Date
17/11/2026
Time
10:30 - 17:00
Location
Politecnico di Milano, Bd. 1 Rettorato, Saletta 2 | Auditorium della Casa dello Studente, Via Pascoli 53
The PhD Programme in Urban Planning, Design and Policy (UPDP) welcomes the PhD candidates of the XLII cycle with a day of presentations, discussion, and shared activities.
The programme explores the significance and impact of contemporary urban change and how these processes can be governed through planning, design and policy-making. It focuses on the transition towards new, more sustainable and equitable modes of urban development, and on advances in planning practice that foster innovation in urban studies, urban design and policy.
Tuesday 17 November 2026
UPDP PhD programme presentation and activities
Morning | Politecnico di Milano, Building 1 Rettorato, Saletta 2
10:30 - 12:30
Introduction to the UPDP PhD research pathway and milestones
by Prof. Eugenio Morello and Dafni Riga
Afternoon | Auditorium della Casa dello Studente, Via Pascoli 53
14:00 - 15:30
New Challenges for the Research in Planning’
Inaugural Keynote Lecture by Prof. Emeritus Alessandro Balducci
15:30 - 16:00 Presentation of the Board of Professors
16:00 - 17:00 Collaborative activity
Wednesday 18 November 2026
Politecnico di Milano, Building 13 Trifoglio
10:00 - 13:00 PhD School Welcome Day
Coordinators: Eugenio Morello , Dafni Riga
Contact: eugenio.morello@polimi.it, dafnitheodosia.riga@polimi.it