CO>SEA team visited Lisbon and Trafaria (Portugal) from the 30th of June to 1nd of July upon invitation of EBANO Collective and MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre at NOVA University Lisbon – SST. On the 30th of June 2025 CO>SEA team presented the European Project “PartArt4OW” during the event “Living the Sea: Coastal... Continue Reading →

SeaPaCS project results on participatory citizen science in marine geography now out in Local Environment. The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability in a research article titled "“I felt as someone special today”. Advancing marine citizen science throught participatory and critical geography explorations ". Working on the results of SeaPaCS has been made possible thanks... Continue Reading →

[english below] Il mare di Anzio raccontato dal TG Leonardo, RAI 3 – Protagonista il progetto CO>SEA Il progetto di ricerca partecipativa CO>SEA, dedicato alle emergenze socio-ambientali nel Golfo di Anzio, è stato protagonista di un servizio speciale trasmesso dal TG Leonardo su Rai 3 il 5 giugno 2025. Il servizio, a cura di Laura... Continue Reading →

Continuing its exploration of the fascinating relationship between society and the ocean, the CO>SEA research group has premiered the new short documentary entitled The Sense of Place: Documenting Ocean Relationships on 14 May during the event La Notte delle Idee – Mari e Oceani: Verso nuove rotte, organised by the French Embassy in Italy and... Continue Reading →

On the 30th of April 2025 I'm giving a lecture on Political Gardening_Spatial Justice and Urban Gardening in the course of Landscape Planning held by Luca D'Eusebio, online at: https://meet.google.com/cgc-toed-rrp

E' aperto un bando per una borsa di collaborazione esterna di 5 mesi (7.500 euro) per supporto alla produzione scientifica e analisi di dati, comunicazione e gestione ed organizzazione eventi progetto PRIN 2022 " Digitally-enabled Social Innovation in the city” presso Dip. MEMOTEF - Università Sapienza Roma. DOMANDA entro 2 maggio 2025 L’attività prevede: Supporto... Continue Reading →

[photo L.Bertocci] [Italiano in basso] Anzio, 4 April 2025 The research work of the CO>SEA ‘Collaborative Laboratory for the Sea and Socio-Environmental Sustainability in the Gulf of Anzio’ project continues in the sea of Anzio. The CO>SEA research team of the MEMOTEF Department of the Sapienza University of Rome with the independent visual production agency... Continue Reading →

A PartArt4OW session organised in collaboration with TidalArts at RGS2025 Conference. We believe that creativity has the power to transform how we think, feel, and act towards Our Oceanand Seas. “Art can provide an open forum where science, nature and society can reconnect, workingon our senses, emotions and values” (Dupont, 2017). This years theme -... Continue Reading →

Our upcoming Weekly Hour is all about 𝗧𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 & 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻!On April 16, we will explore how art and culture is being brought to the Mission Ocean by two visionary projects: TIDAL ArtS and PartArt4OW. Youtube live stream here https://www.youtube.com/live/0o6YoE19B74 While art has long been viewed... Continue Reading →

Toward the Italian Geographic Congress that will be held in Turin (3-5 September 2025) we share the call for our session n. 43, entitled "Pontos. Encounters-Clashes between planetary urbanization and the sea within the ecological crisis" which arises in connection with the Horizon Europe project PArtArt4OW - Participatory Art for Ocean and Water and the... Continue Reading →

To celebrate the 2025 Women's Day the Cogitatio Press journal "Ocean & Society" interviewed women from its editorial board and spread the voice to support women in science! Here is my contribution: IHW - OaS #2_oriDownload Find out it here https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cogitatio-press_in-her-words-chiara-certom%C3%A0-ugcPost-7303447076749688832-1sRb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAADgZH6YBc5cTiah_nf1S_y9dZ40ZNPH-itU

The CO>SEA research team invites eveybody to the creative workshop "Marine Social Research. Present and Future of science, creativity and participation for the Ocean" will be held on the 3rd of October 2025 at Sapienza University of Rome, MEMOTEF Dep (via del Castro Laurenziano 9, Rome). The worshop is part of the EU Horizon project PartArt4OW and the activities of the SAP&O Science+Art+Participation in&about the Ocean group.

I'm taking part together with PartArt4OW partners (Sapienza, Raw-News and CMMI) in the 3rd Annual Mission Ocean and Waters Forum, taking place on 4 March 2025 with a series of related events in the week of 3-7 March including the European Ocean Days 2025 as part of the Mission Ocean. The 3rd Annual Forum will be held at... Continue Reading →

The CO>SEA research group, hosted at Sapienza University of Rome’s Memotef Department and supported by the EU Citizen Science Prize 2024 – Diversity & Collaboration Award, proudly announces the release of its latest video reportage: "Blue Kinships. Documenting Ocean Relationships." This thought-provoking visual exploration delves into the essence of visual research for marine social geography... Continue Reading →

On February 5, 2025 I discussed Ron Salaj's research “Artificial Intelligence in Development and Humanitarian Work: Promises, Paradoxes, and Perils” in the online webinar organised by the Minister of Foreign Affair and International Cooperation. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is often celebrated as a transformative tool to address global challenges. On the other hand, the use of... Continue Reading →

[photo G.Lupinacci/Raw-News] PartArt4OW is thrilled to announce the launch of its First Open Call on Monday, February 3, 2025, inviting artists, scientists, civic society actors, and communities to collaborate on participatory art initiatives (PAIs) that address pressing ocean and water basin challenges. With the increasing urgency of climate change and environmental degradation, PartArt4OW aims to... Continue Reading →

*Global Conference on Economic Geography*, Worcester, 4 to 8 June 2025 Call for papers: Searching for economic difference beyond binary thinking: a pragmatist approach. Organizers: Paolo Giaccaria (University of Turin); Chiara Certoma’ (Sapienza University of Rome) In their long-lasting (re)search for a way off capitalocentrism, Gibson-Graham (1996) developed the notion of “diverse economies” (2006 and... Continue Reading →

We have been invited together to the EIT Community NEB 2024 Gathering in Barcelona on the 10th and 11th December. The gathering was intended to showcase projects results and feed new networking opportunities with a kicking-off at the Valldaura Labs and working sessions at the Apocapoc living lab. Lessons learned session, session with JRC, ideation... Continue Reading →