URBAN STUDIES ⦁ CALL FOR A NEW GENERATION 2026/2027
URBAN STUDIES, a postgraduate program at the University of Rijeka, has announced an open call for its third generation of participants!
URBAN STUDIES are postgraduate study program of spatial and strategic design of complex urban systems, phenomena and transformations enrolled in the artistic interdisciplinary field of Science and Art. Intended for everybody whose research or practice influences the built and programmed environment, strategic planning, infrastructural capacities, or collective imaginaries, URBAN STUDIES offer a comprehensive interdisciplinary education necessary for a meaningful contribution to the development of open, inclusive and resilient urban systems in the context of contemporary political, ecological and technological crises.
URBAN STUDIES are focused on hybridity, resilience, networks, adaptability, complexity, unpredictability and heritage in the states of crisis, with the aim of understanding and developing design-driven approaches to challenges of urban futures. While these focuses permeate all the educational contents of the study, they are crucially exemplified through the practical tasks of research and methodological testing on the specific problem through the thematic focus of the generation.
Each generation of Urban Studies participants engages with a specific urban condition, confronting the real needs of contemporary cities and spaces, as well as their desirable and possible futures within a defined context.
The next generation will explore the concept of the city-state through the relationships between city and port, city and territory, and the idea of the ideal city. Through this, the program seeks to contribute to shaping a more livable, just, human-centered, and even artistic, collage of cities, land, and sea.
The program was developed and led by DELTALAB — the Center for Urban Transition, Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Rijeka (UNIRI).
All information about the program and the application process is available in the new brochure, Call for Applications for the Third Generation, available in both Croatian and English.
>>> THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS SEPTEMBER 15, 2026.<<<
