EVENTS
Special sessions organized at international conferences, with link
1. Special Session - Innovating Urbanization and Sustainability: Smart Actionable Approaches, Chairs: Karima KOURTIT, Carina
BRÂNZILĂ, Alexandru BĂNICĂ, at: EURINT International conference “Debating Europe: new approaches, action tools and
integration scenarios”, 24.05.2024, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi (Romania);
2. Special session CITY FOCUS Decoding Resilience and Spatial Happiness: Regional Science Upside Down?
Organized by The Regional Science Academy (TRSA) in collaboration with SAGES and CITY FOCUS , Western Regional Science
Association , during 64th Annual Meeting, Feb 11th–16th, 2025, țara USA, Hilton Lake Las Vegas | Henderson, Nevada
https://www.wrsaonline.org/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-WRSA-Program-Final-Program-02022025-s.pdf
3. CITY FOCUS Special session: Urban challenges and transformations amid the green and digital transitions. Towards new forms
of urban resilience, Chairs: Alexandru BĂNICĂ, Cristian INCALTARAU, Gabriela Carmen PASCARIU (Alexandru Ioan Cuza
University of Iasi) at EURINT 2025 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Building tomorrow’s Europe: strategies for integration, growth,
and resilience, 15-18 May 2025 Iasi, Romania
4. Special session for young researchers – Innovative Pathways for Sustainable and Inclusive Urban and Regional Development,
organizată în cadrul conferinței EIBC - International Conference on Economics, International Business and Cross-Cultural
Communication (12–14 iunie 2025, Iași).
Seminars
1. Methodological seminar: Advanced methods in social sciences, Chair: Karima Kourtit, Speakers: Tomaz Ponce DENTINHO, Umut
TURK, Centre for European Studies, Iasi (Romania), 25.05.2024; 37 participants.
2. Seminar: Direcții interdisciplinare de cercetare a sustenabilității în studiile doctorale. Abordări și perspective metodologice,
Chair: Ramona Țigănașu; Presentations by PhD students Mihaela Clincu, Ioana-Maria Ursache, Școala Doctorală de Economie și
Administrarea Afacerilor, Iași (Romania), 12.07.2024, Școala Doctorală de Economie și Administrarea Afacerilor, Iași (Romania).
3. Methodological seminar: Resilient and Smiley Cities: A Digital Content Analysis of the Appreciation of Attractive Leisure Amenities,
Speaker: Umut Turk; Chair: Tomaz Dentinho, Centre for European Studies, Iasi (Romania), 28.11.2024
4. Methodological seminar Inteligența artificială în cercetare - extinderea frontierelor cunoașterii și noi riscuri [Artificial Intelligence in
Research – Expanding the Frontiers of Knowledge and Emerging Risks], Speaker: Ionuț Cristian Pistol, Vasile Daniel Pavaloaia,
Irina Clipca, Tamara Carmen Ungureanu, Centre for European Studies, Iasi (Romania), 10.05.2025
5. Living lab seminar Knowledge and partnership – collaborative solutions for a prosperous region (particpants: representatives from
academia, local and regional authorities, the private sector, and civil society; the event aimed to integrate relevant stakeholders
within a Living Lab and to initiate related activities). Centre for European Studies, Iasi (Romania), 10.05.2025