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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
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
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
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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PALIMPSEST 2nd residential workshop in Łódź
From 24th to 28th May 2025, the CALL team and the PALIMPSEST project consortium gathered in Łódź, Poland for the 2nd Residential Workshop with artist and designer Mona El Batrik.
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CRAFT officially inaugurated!
On June 16, CALL participated in the inauguration of the Center of Competence for Anti-Fragile Territories (CRAFT), an initiative of the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU) at Politecnico di Milano.
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CALL in Warsaw at the European Integration Network Meeting
Thanks to the excellent outputs of the easyRights project Grazia Concilio was invited to the European Integration Network Meeting held in Warsaw on May 22 and May 23, 2025. The 2025 edition was the 18th plenary meeting and part of the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU. The topics discussed…
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Climaborough partners meet in Differdange
For three days from 10 to 12 June 2025, CLIMABOROUGH partners met in Differdange, one of the project's cities committed to Climate Neutrality.
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CALL at the EURA 2025 International Conference in Bristol
Giada Casarin and Maryam Karimi participated in the European Urban Research Association (EURA) 2025 Conference, held in Bristol, UK, and hosted by the University of West England’s Centre for Sustainable Planning and Environments.
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Mediation Grammar, a driver for the inclusivity and accessibility of public services for immigrants
CALL research lab is pleased to share the contribution of Maryam Karimi, Grazia Concilio, and Giada Casarin, to the writing of a short essay on the dissemination of the Mediation Grammar testing methology.
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Participatory reflections on urban space and transformation in Municipality 9 (City of Milan)
The recent focus group held on May 23 and led by the territorial laboratory IFe Civic Lab, in collaboration with the local administration, as part of the initiative “Space and change in the neighborhoods of Municipality 9”, represented a significant moment of shared reflection on the dynamics of urban transformation,…
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CALL at the 24th Triennale Milano: exploring inequalities through the città-IN project
We are proud to announce that the CALL Research Lab has contributed to the 24th International Exhibition of Triennale Milano, themed “Inequalities,” through our involvement in the installation “The Space of Inequalities: Environment, Mobility, and Citizenship.” The event takes place from 13 May to 9 November 2025 at Triennale Milano. …
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PALIMPSEST in the limelight of Osservatorio Lambro Lucente
The tone was given from the start during Osservatorio Lambro Lucente's meeting last week. As Dario Kian expressed: creativity and art can carry important messages, and this one was clear. Rivers need our dialogues, attentiveness and attention…put simply, they need our care!
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Plural Milan, ecology and sustainable mobility at the heart of the city’s development
A great evening discussing Grande Parco Forlanini in Milan, and how ecology and sustainable mobility are at the heart of the city's development!
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Grazia Concilio at “Climate Neutral and Smart Cities” meeting in Vilnius
From 6 to 8 May was held the fourth edition of the Cities Mission Conference, around the theme "Harnessing City Successes: Advancing Climate Action for 2030". It was held in Vilnius, EU Green Capital of 2025.
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PALIMPSEST talks at Milan Design Week: exploring the synergies between artistic practice and urban studies
From April 7–11, 2025, during Milan Design Week, PALIMPSEST hosted a series of public talks and artistic events at Politecnico di Milano, offering audiences the opportunity to explore the intersections between artistic actions and urban studies.
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Acqua Lambro: the “impossible idea” presented at Politecnico di Milano during Design Week
During Milan Design Week 2025, was officially presented the artistic project Acqua Lambro to the city of Milan. The artwork conceived by the British-Irish duo gethan&myles and piloted by PALIMPSEST was revealed to the public in the open spaces of the Leonardo Campus at Politecnico di Milano.
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“Parliamo di Scuola” manual is now online!
The manual co-designed and co-produced with Mamme a Scuola Association is now available to read and download here!
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Città-IN at ISMU’s 30th Report on migration 2024
Fondazione ISMU ETS recently presented their 30th Report on migrations (30° Rapporto sulle migrazioni) with a largely attended one-day event (and live stream), gathering experts, researchers, institutions and students on the topics of migration, inclusion, labour market, education, and legislation.
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Reflections after a workshop on the Future of EU Migration, in Brussels
On Tuesday, February 11th Grazia Concilio attended the DGResearch and DG HOME workshop “Shaping the Future of EU Migration Research & Innvation" in Brussels.
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CALL at the Climaborough meeting, Turin
During the Climaborough meeting in Turin (10-12 February), thanks to the generous hospitality of the Urban Lab, the CALL team got the opportunity to discuss with prof. Ettore Bompard, and Monica Naso from Politecnico di Torino the structure of the Climate City Contract for Turin.
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Let’s Talk School: Bringing immigrant mums closer to their children’s education
We’re excited to share the success of our public event, where we presented the co-designed and co-produced manual Parliamo di Scuola, Avvicinare le mamme immigrate alla scuola dei figli (Let’s Talk School: Bringing immigrant mums closer to their children’s education), created through the città-IN project in collaboration with the Mamme…
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Right to Education and Learning: Insights from the Seminar
The "Right to Education and Learning" seminar brought together researchers and practitioners to discuss social inclusion and access to fundamental services, particularly in education. Hosted by the città-IN team, the event provided a moment to share project findings and exchange knowledge with two other initiatives addressing social equity.
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Exploring the Digital Divide in Europe
The first Steering Committee meeting of the DIGIREG project took place online today under the guidance of the ESPON officers. One of the topics discussed was the role of proximity to infrastructures, which is widely considered to be strongly related to socio-economic development.
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Diving into the prototyping activities of PALIMPSEST pilots
These past weeks, CALL has been working with artists gethan&miles on the development of their project that aimes to integrate the transformative power of creative action around the river Lambro. This artist residency is lead as part of PALIMPSEST – Creative Drivers for Sustainable Living Heritage Research Project.
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“Exploring Mycelium in Urban Water Management” at the inaugural Nature in the City event, Paris
Francesca Berni was present at the inaugural Nature in the City event hosted by Sciences Po Paris Campus where she presented her research "Exploring Mycelium in Urban Water Management Through Autopoietic Processes and Holistic Perspectives: Insights from the Polish City of Łódź".
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Sai Che Puoi at the Master’s course Urban Design Studio
Luisa Miranda Morel, Alberto Gianera and Francesca Arduini, representing SAI CHE PUOI - a civic platform for bottom-up initiatives, were invited to the Master’s course Urban Design Studio taught by prof. Grazia Concilio, prof. Patrizia Scrugli and Talita Medina.
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WELFARAP: Hip Hop as Anti-Fragile Welfare Practice
On Friday, 22 November 2024, the Politecnico di Milano played host to a groundbreaking event: WELFARAP, the first academic conference on Hip Hop Studies in Italy.
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The Case of the PALIMPSEST Milanese Pilot at the MISERABILIA PRIN Conference “The City of Misery,” October 30-31, 2024
Francesca Berni had the pleasure of presenting her work, “Life’s Irreverent Pulse Thrives: With the River Lambro, a Tribute to the Present Yet to Come.” Drawing from observations of drifting refuse and debris carried by water during one of the three residential workshops of the PALIMPSEST project, she explored the…
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Irene at University Gabriele d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara
We are excited to share that Irene Bianchi recently completed a one-month Visiting Research stay at the University Gabriele d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara.
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