Published Papers: •  Incaltarau, C., Kourtit, K. & Pascariu, G.C. (2024). Exploring the urban-rural dichotomies in post-pandemic migration intention: Empirical evidence from Europe. Journal of Rural Studies, 111(2024, 103428), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103428  (Q1) • Nijkamp, P. & Kourtit, K. (2024). Digital twin dialogues on regional development – an interpretative text conversation between humans and chatbots. Eastern Journal of European Studies, 15(2), 69-103. https://doi.org/10.47743/ejes-2024-0205   ESCI (Q2) • Foșalău, C. M., Roșu, L., Iațu, C., Dinter, O. V., Cristodulo, P. M. (2025). Mapping Urban Changes Through the Spatio-temporal Analysis of Vegetation and Built-up Areas in Iași, Romania, Sustainability, 17(1), 11, https://doi.org/10.3390/su17010011  (Q2) • Ungureanu, C.T., Gheorghiu, A., & Greavu-Șerban, V. (2024). A 3D approach on European data cooperative as an intermediation service. Eastern Journal of European Studies, 15(2), 48-68. https://doi.org/10.47743/ejes-2024-0204   ESCI (Q2) • Nijkamp, P., Kourtit, K., Krugman, P. & Moreno, C. (2024). Old wisdom and the New Economic Geography: Managing uncertainty in 21st century regional and urban development, Regional Science Policy & Practice, 16(10).  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rspp.2024.100124  (ESCI Q2) • Banica, A., Corodescu-Rosca, E., Kourtit, K., & Nijkamp, P. (2025). Actionable policy responses to disaster threats – A comparative study on resilience and sustainability in global cities. Land Use Policy, 152, 107482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107482  (Q1)   • Türk, U., Toger, M., Östh, J., Kourtit, K., & Nijkamp, P. (2025). Rural Feet Voting of Leisure Explorers. International Journal of Tourism Research, 27(1), e70003 (Q1) • Greavu-Şerban V, Constantin F, Necula S-C., (2025) Exploring Heuristics and Biases in Cybersecurity: A Factor Analysis of Social Engineering Vulnerabilities. Systems, 13(4), WOS:001475708700001, https://doi.org/10.3390/systems13040280   (Q1) • Nijkamp, P. Kourtit, K. & Dentinho, T.P. (2025): Infrastructure reconstruction planning in post-conflict areas – a multidimensional resilience assessment for Iraq, Planning Practice & Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2024.2440258  (Q2) • Cercleux, A.-L., Bănică, A., Bogan, E., & Istrate, M. (2025). Decoding Graffiti and Street Art Attributes in Romanian Urban Parks: Spatial Distribution and Public Discourse. Sustainability, 17(12), 5569. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17125569  (Q2) • Incaltarau, C. (2025), Human Capital and Economic Resilience to Economic and Health Shocks: Accounting for Regional Cycle Variations, Different Economic Dimensions and More Resilience Phases. Tijds. voor econ. en Soc. Geog. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.70055  • Michelangeli, A., Östh, J., Toger, M., Turk, U. (2025). Inequality in access to urban amenities. Urban Sustain, 54 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-025-00248-2  (Q1) • Rodríguez-Pose, A. (2025). Forging a sustainable future together: Cohesion Policy at its defining moment. Regional Studies, 59(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2025.2552869  (Q1) • Inmaculada C. Álvarez, Javier Barbero, Luis Orea, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (2026) How institutions shape the economic returns to investment in European regions?, Economic Modelling, 155, 107445, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2025.107445  (Q1) • Borsekova, K., Korony, S., Rodríguez-Pose, A., Styk, M., & Westlund, H. (2026). Decoding regional dynamics: Institutions, innovation, and regional development in the EU. Papers in Regional Science, 105(1), 100133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pirs.2025.100133 (Q1) • Maha, L.-G., Topliceanu, Ș.-C., & Viorica, E.-D. (2026). The nexus between institutional quality and trade dynamics: Testing the EU–Japan economic partnership. International Review of Economics & Finance, 105432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.105432 • Juravle, G., Diaconașu, D.E., Andrei, AM. et al. (2026) A multi-country citizen-science study on what makes us enjoy a cup of coffee. npj Sci Food. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41538-026-00832-5  Book Chapters •  Muntele, I., Bănică, A. (2025). Migration, Resilience, and Territorial Capital at the Eastern EU Borders of Romania. In: Rouet, G., Pascariu, G.C. (eds) Resilience and the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood Countries. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-73379-6_9  •  Năstasă, A., Rosner, D., Bostan, V. (2025) Artificial Intelligence in Smart Cities for Citizens: Trends, Challenges, and Promises. A Bibliometric Text Mining Analysis, In 2025 24th RoEduNet Conference: Networking in Education and Research (RoEduNet). (pp. ). IEEE. Doi: tbd • Oanță, A.-E., & Pascariu, G.-C. (2025). European colonialism, development and urbanization: Its legacy and path dependency patterns in post-colonial countries. in C. Alupului,  M. Clincu,  DA Damian (eds.) Debating Europe: New approaches, action tools and integration scenarios. https://doi.org/10.47743/eurint-2025-OAN  Volume • Alupului, C., Clincu, M., & Damian, D.-A. (Eds.). (2025). Building tomorrow's Europe: Strategies for integration, growth, and resilience. Editura Universității Alexandru Ioan Cuza. 978-606-714-976-0 CityFocus E-newsletters • Newsletter 1 • Newsletter 2 • Newsletter 3 • Newsletter 4