PhD Landscape Studies for Global and Local Challenges

Department

At University of Bergamo Departments of :

• Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures
• Engineering and Applied Sciences
• Humanities, Philosophy, Communication

Main research activities/topics/projects

The PhD Course in Landscape Studies for Global and Local Challenges is a third-level interdisciplinary and multilingual (Italian, English, French) program that addresses theoretical, methodological and applied studies of the landscape from different disciplinary perspectives. The course provides high-educational contents to research in landscape studies, wherein the landscape is understood as a cultural heritage of Humanity - as declared by UNESCO -, intersecting global challenges and local dynamics that innervate territories and intertwining research topics related to urban regeneration, collaborative and adaptive design, the enhancement of material and intangible historical heritage, cartographic and transmedia imagery, narratives and counter-narratives of space, ecological and digital transition, sustainable tourism, and geopolitical relationships in the world-system. The educational path is strongly characterized by internationalization through its International Academic Steering Committee and it includes field research in collaboration with its Advisory Board members (public institutions, private companies, diplomatic bodies and representatives of civil society).

Working language

 Italian, English, French

Duration in months (min-max)

PhD sandwich: 3-12