Special sessions organized at international conferences  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 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, EIBC - International Conference on Economics, International Business and Cross-Cultural Communication (12–14 iunie 2025, Iași). 5. Special session: From Responding to Adapting and Transforming EU Cities, Chairs: Karima Kourtit, Alexandru Banica, Cristian Incaltarau, Ioana Ursache, 64th ERSA Congress: Regional Science in Turbulent Times. In search of a resilient, sustainable and inclusive future, Panteion University, 26-29 August 2025, Athens, Greece 6. Special session: From Vulnerability to Opportunity: Building Resilient and Liveable Cities through Sustainability and Digitalisation, Chair: Karima Kourtit, Gabriela Carmen Pascariu, Alex Banica, Manuel Fosalau, Oliver-Valentin Dinter, Tomas Dentinho, 64th ERSA Congress: Regional Science in Turbulent Times. In search of a resilient, sustainable and inclusive future, Panteion University, 26-29 August 2025, Athens, Greece 7. City-Focus Special session,  Chairs: Alexandru BĂNICĂ, Cristian INCALTARAU  (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi) at EURINT 2026 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE The EU’s future: Cohesion in an age of inequalities, 14-16 May 2026 Iasi, Romania

Seminars & Workshops  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 [Cunoaștere și parteneriat: soluții colaborative pentru o regiune prosperă] (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 6. Workshop: Partnerships and research priorities in the EU: the role of the European Charter for Researchers, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose – London School of Economics and Political Science, 21.10.2025 7. Workshop: Horizon Europe: advanced knowledge and key competences for successful application,  Maria Tsouri – Western Norway University of Applied Sciences; Andrés Rodríguez-Pose – London School of Economics and Political Science, 23.10.2025 8. Workshop: Shaping Smarter Cities: the CITY-FOCUS Experience, Andrés RODRÍGUEZ-POSE (London School of Economics, UK); Gabriela-Carmen PASCARIU (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania}, 15.05.2026 CITY-FOCUS SPRING SCHOOL 14-18 APRIL 2026, Iasi, Romania