Francesca Berni

Cities in Action for Learning Lab

is a reflexive and experimentation space at DAStU, Politecnico di Milano

works with diverse contributions and inputs from researchers and practitioners from different backgrounds

is a research lab that works in multiple contexts: urban and territorial, institutional, community-based

About CALL

CALL in solidarity with Gaza

Over a year ago, we hosted the seminar “Planning, Space, and Ethnic Conflict: Illuminating the Struggle over Israel/Palestine in Gaza and Beyond”, featuring palestinian and israeli scholars—Manal Totry-Jubran (Bar-Ilan University), Oren Yiftachel (Ben-Gurion University), and Omar Yousef (Al-Quds University). We explored the spatial-political dimensions of conflict, with a focus on domicide, urbicide, spacio-cide, genocide, urban segregation, and the right to land. As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepens, CALL reaffirms its commitment to justice. We unequivocally condemn the genocide and stand in solidarity with all those affected by occupation, violence, and dispossession.

News

PALIMPSEST 2nd residential workshop in Jerez de la Frontera
29 July 2025

PALIMPSEST 2nd residential workshop in Jerez de la Frontera

News from Jerez de la Frontera, where the 2nd PALIMPSEST Residential Workshop was held from June 23rd to 28th.

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DIGIREG talks Digital Transition and Territorial Development at the AESOP 2025 Congress
16 July 2025

DIGIREG talks Digital Transition and Territorial Development at the AESOP 2025 Congress

Last week, during the AESOP 2025 Congress in Istanbul, the ESPON DIGIREG group (Grazia Concilio, Daniele Viarengo and Zintis Hermansons) coordinated a round table titled “Integrating digital transition and territorial development: a co-evolutionary approach”.

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Talita Medina gives a lecture on Urban Design at Zhejiang University
8 July 2025

Talita Medina gives a lecture on Urban Design at Zhejiang University

On Friday, July 4th 2025, Talita Medina delivered a lecture as part of the course Streetscape Design & Urban Environment Renewal Design at the Zhejiang University of Technology in Hong Kong.

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PALIMPSEST at the JRC Seville ceremony
8 July 2025

PALIMPSEST at the JRC Seville ceremony

On 30 June 2025, our Irene Bianchi represented PALIMPSEST at the official "first brick" ceremony of the new Joint Research Centre (JRC) site in Seville! This landmark event marked a significant step forward for the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative, celebrating the launch of what will be the EU’s first net-positive emissions building.

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