Cities in Action for Learning Lab
News
Launch of the ESPON WATER project!
Across Europe, governing water resilience requires institutions and policies able to respond to hydrological interdependencies that cut across sectors, scales and administrative boundaries.
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Michelanelo Secchi at the 25th IOPD Conference in Krakow
Michelangelo Secchi, from the CALL Lab, participated in the 25th IOPD Conference held in Krakow on 21-23 September 2026.
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New publication : When do public services enable immigrant integration?
Access to a public service does not necessarily or only mean the ability to use it. And digitalisation does not automatically make a service more accessible.
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Irene Bianchi at Zhejiang University for ZJU–POLIMI summer school
This July, Irene from CALL, had the great opportunity to join the ZJU–POLIMI Joint Summer School "Sustainable Smart Cities and Architecture" in Hangzhou, within the framework of the collaboration between Zhejiang University (浙江大学) and AUIC School - Scuola di Architettura Urbanistica e Ingegneria delle Costruzioni at Politecnico di Milano.
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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.
