DIST
Interuniversity Department
of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning
Today half of the world's population lives in urban areas. The United Nations expects this number to rise up to 75 percent in 25 years. However, territories are not static entities. They grow, shrink, change, in an increasingly unpredictable way, both on a local and a global scale. Of course, all these changes have a tremendous impact on our society.
The Inter-university Department of Regional & Urban Studies and Planning (DIST) is the reference structure for the Politecnico di Torino and the University of Turin in the cultural areas that study the transformation and the governance processes within a territory, as considered in its physical, economic, social, political, cultural aspects and their interrelationships, in a integrated sustainability perspective.
The DIST promotes, coordinates and manages research, teaching and third mission activities aimed at the educating the change agents of tomorrows' challenges for a sustainable management of our territories.
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Department News
THE MEDITERRANEAN AND CRITICAL SHIPWRECKS | By Iain Chambers
The meeting is part of the Beyond Inhabitation Lab seminar series Spring 2026, by Michele Lancione and AbdouMaliq Simone
Sala Vigliano, Castello del Valentino, Torino
Silicon Elsewhere. Nairobi, Global China and the Promise of Techno-capital
BOOK LAUNCH with the author Andrea Pollio (Politecnico di Torino)
Sala Vigliano, Castello del Valentino,Torino
Following China’s Science Silk Road | By Han Cheng, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Event organized by Associazione Italiana Studi Africa-Cina (AISAC) and China Room
Sala Vigliano, Castello del Valentino, Torino
FICTIONS OF ANOTHER LAND | By Leandro Cappetto, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
The lecture is part of the Ph.D. Course “Epistemology and Methodology in Planning Research” by proff. Antonio di Campli and Camillo Boano, DIST-PoliTO, Ph.D. Programme in Urban and Regional Development
Sala Zodiaco, Castello del Valentino, Torino
CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CLIMATE JUSTICE
Seminar of the book launch presents "The Routledge Handbook on Cultural Heritage and Climate Justice", edited by Mesut Dinler and William Megarry
Sala Zodiaco, Castello del Valentino, Torino
TOWARD AN AMAZONIAN RELATIONAL URBANISM | By Belén Desmaison Estrada, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Perù
The lecture is part of the Ph.D. Course “Epistemology and Methodology in Planning Research” by proff. Antonio di Campli and Camillo Boano, DIST-PoliTO, Ph.D. Programme in Urban and Regional Development
Sala Zodiaco, Castello del Valentino, Torino
Digital Innovation for People-Centered Design, Planning and Management of Climate-Resilient Cities
Call for papers for the Special Issue Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development"
Editors: Sara Torabi Moghadam and Jhon Ricardo Escorcia Hernández
Shaping Future Cities: Turning Assessment into Strategies and Actions for Resilience
Call for papers for the Special Issue Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development"
Editors: Francesca Abastante, Ombretta Caldarice, Beatrice Mecca (DIST, Politecnico di Torino)