. Sanfelice 8, 7th floor).
The volume Asinara. Un’isola nel Mediterraneo, edited by Alessandra Cioppi and Maria Elena Seu, researchers at CNR-ISMed, is now available.
The volume £Approcci metodologici integrati allo studio del fenomeno dello spopolamento delle aree interne della Basilicata", edited by Elisa Di Giovanni (CNR-ISMed) and Diana Salzano, is now available.
Published the video on the @CNR-ISMed YouTube channel with the presentation of the latest report on Mediterranean economies (Naples, University of Naples “Parthenope”, March 13 2025): Mediterranean Economies 2024The New Agenda for the MediterraneanPerspectives and Challenges#ME24 – @edizioni.
WeMed 2024 – Society, Economy and Environment in the Mediterranean, edited by Francesca Abate, Giovanni Canitano, Salvatore Capasso, Stefano Carotenuto, Sandro Cruciani, Francesco di Filippo, Luca Forte, Anna Pia Maria Mirto, Marco Ricci, and Antonio Rossi, is now available online and in digital format.
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