Grounding the Transition in Urbanism and Urbanization

11th International U&U PhD seminar

After successful editions in Leuven, Venice, Barcelona, Paris, Delft, Lausanne, Ghent, and Lille, the 11th edition of Urbanism&Urbanisation International PhD seminar will be hosted in Venice, Italy.

Like previous editions, the seminar seeks to bring together students writing their PhD thesis in urbanism and working within very different disciplinary traditions, combining historical, design, and other forms of urban research. The community supporting this seminar series over the years shares an interest in work that tries to speak across the divide between urban studies and the city-making disciplines.

The aim is to combine the interpretation of urbanisation processes with the commitment and care for the urban condition in all its manifold manifestations and bring together urban theory and the theoretical grounding of urbanism with innovative practice.

29/10/2025
Keynote Speaker: Corinne Larrue

30/10/2025
Keynote Speakers: Maria Kaika, University of Amsterdam; Barbara Pizzo, Sapienza Università di Roma.
Dialogue introduced by: Federico Zanfi, Politecnico di Milano – DAStU

31/10/2025
Presentation of “Quaderno12 – Territorializzare la transizione” curated by Fabrizio D’Angelo, Klarissa Pica, Elvira Pietrobon, Valeria Volpe, Valentina Rossella Zucca.
In dialogue with: Michiel Dehaene, UGhent

Curated by: Maria Aldera, Anastasia Battani, Gloria Maria Crisogianni, Anna Manea, Maria Elena Ponno, Giacomo Ricchiuto, Nicola Russolo with Stefano Munarin, Enrico Formato, Marta de Marchi, Michela Pace, Maria Chiara Tosi, Luca Velo, Federico Zanfi, Simonetta Armondi, Antonella Bruzzese, Antonio Longo, Eugenio Morello.

Contacts: uu2025venice@iuav.it