Young Investigator Training Program 2021 – Call for Research Funding

Deadline for application: 15 July 2021

.About this opportunity

Call for Research Funding

The Department of Architecture of Urban Studies of the Politecnico di Milano (DASTU), with the contribution of Associazione di Fondazioni e Casse di Risparmio Italiane SpA (ACRI) announces the call for n. 7 Visiting Young Investigator in the context of the Planning for Social Justice Conference that will be held the first week of October 2021.

Deadline for application: 15 July 2021

The 2021 Program includes

• The participation in the International conference Planning for Social Justice, which will take place the first week of October in Milan or eventually on line;
• The active participation in other seminars related to the main conference, which will take place during the visiting period and anyway by the end of the year 2021;
• A visiting period of minimum one month as researcher in one of the leading Italian universities participating in the program, which are located in the cities of Milan, Turin, Florence, Palermo, Venice, Rome, Naples. The candidates will have the opportunity to work in internationally recognized research centers of Architecture and Planning within the following universities: Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Architettura e Studi Urbani (DAStU); Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Architettura (DIDA); Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento Interateneo di Scienze, Progetto e Politiche del Territorio (DiST); Università degli studi di Palermo, Dipartimento di architettura (D’ARCH); Università IUAV di Venezia, Dipartimento di culture del Progetto; Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento di Architettura; Sapienza Università di Roma, Dipartimento di Pianificazione, design, tecnologia dell’architettura.
• 7 full reimbursement of minimum € 2.400,00 for each successful candidates.
• The opportunity to publish a paper in a book and/or in the journals of the universities departments after the Conference and the visiting period. The papers will undergo through a peer review process.
• The opportunity to watch remotely the kick-off meeting of the Planning for Social Justice Conference which has taken place the 14 of May 2021, during which the research centers will be introduced.