The PhD candidate is expected to have a background in architecture, urbanism, planning as well as experience in the analysis and design of fragile coastal territories. Previous training in architecture, urban design and urban and territorial planning, will be considered a plus. GOAL 11, 13, 15

The PhD candidate will take advantages of the laboratories, tools and infrastructures of the research clusters based at Iuav University of Venice. Their multidisciplinary task force includes urban designers, planners, economists, ecologist, civic engineers conducting national and international research on the interaction between the environment, the economy, and society in the climate crisis. The candidate will benefit from Iuav infrastructures. Iuav runs among others, PhD programs in Urbanism, Planning and New technologies; therefore the environment is very rich of interaction with other PhD candidates and with professors in several disciplines, with the opportunity to attend seminars and courses of great interest. The group has intense research contacts with other institutions in Italy and abroad.