Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Tuesday, 23/Sept/2025
8:30am
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6:00pm
Registration and Information Desks
Location: Registration Desk - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
9:00am
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11:00am
Networking Fair: Research Support Network
Location: Aula Blu - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
• 09:00 – 09:45 - Barbara Chiucconi and Erica Feliziani (Unimc), Enhancing the quality of research in ERUA through an improved research management. Insights from the CARDEA EU project.
• 09:45–11:00 - Antoine Lefebvre (Paris 8) and Genny Piotti (EUV), Making ERUA‘s research clusters sustainable: ERUA Research Support Network presents relevant funding lines.

- Coffee corner available in the room
11:00am
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1:00pm
Networking Fair: Feedback session: survey results and strategic dialogue on cluster development
Location: Aula Blu - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Feedback Session: Survey Results, Strategic Dialogue on Cluster Development and Support Framework for Clusters (Cluster members + RSN + WP3 invited). Moderation: Aurelija Pūraitė (MRU)
- Coffee corner available in the room
1:00pm
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2:00pm
Light networking lunch
Location: Loggia del Grano, Via Don Minzoni 22, Macerata
2:00pm
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2:20pm
Conference Welcome
Location: Aula Blu - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
- J.McCourt
- Bruna Vives
2:30pm
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4:00pm
PS 1a: Epistemic Justice, Social Impact, and Innovation
Location: Aula Verde - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Arnaud Regnauld, University of Paris 8, France
PS 1c: Climate change, environmental migration and sustainable development
Location: Aula Viola 2 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Andrea Caligiuri, University of Macerata, Italy
PS 1d: Language in Intercultural Communication: Tradition, Continuity and Emerging Innovations [PART 1]
Location: Aula Rossa 2 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Giedre Valunaite Oleskeviciene, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
Chair: Sigita Rackeviciene, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
PS 1e: Inclusion and Transformative Citizenship [PART 1]
Location: Aula Blu - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Maria Elena Paniconi, Università di Macerata, Italy
 
2:30pm
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6:00pm
RESEARCH SUPPORT NETWORK STAND – Open to all participants
Location: Aula Rossa 1 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Personal advice on research support, ERUA support framework for clusters, and funding lines for clusters and individuals
4:00pm
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4:30pm
Technical break
Location: Loggia del Grano, Via Don Minzoni 22, Macerata
4:30pm
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6:00pm
PS 2a: Justice and Memory: Toward a Shared European Identity
Location: Aula Verde - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: DOVILĖ SAGATIENĖ, MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY, Lithuania
PS 2b: Learning, education and career
Location: Aula Viola 1 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Gigliola Paviotti, University of Macerata, Italy
PS 2c: Overturning Discourses and Attitudes: Innovative Practices to Combat Anti-Migrant Perceptions
Location: Aula Viola 2 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Lucas Andrés Pérez Martín, ULPGC, Spain
PS 2d: Language in Intercultural Communication: Tradition Continuity and Emerging Innovations [PART 2]
Location: Aula Rossa 2 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Giedre Valunaite Oleskeviciene, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
Chair: Birute Mockeviciene, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
PS 2e: Inclusion and Transformative Citizenship. [PART 2]
Location: Aula Blu - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Nicolò Maria Ingarra, University of Macerata, Italy
Chair: Marta Massoni, University of Macerata, Italy
6:00pm
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8:30pm
Welcome Cocktail
Location: Loggia del Grano, Via Don Minzoni 22, Macerata
Date: Wednesday, 24/Sept/2025
9:00am
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10:30am
PS 3a: AI, Authorship and Creativity
Location: Aula Verde - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: KRISTIAN BANKOV, New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria
PS 3b: Towards inclusivity and justice
Location: Aula Viola 1 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Silvia Pierosara, University of Macerata, Italy
PS 3c: Migration as a driver of change: on policies, politics, civic engagement and the economy
Location: Aula Rossa 2 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Lucas Andrés Pérez Martín, ULPGC, Spain
PS 3d: Social innovation PART 1
Location: Aula Viola 2 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Anastasia Constantelou, University of the Aegean, Greece
PS 3e: Intersectional Challenges, Innovative Responses: Gender, Parenthood, and Social Work in Transition
Location: Aula Gialla - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Iffet Piraye Yuce, University of Paris 8, France
9:00am
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6:30pm
Registration and Information Desks
Location: Registration Desk - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
10:00am
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1:00pm
RESEARCH SUPPORT NETWORK STAND – Open to all participants
Location: Aula Rossa 1 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Personal advice on research support, ERUA support framework for clusters, and funding lines for clusters and individuals
10:30am
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11:00am
Coffee break
Location: Catering Areas - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
11:00am
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12:30pm
PS 4a: Plurilingualism, Self-Narration, and Identity Dynamics in Afro-Descendant and Diasporic Communities
Location: Aula Verde - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Edith Cognigni, Unimc, Italy
Chair: Cristina Schiavone, University of Macerata, Italy
PS 4b: Special Session SAFINA-VITALITY - Challenges of Interdisciplinary Inclusion: pedagogical and creative learning environments
Location: Aula Rossa 2 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Rosita Deluigi, Unimc - Università di Macerata, Italy
Chair: Arianna Taddei, University of Macerata, Italy
PS 4c: Beyond Buzzwords: Artistic Innovation and Inclusive Social Change
Location: Aula Viola 1 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Maria Argyriou, University of The AEGEAN, Greece
Chair: Jolanta Pivoriene, Mykolas Romeris university, Lithuania
PS 4d: The role of co-creation and arts-based research for engaging communities in controversial heritage contexts
Location: Aula Gialla - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Giuseppe Capriotti, Università di Macerata, Italy
Chair: Alice Devecchi, Università di Macerata, Italy
PS 4e: Special Session SAFINA-VITALITY - Healthcare challenges
Location: Aula Viola 2 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Serena Mariani, University of Macerata, Italy
12:30pm
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2:00pm
Lunch break
Location: Loggia del Grano, Via Don Minzoni 22, Macerata
2:00pm
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3:00pm
Keynote - Ana Cristina Santos: Older, queer and proud: rethinking ageing through an interdisciplinary perspective
Location: Aula Blu - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
2:00pm
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5:00pm
Research Support Network internal meeting
Location: Aula Rossa 1 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
3:00pm
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4:30pm
PS 5a: Entrepreneurship and Digital Humanities
Location: Aula Gialla - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Lorenzo Compagnucci, University of Macerata, Italy
Chair: Francesca Spigarelli, University of Macerata, Italy
PS 5b: Inclusive learning
Location: Aula Viola 1 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Lorella Giannandrea, University of Macerata, Italy
PS 5d: Social Innovation PART 2
Location: Aula Viola 2 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Anastasia Constantelou, University of the Aegean, Greece
PS 5e: Migration and mobility
Location: Aula Verde - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Edith Cognigni, Unimc, Italy
 
4:30pm
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5:00pm
Technical break
Location: Loggia del Grano, Via Don Minzoni 22, Macerata
5:00pm
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6:30pm
PS 6a: Technological innovation in Academia
Location: Aula Verde - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Dino Franco Felluga, Purdue University, Italy
PS 6b: Heritage making and unmaking in the global/local continuum
Location: Aula Gialla - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Francesco Orlandi, University of Macerata, Italy
PS 6c: Special Session SAFINA-VITALITY - Healthcare policy and management
Location: Aula Viola 1 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Ramona Bongelli, University of Macerata, Italy
PS 6d: Social and Environmental Impact
Location: Aula Viola 2 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Francesca Bartolacci, University of Macerata, Italy
PS 6e: Imagining Social Sustainability through Creative and Local Practices
Location: Aula Rossa 2 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Francoise Decortis, University Paris 8, France
Chair: Katia Dupret, Roskilde University, Denmark
6:30pm
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9:00pm
Transfer to dinner
Pick-up at "Rampa Zara", at: 19:00 – 19:40
8:00pm
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10:00pm
Conference Dinner
Location: Le Case, Contrada Mozzavinci 16/17, Macerata
10:30pm
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11:30pm
Transfer to Macerata
Pick-up at the Conference Dinner, at: 22:30 – 23:10
Date: Thursday, 25/Sept/2025
9:00am
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10:30am
PS 7a: Air and the Quality of Life: Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Practices
Location: Aula Verde - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Selusi Ambrogio, University of Macerata, Italy
PS 7b: Testing AI Chatbots
Location: Aula Gialla - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Silvana Colella, Universisty of Macerata, Italy
PS 7c: Special Session SAFINA-VITALITY - Care and social work
Location: Aula Rossa 2 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Veronica Guardabassi, University of Macerata, Italy
PS 7e: Sustainability and social bias
Location: Aula Viola 2 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Mara Cerquetti, University of Macerata, Italy
9:00am
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1:00pm
Meeting of the Widera call writing team
Location: Aula Rossa 1 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
9:00am
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6:30pm
Registration and Information Desks
Location: Registration Desk - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
10:30am
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11:00am
Coffee break
Location: Catering Areas - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
11:00am
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12:30pm
PS 8a: Special Session SAFINA-VITALITY - Cultural Heritage and the Arts - PART 1
Location: Aula Gialla - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Giulia Bruna, University of Macerata, Italy
PS 8b: Special Session SAFINA-VITALITY - Dimensions of Ageing - PART 1
Location: Aula Rossa 2 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Ramona Bongelli, University of Macerata, Italy
PS 8c: Special Session SAFINA-VITALITY - Smart Solutions: urban, rural and cultural
Location: Aula Viola 1 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Mara Cerquetti, University of Macerata, Italy
PS 8e: Interdisciplinarity at the edge
Location: Aula Verde - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Gill Philip, University of Macerata, Italy
12:30pm
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2:00pm
Lunch break
Location: Loggia del Grano, Via Don Minzoni 22, Macerata
2:00pm
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3:00pm
Keynote - Ineke Sluiter: Their future isn’t our past: the ancient world, humanities, and innovation thinking
Location: Aula Blu - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
2:00pm
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4:00pm
Meeting of the Widera call writing team
Location: Aula Rossa 1 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
3:00pm
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4:30pm
PS 9a: Special Session SAFINA-VITALITY - Cultural Heritage and the Arts - PART 2
Location: Aula Gialla - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Jessica Piccinini, Università of Macerata, Italy
PS 9b: Digital self-exclusion and Human-AI collaboration
Location: Aula Verde - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Gill Philip, University of Macerata, Italy
PS 9c: Special Session SAFINA-VITALITY - Dimensions of Ageing – PART 2
Location: Aula Rossa 2 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Jolanta Pivoriene, Mykolas Romeris university, Lithuania
PS 9e: Upholding Victims’ Rights in the Fight Against Online Fraud
Location: Aula Viola 1 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Anželika Banevičienė, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
Chair: Violeta Vasiliauskienė, Mykolas Romeris university, Lithuania
4:30pm
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5:00pm
Technical break
Location: Loggia del Grano, Via Don Minzoni 22, Macerata
5:00pm
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6:30pm
PS 10a: Transforming Academia
Location: Aula Verde - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Isabella Crespi, University of Macerata, Italy
PS 10c: Caring for Children
Location: Aula Rossa 2 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Veronica Guardabassi, University of Macerata, Italy
PS 10d: Security and AI-Driven Innovation
Location: Aula Viola 1 - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
Chair: Maria Lambrou, University of the Aegean, Greece
 
6:30pm
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8:30pm
Farewell Cocktail
Location: Loggia del Grano, Via Don Minzoni 22, Macerata
Date: Friday, 26/Sept/2025
9:00am
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4:00pm
Meeting of ERUA Steering Committee
Location: Aula Verde - via della Pescheria Vecchia, Macerata
12:30pm
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2:00pm
Lunch break for Steering Committee
Location: Loggia del Grano, Via Don Minzoni 22, Macerata