On Thursday, 26 June 2025, at 10 a.m., the "GEP_Lab Day 2025 - ’The Challenges of the Blue Economy and the Circular Economy" will take place in the Conference Room (Room 1A, Room 2.5, GEP_Lab) of DEAMS, Via Alfonso Valerio 4/1.

GEP_Lab Day 2025 represents an important opportunity to discuss the lines of research, scientific collaborations and applied projects currently active at the Laboratory of Economic-Political Geography (GEP_Lab) of the Department of Economic, Business, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (DEAMS) of the University of Trieste.

The GEP_Lab is actively involved in the strategic project iNEST - Interconnected North-East Innovation Ecosystem, with two key initiatives: ‘Analysis and feasibility study for the Intermodal Terminal of the Gorizia Freight Village’ (carried out in collaboration with ARS s.r.l.) and ‘Digital Twin and Business Intelligence for the advanced digitisation of port processes in the Port of Trieste’ (in collaboration with Prodigys s.r.l.).

The lab's activities are developed in collaboration with local companies and realities such as ADRIAFER, ARS, Prodigys and Tosolini Productions, and in synergy with research institutions such as DICAAR (University of Cagliari) and the Digital Transformation Institute - Foundation for Digital Sustainability (DTI). The lab is also involved in regionally (FVG) funded projects, welcomes visiting scholars from international partner universities (University of Maribor, Somali National University - UNS) and works in close collaboration with the GISlab of the Department of Humanities (DISU) of the University of Trieste, coordinated by Prof. Andrea Favretto.

The event aims to enhance the interdisciplinary approach of the laboratory, which integrates transport and logistics geography, circular economy, urban geography, geography of innovation and Geographical Information Science (GIScience), in an open and third mission-oriented research perspective.

GEP_Lab Day 2025 will also be an opportunity to remember prof. Carlo Donato - after whom the laboratory will be named at 1.15 p.m. on 26 June - by acknowledging his valuable scientific and human contribution.

The GEP_Lab - Coordinated by prof. Giuseppe Borruso within the DEAMS - Department of Economic, Business, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences ‘Bruno de Finetti’ of the University of Trieste, the GEP Lab - Laboratory of Economic and Political Geography is a space for study, exchange and in-depth analysis dedicated to the three missions of the University - research, teaching and public engagement - with a focus on the relations between economic development, territory and society.

Through a multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach, the workshop addresses issues of economic and political geography, geoeconomics, geopolitics, environmental and energy sustainability, and spatial organisation. Special attention is given to geographical mobility, transport and logistics geography, urban geography, energy and sustainability, supported by advanced spatial analysis and representation technologies (GIS).

The GEP_Lab is an active part of the GTL (Geography of Transport and Logistics) Working Group of the Association of Italian Geographers (AGEI), is included in the national LabGeoNET network and collaborates closely with the PhD in Circular Economy of the University of Trieste. The laboratory also hosts research activities on the localisation aspects of the circular economy, industrial symbiosis and decarbonisation.

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