Suggested research areas:

• Changes in territory and their relation to the European standards
• Land use and European standards
• Common European values and European identity
• European citizenship and its implications
• EU enlargement policy and the Western Balkan
• European Neighborhood Policy and Albania
• Free movement of citizens in the EU
• The physico-geographical features in evolution and the need for data updating
• Thematic physico-geographical studies as an indispensable link of integration processes
• Hidden physical potentials for development and the regional and European integration processes
• Cross-border cooperation and regional integration
• Natural resources in joint management in the light of market integration
• Common natural and human potentials
• Natural and ecological services as a shared regional and European value
• Climate change as a regional, European, and global challenge
• Action against climate change within European and world initiatives
• National, regional and European environmental policies
• Population migration within European and regional integration contexts
• State spatial data infrastructure and the regional and European integration
• Spatial Information Infrastructure Issues in Albania under the EU INSPIRE initiative
• Geographical information and regional integration of Albanians
• The integration of Albanians in the region and Europe
• Social policies and their effects in the country of origin and destination of migrants
• The identity and social features of Albanian migrants in the region and Europe
• The neccesity for social researches and the influencing factors in the integration processes of Albania and Albanians in the region and beyond
• Geographical distribution of Albanian population and settlements in the region and Europe
• Settlements and territory. Their evolution
• Cross-border territories. The raports of population developments and of social elements.
• Population and territory. The population developments dynamics.
• Migration processes in cross-border regions
• Cultural diversity and the challenges of regional and European cooperation
• Regional cooperation for sustainable development
• The necessity for joint development strategies
• The urban development dynamics in regional areas and European standards
• The rural development dynamica in regional areas and European standards
• Regional cooperation for the management of protected areas
• The use and effective management of tourism as an important sector at European level
• Methodological contributions and applications, through the processing of geospatial data
• Education and the role of the media in the study of cross-border regions
• The Europe of Regions
• Symbols of boundaries
• Society with diversity in the challenges of regional and European integration