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Gaza Pheonix: knowledge for peace and reconstruction
CALL believes Gaza can rebuild itself, in its own way, with the help – because a great deal of help is needed – of those who recognise that Palestine exists: a state, with its own history, its own people, its own culture, and the right to live in peace rather…
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IFe Civic Lab: research, teaching and local action
Knowledge exchange between the university and local stakeholders lies at the heart of the IFe Civic Lab.
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Peripheral visions, rethinking planning: CALL at the 2026 World Planning Schools Congress
From June 29 to July 3, planning scholars from around the world gathered in Finland for the 6th World Planning Schools Congress, titled Peripheral Visions - Rethinking Planning and organised by AESOP.
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CALL at IMISCOE 2026: rethinking the digital gap in migrants’ access to public services
CALL Research Lab participated in the 23rd IMISCOE Annual Conference 2026, held in Girona, Spain, from 29 June to 2 July 2026.
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“Space and Change” presented at Via Dolce Via, Dergano neighbourhood festival
Via Davanzati, Milan
On Saturday, June 6, 2026, as part of Via Dolce Via, some preliminary results of the participatory process "Space and Change," developed in Milan's Municipio 9, will be presented.
Read moreTransformative agencies in/for contested spaces
Spazio CRAFT, Edificio 11B Campus Leonardo, Politecnico di Milano, Milan
#2 Envisioning Recovery The seminar series ‘Transformative Agencies in/for Contested Spaces’ explores transformative pathways that aim towards anti-fragile horizons in contested and conflict-ridden urban contexts, examining how spatial disciplines can support processes of change in the face of uncertainty and complexity.
Read morePALIMPSEST, a three-year journey
PALIMPSEST created spaces for dialogue and place-based experimentation grounded in participatory and co-creation processes. At its core, the project explored how urban practices can be transformed through culture, creativity, and care. Its legacy is already visible: in the processes it activated, in the shifts of mindset it fostered, in the knowledge it produced, and in the new collective imaginaries it helped to shape.
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