Ricerc@Sapienza

Academic laboratories should be a safe environment in which one can teach, learn, and conduct research. Sharing a common principle, the prevention of potential accidents and imminent injuries is a fundamental goal in the laboratory environments. In addition, academic laboratories are attributed exceptional responsibility to instill in students the culture of the safety, the basis of risk assessment, and of the exemplification of the prudent practices around energized objects.

In this paper, the importance is underlined of promoting higher education
and training courses and opportunities, focused on a close connection between GIS
and geography to cover topics of remarkable and daily social interest. In the first
part of the contribution, some educational key points are defined in order to fuel a
virtuous circle which can provide considerable methodological and applied skills in
the use of GIS applications. It is considered fundamental to broaden one’s mind, to