The 35th International Geographical Congress, titled “Celebrating a world of difference,” took place in Dublin from August 24th to 29th. This significant event featured extensive representation of research conducted by Latvian geographers, including presentations of the RePlace project’s results.

The adhesion of “Riabitare l’Italia” as End User to the Horizon Re-Place Project becomes a fruitful opportunity to deepen knowledge of the political and cultural project of the Association through the words of its Director, Sabrina Lucatelli.

Researcher Astrid Safina, from the Italian Re-Place partner, Sapienza University of Rome, was present as a participatory observant in the third edition of the “Scuola di Montagna” held in the inner mountain area of Val Pellice, Piedmont. The Mountain School consisted of a 3-day (June 28th – June 30th) training and orientation residency for twenty future mountain dwellers.

Last July, at the IMISCOE conference, we successfully hosted our workshop titled “Left Behind Areas and Mobilities”. The event brought together representatives from over 13 projects focused on these critical themes, highlighting the immense potential for cooperation and synergy.

On July 10th, 2024, Re-Place principal investigator Jennifer McGarrigle participated in the RSA Regions Cities Industry Webinar Series, contributing to the session entitled “Beyond ‘Left Behind Places’: Findings of a Cross-National Research Project.”

On the 10th of July, Alexandra Deliu and Mădălina Manoilă, members of the Romanian team, delivered a presentation of the Re-Place project as part of the international seminar Talking about marginality, its consequences and ways out, organized at ICCV (Bucharest, Romania)