Coordinator

Luca Gaeta
E-mail: luca.gaeta@polimi.it

Tutor

Alice Buoli, tel: + 39 349 8722998, e-mail: alice.buoli@polimi.it
Rossella Moscarelli, tel: + 39 349 6509603, e-mail: rossella.moscarelli@polimi.it

Departmental secretariat

Marina Bonaventura, Marilena Mastalli
Tel: +39 02 2399 5165 / 5405
Fax: +39 02 2399 5435
E-mail: marina.bonaventura@polimi.it – marilena.mastalli@polimi.it

PNRR Call – 38th Cycle

The PhD programme in Urban Planning, Design and Policy grants 4 PhD positions to start in November 2022.

The positions are based on the following predefined topics:

1. Ecological transition and new paradigm for spatial planning: Performance indicators to select nature-based solution as design tools for regenerating the contemporary city
2. The contribution of digital platforms in a recovery and resilience perspective: Exploring territorial impacts, inspiring public policies
3. The role of social actors in defining and implementing territorial development strategies oriented towards social and environmental sustainability and ecological transition
4. Broken Cities. The role of public action in supporting urban inclusiveness and the infrastructure of everyday life in the face of social, economic, and environmental inequalities.

The deadline for applications is September 12th 2022.

More information on how to apply is available in this flyer:

Brochure UPDP_ENG_2022 def

Related DASTU Research Fields

Cities, Landscapes, Territories
Welfare: Housing and Public Services

Mission and Goals

The PhD programme in Urban Planning, Design and Policy (UPDP) aims at exploring the significance and impact of contemporary urban changes and understanding the way these processes can be governed through planning, design and policy making activities. The programme pays specific attention to the transition towards new, more sustainable and equitable modes of urban development as well as to pro-active advancements in planning practices and to potential innovations in traditional urban studies, urban design and policy approaches.
The objective of the UPDP programme is to provide PhD students with analytical and interpretative tools as well as research methods to advance research frontiers in the field of urban studies, spatial planning, urban design, urban policy and governance.
This PhD programme welcomes foreign and Italian candidates. English is the official language of the programme, which takes advantage of the rich research milieu of the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU).
The PhD programme focuses on territorial, social, economic and institutional transformations in contemporary cities, and aims at discussing them as a complex of intertwined phenomena, which calls for new governance, planning and design approaches.
Based on a multidisciplinary approach, the UPDP programme offers to PhD candidates a challenging environment with space for international debate, research, experimentation and innovation.

Calendar, enrolment information, detailed programmes, professional orders accreditation and all other information

PhD School website
https://www.dottorato.polimi.it/en/phd-programmes/architecture/urban-planning-design-and-policy