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Spring DEBates 2026: the fifth edition of DEB’s historic seminar series is renewed, ready to offer you stimulating sessions and outstanding speakersSince 2022, every spring the Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences (DEB) has offered a seminar series focused on scientific dialogue.
2026-02-19 - 2026-06-09 | VT
Since 2022, the Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences (DEB) has offered a spring seminar series focused on scientific dialogue. This year, the Spring DEBates return in a completely renewed format: national and international professors and researchers will share their work, ideas, and perspectives on the most current scientific issues.
The series, coordinated by Prof. Giovanni Polverino, is part of the training activities of the PhD program in “Ecology and Sustainable Management of Environmental Resources,” but participation is open to everyone. It consists of eight independent talks and will begin on February 19 and conclude on May 28. The seminars will be held in a hybrid format (in-person at the DEB classrooms and/or online via live Zoom streaming) on Thursday afternoons, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM, biweekly.
The fifth edition will be inaugurated by Prof. Nicolò Colombani, Associate Professor at the Department of Sciences and Engineering of Matter, Environment, and Urban Planning at the Polytechnic University of Marche, with a talk titled “Salinity origins and patterns in shallow groundwater bodies of the Po River lowland.”
All PhD students in Ecology and Sustainable Management of Environmental Resources will earn 1 ECTS credit upon attending all the seminars.
Participation does not require registration: links for online seminars will be published on the DEB website and social media channels one week before each event.
You can check out the full schedule of the seminar series here.
Download the poster for the first seminar here. Link to join: https://unitus.zoom.us/j/87184857245
The final seminar of the series, originally scheduled for May 28, has been postponed to June 9, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Spring DEBates 2026 - VII meeting
2026-05-14 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Rome) | Aula 12 – Blocco B, Via dell'Universita snc, Viterbo, 01100, Italy
Tomato under pressure, Fungi to the rescue: -Omics unveil molecular secrets
Speaker: Prof.ssa Silvia Proietti, professore associato, Università degli studi della Tuscia
Participation is open to everyone.
Award of 1 CFUs for PhD students in Ecology and Sustainable Management of Environmental Resources, upon attendance of the entire seminar series.
The meeting will be held in English, in a hybrid format, both in person (Room B12) and online. During the seminar, light refreshments, including drinks and snacks, will be offered to facilitate discussion and socialising among participants.
Zoom link: https://unitus.zoom.us/j/87184857245
Download here the poster

DEB | Hans Zweers e Jie Hu Seminars
2026-05-18 11:30 - 12:30 | Aula 10 -Blocco B, Largo dell'Università snc, Viterbo, 01100
On Monday, May 18th, 2026, at 11:30 a.m., in Lecture Hall 10 of Block B at the Riello Campus (Via dell’Università snc), a seminar will be held, organized by Prof. Silvia Proietti, with the participation of Jie Hu and Hans Zweers from the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW, The Netherlands).
During the event, Jie Hu will present the seminar entitled “Identification of specialized root exudates associated with microbiome assembly of wild & domesticated tomato”, while Hans Zweers will deliver a talk entitled “Trapping and measurement of VOC’s from micro-organisms in cultures, interactions and soil by thermal desorption”.
The seminar will be held also online and it is open to the academic community and all interested participants.
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Migration Conference 2026
2026-05-27 14:30 - 2026-05-29 14:00 | Auditorium di Santa Maria in Gradi, Via Santa Maria in Gradi, 4, Viterbo, 01100, Italy
ADiM-IntoME Migration Conference 2026: “THE RIGHT TO ASYLUM AND ITS CRISIS: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS UNDER THE EU PACT”

Click here to DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAMME

WHEN: May 27-29, 2026

DURATION: 3 days

WHERE: University of Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy)

Registration

Please fill out this form to register for the ADiM-IntoME Migration Conference.
Please note that this form is intended for external participants only (not for speakers or panelists)

THE RIGHT TO ASYLUM AND ITS CRISIS: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS UNDER THE EU PACT

The 2026 ADiM-IntoME Migration Conference will take place from 27 to 29 May 2026 at the University of Tuscia, Viterbo, and will focus on “The Right to Asylum and its Crisis: Challenges and Prospects under the EU Pact”.
The Conference is held at a crucial stage for European migration and asylum law, shortly before the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum becomes applicable. It will provide an international forum to discuss the transformations affecting the right to asylum, the balance between protection and control, and the institutional, judicial and administrative challenges raised by the Pact’s implementation. The event will bring together scholars, judges, practitioners, policymakers and civil society actors, combining legal, political and interdisciplinary perspectives on the future of asylum and migration governance in Europe.
The Conference is organised by the Academy of Law and Migration (ADiM), in cooperation with the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on the Integration of Migrants in Europe (IntoME) and with the support of the PRIN project on the Legal Pathways for Refugees in the Euro-Mediterranean Context (EuroPathways).

Programme

Plenary Sessions
Plenary Session I – The Judicial Crisis (Wednesday 27 May, 2.30 p.m.)
Keynote speakers: Massimo Luciani and Giovanni Pitruzzella
Moderators: Barbara Guastaferro and Mario Savino
Plenary Session II – The Asylum Crisis (Wednesday 27 May, 4.30 p.m.)
Keynote speakers: Kristin Fabbe, Hiroshi Motomura and Peter Walsh
Moderator: Federica Passarini

Plenary Session III – The Procedural Crisis (Thursday 28 May, 3.30 p.m.)
Keynote speakers: Jurgen Bast, Philippe De Bruycker, Francesco Gatta and Mario Savino
Moderator: Daniela Vitiello
Parallel Panels
Thursday 28 May

9.00–10.30 — Session I, Panels 1–6
11.00–12.30 — Session II, Panels 7–12
13.30–15.00 — Session III, Panels 13–18

Friday 29 May

9.00–10.45 — Session IV, Panels 19–24
11.15–13.00 — Session V, Panels 25–30

The panels will address key issues in asylum and migration governance, including solidarity, judicial protection, detention, reception, integration, labour, welfare, securitisation, externalisation, safe countries of origin, safe third countries, climate displacement, legal pathways, border procedures, minors, vulnerability and multilevel governance.

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Scientific Commitee:

Barbara G. BELLO, University of Tuscia
Martina GALLI, University of Tuscia
Francesco L. GATTA, University of Palermo
Claudio DE MARTINO, University of Foggia
Paola PANNIA, University of Milan
Federica PASSARINI, University of Tuscia
Mario SAVINO, University of Tuscia
Serena STACCA, University of Naples SOB
Michela TUOZZO, University of Naples Federico II
Elena VALENTINI, University of Bologna
Flavio V. VIRZÌ, Sapienza University of Rome
Daniela VITIELLO, University of Tuscia

Organizing Commitee:

Giulia DEL TURCO, University of Tuscia
Nicolò ACQUARELLI, University of Tuscia
Prevail ADEWALE-ALFRED, Univ. of Tuscia
Giampiero CASSOLA, University of Tuscia

Contact info

Email: accademia.immigrazione@gmail.com, intome@unitus.it
ADiM-IntoME Secretariat
University of Tuscia, Viterbo
Department of Legal, Social, and Educational Sciences – DIKE
Via Santa Maria in Gradi 4
01100 Viterbo, Italy

Pills of rights - Prima proiezione nazionale
2026-06-04 09:30 - 12:00 | VT
SALUTI ISTITUZIONALI
Stefano Carmine DE MICHELE | Capo Dipartimento dell’amministrazione penitenziaria
Francesca PERROTTA | Direttrice reggente della Casa circondariale di Viterbo
Tiziana LAURETI| Magnifica Rettrice UNITUS
Maria Rosaria COVELLI| Presidente della Corte di Appello di Napoli
Rosa Anna RUGGIERO | Coordinatrice del dottorato e Delegata alla CNUPP
PROIEZIONE DEI VIDEO ”PILLS OF RIGHTS”
Progetto a cura dell’Università della Tuscia, finanziato da Cassa delle Ammende
INTERVENTI PROGRAMMATI
Fabiana SARGENTINI | Regista
Lisa PAZZAGLIA| Psicodrammatista
Interventi dal pubblico
Consegna degli attestati di partecipazione
Programma

Seminario - Gli Organismi per la parità di trattamento. Cosa cambia con la Riforma in attuazione delle Direttive Europee?
2026-06-09 14:30 - 17:30 | Aula Magna – Rettorato, Via Santa Maria in Gradi 4, Viterbo, Viterbo, 01100, Italia
Gli Organismi per la parità di trattamento. Cosa cambia con la Riforma in attuazione delle Direttive Europee?
09.06.2026, ore 14:30 – Aula 4, Santa Maria in Gradi
Lo schema di decreto legislativo (Atto del Governo n. 382) di attuazione delle Direttive (UE) 2024/1499 e 2024/1500 interviene proponendo di sostituire la Consigliera nazionale di Parità e l’intera rete territoriale delle consigliere e dei consiglieri di parità, di cui agli artt. 12-20 del d.lgs. 198 del 2006, e l’Ufficio Nazionale Antidiscriminazioni Razziali – Unar con un’unica autorità amministrativa, centralizzata e indipendente, dotata di autonomia regolamentare, organizzativa e contabile volta a ricoprire un mandato più ampio, comprensivo delle discriminazioni basate su tutti i fattori previsti dal diritto antidiscriminatorio, e sul quale ricadono nuove funzioni. Benché nel corso dei lavori parlamentari siano state evidenziate le criticità connesse ai vuoti di tutela sul piano territoriale e alla disomogeneità nell’accesso alle garanzie derivanti dall’impianto organizzativo delineato nello schema di decreto, si osserva un cambio di passo che solleva diversi interrogativi.
Obiettivo dell’incontro di studi è quello di condividere le questioni principali che lo schema di decreto pone sia sul piano dell’effettività della tutela antidiscriminatoria, intesa nella sua complessità, sia sul piano della tutela giudiziale individuale e collettiva.
Partnership: Dottorato Welfare, Diversity and Gender Studies del Dipartimento DIKE dell’Università della Tuscia, Dipartimento Pari Opportunità dell’Unione Nazionale
Programma

Spring DEBates 2026 – 8th meeting (rescheduled to 09/06/2026)
2026-06-09 15:00 - 16:00 | Aula 1 – Blocco G
Modelli di cambiamento climatico a diverse scale: dal riscaldamento globale agli impatti locali
The seminar, originally scheduled for 28/05/2026, will take place on 09/06/2026 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Speaker: Dr. Sandro Calmanti, researcher, ENEA.
Open to all participants.
Recognition of 1 ECTS credit for PhD candidates in Ecology and Sustainable Management of Environmental Resources, subject to full participation in the seminar series.
The event, organized in collaboration with Porta Futuro Lazio, will be held in a hybrid format, both in person (room G1) and online. During the seminar, a small refreshment will be offered, including drinks and snacks, as a moment of informal discussion and networking among participants.
Zoom link: https://unitus.zoom.us/j/87184857245
Download the poster here.

Research on the medieval fortified site of Zakagori Fortress in northern Georgia.
2026-06-09 15:00 - 17:00 | Campus Riello, Largo dell'Università, Viterbo, 010100, Italy
On the occasion of the UNITUS Staff Week 2026, Dr. Levan Kvakhadze (The University of
Georgia) will present his research on the medieval fortified site of Zakagori Fortress in northern
Georgia. The site played a crucial role in the regional medieval defensive network, serving as a
strategic hub for controlling boundary zones and defending communication routes in the Caucasus.
The presentation will take place on June 9 th at 3:00 PM in Room G3 of the Riello complex.
Poster

Seminar | Plant-Beneficial Microbiomes: Individual Strains, SynComs, and Beyond
2026-07-30 11:00 - 12:00 | Aula 4 – Blocco G, Largo dell'Università snc, Viterbo, VT, 01100, Italy
Dr. Adam Ossowicki from the University of Malaga will be a guest of the Department for a seminar on plant-beneficial microbiomes and their applications, ranging from individual microbial strains to synthetic communities (SynComs).
The event, organized by Prof. Silvia Proietti, will take place on Thursday, 30 July, at 11:00 a.m. in Room G4.
Poster
