Re-Place, together with sister projects MOBI-TWIN and PREMIUM_EU, recently held a joint meeting to plan their participation in the 2025 European Week of Regions and Cities (EWRC).

On May 10, 2025, Zaiga Krisjane presented “The Uneven Landscape of Decline: Depopulation and Left-Behind Areas in Latvia” at the University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu.

On March 28 2025, the preliminary results of the first phase of the Re-Place Project were presented through an online session.

On January 30, 2025, the Human Geography Section participated in the 83rd International Scientific Conference of the University of Latvia, which was held in a hybrid format.

Zaiga Krišjāne and Māris Bērziņš recently participated in a seminar on territorial statistics and applied research organized by the Latvian Central Statistical Office. 

In December 2024, as in previous recent years, a Christmas fair was organized in one of the areas of interest for the RePlace research project in Romania.

The Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT) at the University of Lisbon, in cooperation with the Critical Heritage Studies Hub at Jagiellonian University, will host the upcoming IMISCOE PhD School next August 2025.

Amandine Desille, a member of our consortium, has recently published a new chapter in the book Cultural Heritage and Mobility from a Multisensory Perspective, edited by Magdalena Banaszkiewicz and Karolina Nikielska-Sekuła.

On September 27, 2024, the Natural History Museum of the University of Latvia (LU) in Riga buzzed with excitement as it hosted the European Researchers’ Night, an event that brought together science enthusiasts. Geography enthusiasts, in particular, were treated to a unique experience with the chance to meet notable geographers such as Elina Apsite-Berina, Maris Berzins, and Zaiga Krisjane.

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.