DIST | Excellence Project MIUR 2018-2022

A new horizon for research, teaching, and knowledge sharing

DIST - Department of Excellence MIUR 2018-2022

The DIST department is the point of reference for Turin’s Polytechnic and University in the cultural areas dealing with spatial transformation and spatial governance processes, from the local to the planetary scale. The department, focusing on the urban issue with a sustainability perspective, promotes theoretical and applied research, teaching, and knowledge transfer.

The DIST department has been recognized as one of the 180 excellence departments of the Italian university system, and thus granted special funding for the 2018-2022 period (see: MIUR).

DIST - Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning

The main aim of the Excellence Project is to produce a research with public relevance, widely recognizable and recognized.

Project goals

The DIST department aims at reinforcing its position as reference point – in Italy and worldwide – for studying spatial and urban transformation and governance processes, from the local to the planetary levels. It plans to do so by enhancing its capacity to provide decision-makers with relevant knowledge, supporting planning and government policies design and implementation.

DISTFest: October 2021 events

A cycle of events designed to focus on topics, challenges, people and ideas of the contemporary debate on the relationship between ecological transition, sustainable development, society and environment.
A month of meetings and reflections to understand contemporary university and society as a whole, to look ahead on the next future.

Fri, Oct 29 2021, 10am - 1:30pm RecycLAND. Camminare nei territori in contrazione. La Giornata di Studi "Camminare nei territori in contrazione" presenta gli esiti di "RecycLand", IV edizione della... Concluded

Wed, Oct 27 2021, 4 - 6pm Learning in action: between urban research and social responsibility in and beyond the pandemic It is a strange time to do urban research for young researchers. We have found ourselves in the midst of a global... Concluded

Dialoghi di resilienza. Un confronto tra giovani ricercatori su temi, modelli e categorie interpretative per il governo del territorio

Wed, Oct 27 2021, 11am - 1pm Dialoghi di resilienza. Un confronto tra giovani ricercatori su temi, modelli e categorie interpretative per il governo del territorio. Se guardiamo con un approccio critico alla letteratura internazionale e alle pratiche, la resilienza in rapporto al... Concluded

Wed, Oct 27 2021, 9:30 - 11:30am From e-culture to resilient formats: Let’s discuss and play with The Migrants’ chronicles 1892 Serious Game E-culture can constitute a concrete support to the cultural and social life of cities and territories. The virtual world... Concluded

Tue, Oct 26 2021, 5 - 8pm Mapping Party: Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Mapping Parties are events in which the general idea is to get together to do some mapping, socialise, and chat about... Concluded

Fri, Oct 22 2021, 3 - 6pm Cities and universities. Socio-spatial dynamics of a complex relationship and their implications for urban policies The phrase “town and gown” once used to describe the relationship between universities and the urban context in which... Concluded

Wed, Oct 20 2021, 10am - 12pm Diseguaglianze sociali ed economiche in ambito urbano: effetti e risposte alla pandemia La pandemia da Covid-19 ha acutizzato le fragilità socio-economiche di ampie fasce della popolazione, aggravando... Concluded

Mon, Oct 18 2021, 9:30am - 12:30pm Natural building materials. Smaller environmental impact, greater opportunities for sustainable construction. Natural building materials are somewhat fashionable these days but are often used to veneer otherwise conventional... Concluded

Fri, Oct 15 2021, 3 - 5pm Environmental history ed Environmental humanities: il dibattito internazionale e le esperienze italiane. La “environmental history” è una settore di studi che in ambito internazionale ha interessato una comunità scientifica... Concluded

Fri, Oct 8 2021, 10:30am - 1pm Vulnerabilità e rischio del paesaggio culturale: approcci e metodi a confronto I paesaggi culturali si trovano ad affrontare, oggi più che mai, importanti sfide legate a cambiamenti ambientali... Concluded

A laboratory to visualize spatial processes and problems

SDG11Lab

The SDG11Lab owes its name to the Sustainable Development Goal 11 of the Agenda 2030 of the United Nations: “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”. Objective of the Lab is to implement an infrastructure that is finalized at the production of complex spatial information. This can be achieved by using AI dedicated resources, access to satellite big data and, furthermore, favoring an open source policy to reach users with different levels of specialization.

A multidisciplinary team of researchers who enriches the DIST's competences

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