I pianeti sulla Terra: la 1ª Giornata di Studi Esogeografici all’Università Europea di Roma
On 7 May 2026, at the Aula Master of the European University of Rome, the 1st Esogeographic Studies Day will take place, entitled “Planets on Earth. Analogy and Simulation for Travel and Human Activities on Other Celestial Bodies.”
The initiative offers a scientific and interdisciplinary reflection on the role of extreme terrestrial environments as natural laboratories for understanding, simulating, and designing future human activities in space. Deserts, polar regions, volcanic environments, isolated habitats, and experimental infrastructures represent privileged contexts for studying the challenges related to the exploration of other celestial bodies, from the Moon to Mars.
The study day will address key topics in esogeography and space sciences: means and systems of travel, the design of habitats and locations for the establishment of outposts, settlement prospects, psychological adaptation in extreme environments, cybersecurity for space infrastructures, and the contribution of geological cartography to planetary exploration.
The event will bring together scholars and researchers from scientific and academic institutions, including the European University of Rome, the Italian Space Agency, ENEA, Roma Tre University, LUISS, the National Institute for Astrophysics, the University of Trieste, John Cabot University, and the Italian Geographical Society.
In the afternoon, the volume “Beyond Earth. Towards Esogeography”, edited by Gianluca Casagrande and Annalisa D’Ascenzo, and published in the Memoirs of the Italian Geographical Society in 2025, will also be presented.
The 1st Esogeographic Studies Day represents an opportunity for dialogue among geography, planetary sciences, engineering, psychology, geopolitics, and strategic studies, with the aim of exploring how Earth can become an operational model for imagining human presence beyond our planet.
Key Information
Date: 07/05/2026
Time: from 09:15 a.m.
Venue: Aula Master, European University of Rome
Event title: Planets on Earth. Analogy and Simulation for Travel and Human Activities on Other Celestial Bodies
Contact: greal@unier.it