Educational Activities

Lecturer: Prof. Elisa Conticelli

SDS: CEAR-12/A Tecnica e pianificazione urbanistica

Doctoral Credits: 0.5, Teaching Hours: 4

Type of Activity: Seminar

PhD Year: 1, 2, 3

Language: Italian, English

Description of Contents and Educational Objectives:

The workshop aims to stimulate potential regeneration scenarios based on the conscious use of artificial light for a historic urban context, through gaming techniques. The activity is part of the broader Art of Darkness project, funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe

Teaching Method: In-person

Assessment Method: Eligibility

Date and Location:
20/11/2025 1:00 p.m. classroom 0.5 Viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna, in conjunction with the course of Urbanistica-T

Registration: Please fill the form https://forms.office.com/e/xikGyiEPR0?origin=lprLink

Contact: elisa.conticelli@unibo.it

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Lecturer: Prof. Marco Gaiani

Doctoral credits: 1, Lecture hours: 2

Activity type: Disciplinary and multidisciplinary training

Language: Italian and English

Training contents and objectives
The seminar is organised in collaboration with the referees of the University Research Assessment System (VRA) afferent to the Department of.
The aim of the seminar is to provide doctoral students with the tools and methods they need to find their way around the framework of the evaluation systems in the face of a de facto unlimited (and not always transparent) panorama of the various publishing sites and to identify, using more reliable criteria, the most authoritative and qualifying ones.
authoritative and qualifying ones. Since the scientific publication represents the main form of official communication of the scientific community, its methods and character will also be defined during the meetings.

Teaching methods: In presence

Method of assessment: Eligibility

Period and venue
1st semester,
29 January 2026, TIME AND CLASSROOM TO BE DEFINED

Registration: Please send the lecturer a confirmation of participation by e-mail before the beginning of the course.

Contact: marco.gaiani@unibo.it

Lecturers: Davide Dessì, Claudia Di Prisco, Raffaella Inglese, Annalisa Neri, Enrica Zani (ARPAC - Engineering and Architecture Library Sector)

Doctoral Credits: 1, Total Lecture Hours: 11

Activity Type: Transversal activity, Workshop

Language: Only Italian

Among the modules offered:

Modules: Introduction (Ref. Dr. Enrica Zani), Technical Standards (Ref. Dr. Davide Dessì), Engineering Databases (Ref. Davide Dessì, Dr. Claudia Di Prisco, Annalisa Neri), Architecture Databases (Ref. Arch. Raffaella Inglese)

The course is designed as a disciplinary in-depth study of the skills courses. PhD cross-disciplinary courses (https://centri.unibo.it/[…]/competenze-trasversali-dottorato) organized by ARPAC and ARIC, specifically the "PhD Media & Information Literacy Workshop," "Open Science: Principles and Practices of Open Access for Scientific Publications and Elements of Copyright," and "Open Science: Principles and Practices of Research Data Management."


Tuesday, March 24 2026 – h. 09.30 - 11.30: La Biblioteca di Ingegneria e Architettura, il sistema bibliotecario e gli strumenti di information retrieval – Enrica Zani
Wednesday, March 25 2026 – h. 09.30 - 12.30: Banche dati per l’architettura – Raffaella Inglese
Thursday, March 26 2026 – h. 09.30 – 12.30: I brevetti; Gli standard tecnici Davide Dessì; Banche dati per l’ingegneria: Compendex - Annalisa Neri
Friday, March 27 2026 – h. 09.30 – 12.30: Banche dati per l’ingegneria: IEEEXplore – Davide Dessì; ASTM Compass - Annalisa Neri; SAE Mobilus– Claudia Di Prisco

Teaching Methods: Online - MS Teams

Assessment Method: None

Date and Location: from March 24th to 27th, 2026, Teams platform

Registration: Deadline March 15th 2026 by signing the form https://forms.office.com/e/X5sGD01rpp

Url:https://sba.unibo.it/[…]/IL-phd_ing-arch_marzo-2026

Contacts: bibliotecaingarch.dore-reference@unibo.it

Lecturers: Ph.D. candidates and Ph.D.@ACP Collegium

Doctoral credits: 3, Lecture hours: 24

Activity type: Disciplinary and multidisciplinary training

Language: English

The module is part of the “PhD Information Literacy, Open Access & Copyright Workshop” organized in collaboration with ARPAC and the Engineering and Architecture Library, aimed at providing knowledge of the Department's libraries and their databases, the rules governing copyright for both teaching and research, and patents. Among the objectives of the module is to illustrate the new bibliographic management software (Endnote); citation databases (Web of Science and Scopus); databases for architecture and engineering (ASTM COMPASS, SAE TP; IEEEXplore). Doctoral students will also be introduced to methods of publishing research material that allow free and unrestricted access (open access). For more information, visit the website https://sba.unibo.it/[…]/information-literacy-trasversale-per-dottorandi.

Teaching methods: In presence

Method of assessment: Eligibility

Period and venue:
1st, 2nd semester
DATE AND TIME TO BE DEFINED

Registration: TO BE DEFINED

Contacts: matteo.cassani@unibo.it

Lecturer: Vanessa Assumma

SDS: CEAR-03/C, CEAR-12/A

Doctoral credits: 3, Lecture hours: 18

Activity type: Disciplinary and multidisciplinary training

Language: English/Italian

The course provides the PhD student with theoretical and practical knowledge of decision-supporting evaluation techniques for solving complex spatial problems involving buildings, the city, the territory and the landscape. The course programme focuses on a selection of operational research evaluation techniques, specifically belonging to Multicriteria Decision Analysis/Making (MCDA) and Multi-Objective Optimisation (MOO). Each seminar lesson will be structured in a theoretical part and a practical part dedicated to the use of these techniques using specific software. At the end of the course, the PhD student will be able to structure decision-making problems, strategically evaluate alternative options and determine the most sustainable solution.

Teaching methods: In presence

Evaluation method: Eligibility

Period and venue
Giovedì 8 Jan 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Classroom 7.11 (via Saragozza 8, Campus Bologna)
Mercoledì 14 Jan 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Classroom 7.11 (via Saragozza 8, Campus Bologna)
Mercoledì 21 Jan 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Classroom 7.6 (via Saragozza 8, Campus Bologna)
Mercoledì 28 Jan 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Classroom 7.11 (via Saragozza 8, Campus Bologna)
Mercoledì 4 Feb 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Classroom 7.11 (via Saragozza 8, Campus Bologna)
Wednesday 11 Feb 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Classroom 7.11 (via Saragozza 8, Campus Bologna)


Registration: Please fill the form to confirm your participation by 22 December 2025 https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/6Wu0uUWc8z

Contact: vanessa.assumma@unibo.it

Lecturer: Marco Pretelli, Andrea Ugolini, Leila Signorelli, Alessia Zampini, Giulia Favaretto

SDS: CEAR-11/B

Doctoral credits: 2, Lecture hours: 12

Activity type: Disciplinary and multidisciplinary training

Language: Italian

The course focuses on the culture of protection and planning for existing heritage and aims to provide advanced knowledge on strategies and methods for enhancing and caring for heritage. HERITAGE will pay particular attention to various aspects, from the concept of cultural heritage and care as an integrated activity, in which communities play an increasingly central role, to the processes of value attribution, from protection strategies to preventive and planned conservation, from architecture belonging to widespread heritage to so-called dissonant heritage, from intangible to tangible heritage and related issues, to the transformation of heritage and strategies for its conservation and values.

Teaching methods: In presence/ Online

Evaluation method: Eligibility

Dates and Location: From January 21st to March 25th, 2026, Room 7-B, Via Saragozza 8, Bologna

- January 21st, 2026, 2:00 PM-5:00 PM blended: CULTURAL HERITAGE #1 - 20th-Century Heritage - Dissonant Heritage. Lecturers: Prof. Leila Signorelli, Prof. Alessia Zampini;

- January 22nd, 2026, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM blended: CULTURAL HERITAGE #2 - 20th-Century Heritage - Autarchic Materials. Lecturers: Prof. Marco Pretelli, Prof. Giulia Favaretto;

- March 13rd, 2026, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM blended: CULTURAL HERITAGE #3: Risk Management from Extreme Events. Lecturers: Prof. Andrea Ugolini, Prof. Eleonora Melandri;

- March 25th, 2025, 2:30 PM-5:30 PM blended: CULTURAL HERITAGE #4: Indoor/outdoor microclimate for conservation. Lecturers: Prof. Marco Pretelli, Prof. Andrea Ugolini, Prof. Giulia Favaretto.

Registration: Please communicate your participation in time to the lecturer

Contact: leila.signorelli@unibo.it

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Lecturer: Prof. Annalisa Trentin and Prof. Matteo Cassani Simonetti

SDS: CEAR-09/A, CEAR-11/A

Doctoral credits: 2, Lecture hours: 16

Activity type: Seminar with Study Day

PhD Coure: 2nd, 3rd year

Language: Italian, English

Contents and learning objectives:
Case studies: Bergamo, Bologna, and Florence. The seminar is interdisciplinary in nature, involving disciplines such as restoration, geography, history, aesthetics, and construction technology. The seminar takes place on two levels: 1. Fundamentals/Analysis: understanding the city as an urban form (theoretical research); Body/Space: the city as volumetric composition and spatial arrangement (typology, morphology), the city as living space, the construction of the urban place; Interior/Exterior: the city and its territory (geography); Form/content: the city and its idea (Gestalt). 2. Urban form development projects involving restoration, conservation, and transformation (design research: the construction of the urban place)

Teaching methods: In presence

Evaluation method: Eligibility

Period and venue
30-31 May 2026
DIDA - University of Florence

Registration: Please send the lecturer a confirmation of participation by e-mail before the start of the course.

Contact: annalisa.trentin@unibo.it

Lecturer: Prof. Ana Clara Moura

SDS: CEAR-12/A

Doctoral credits: 2, Lecture hours: 12

Activity type: Seminar

PhD Year: 1,2,3

Language: Italian and English

Contents and learning objectives:
The seminar aims to provide specific knowledge about available data and its use in order to generate knowledge on environmental issues. In particular, it proposes a case study on the city of Bologna, aimed at assessing the climate impacts on urban fabrics.

Teaching methods: Online

Assessment method: Eligibility

Period and venue
Semester 2
2, 4, 9 AND 11 FEBRUARY 2026, 2:00-5:00 PM CET

Registration: Please send the lecturer a confirmation of participation by e-mail before the start of the course.

Contact: anaclara@arq.ufmg.br

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Lecturers: Prof. Claudia De Luca and Prof. Benedetta Baldassarre

SDS: CEAR-12/A Urban Planning and Techniques

Doctoral Credits: 1, Lecture Hours: 6

Type of Activity: Seminar

PhD Year: 1, 2, 3

Language: English

Description of Contents and Learning Objectives:
Student will explore main challenges and opportunities for rural areas in the current global changes. Rural depopulation, climate and demographic challenges will be presented. Cultural tourism will be defined and explored as one possible mean of rural regeneration looking at it also in light of climate adaptation. Case studies from Europe will be discussed.

Teaching Method: In-person

Assessment Method: Eligibility

Date and Location:
April 21st, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM and from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Bologna (location to be defined).

Registration: Please confirm your participation by email before the start of the course.

Contact: claudia.deluca5@unibo.it

Lecturers: Dr. Daniele Pascale Guidotti Magnani

SDS: CEAR-11/A

Doctoral Credits: 1, Lectures Hours: 9

Activity Type: Seminar

PhD Year:1,2,3

Language: Italian

Contents and learning objectives:
Starting with the presentation of the recently published book Una nazione giovane: l’Italia dei Palazzi Municipali, 1861-1911 (A Young Nation: Italy's Town Halls, 1861-1911), edited by Isabella Balestreri and Marco Folin, the study day aims to investigate the forms and roles assumed by architecture and the arts in the political definition of nation states, in a period stretching from the Napoleonic era to the First World War. Thanks to contributions from experts in the field, it will be possible to compare cases and strategies implemented in different contexts.

Teaching method:

Evaluation method: Eligibility

Period and Venue:
1st SEMESTER
DATES, TIME, PLACE TO BE DEFINED

Registration: Please send the teaching staff a confirmation of participation by email before the start of the course.

Contact: daniele.pascale2@unibo.it

Lecturers: Prof Federico Fallavollita, Prof Fabrizio Ivan Apollonio, Dr Riccardo Foschi

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD): CEAR-10/A

Doctoral Credits: 3 Contact Hours: 12

Type of Activity: Seminar

Year of Doctoral Programme: 1, 2, 3

Language: English

Description of Contents and Learning Objectives

The seminar presents a project dedicated to the digital reconstruction of historical architectures that have either disappeared or were never realised, using 3D models derived from visual and textual sources. At present, the lack of shared standards makes it difficult to distinguish scientifically reliable reconstructions from amateur visualisations.
The project aims to establish guidelines and operational methodologies for the creation, documentation, and critical evaluation of such models, ensuring transparency and accessibility. By involving universities, private companies, and cultural institutions, the initiative promotes the development of common standards and raises public awareness regarding the responsible and informed use of historical reconstructions.
The seminar is structured into three sessions, respectively devoted to the theme of hypothetical virtual reconstructions, the presentation of the CoVHer project and its principal outcomes, and a potential application to selected case studies.

Teaching method: In person

Assessment method: Pass/Fail

Schedule and Venue:
The activity will take place on Thursday 19 March 2026, from 9:00 to 18:00, and Friday 20 March 2026, from 9:00 to 13:00, in the Multimedia Room in Via Saragozza 8, Bologna.
The seminar will be delivered in a blended format: part of the sessions will be held in person, while another component will be completed independently online through the University of Bologna MOOC platform.
In order to obtain the 3 ECTS credits (1+2), participants must attend the seminar on 19 March (1 ECTS) and obtain the certificate of completion of the MOOC Computer-based Visualisation of Architectural Cultural Heritage (CoVHer) (2 ECTS).
External doctoral candidates, i.e. those enrolled at other universities, may attend the seminar remotely.


Registration:
To register for the seminar, participants must send an email to federico.fallavollita@unibo.it, specifying in the subject line:
“Seminar on Hypothetical Virtual Reconstructions, March 2026”
and including in the body of the email their full name and year of doctoral enrolment. Doctoral candidates from other universities must also indicate the name and location of their doctoral programme.

Contact: federico.fallavollita@unibo.it

Lecturers: Prof. Matteo Cassani Simonetti, Prof. Ilaria Cattabriga

SDS:CEAR-11/A

Doctoral Credits: 2, Lectures Hours: 12

Activity Type: Disciplinary and multidisciplinary course

PhD Year: 1,2,3

Language: Italian

The course presents some research experiences in the field of architectural history, emphasizing the methodological aspects of interpreting urban and architectural space. The program includes four lectures:

Matteo Cassani Simonetti (April 27th h 2:00 pm)
"Verso la costruzione di una storia come opera corale. Leonardo Benevolo e la “Storia dell'architettura moderna”

Ilaria Cattabriga (May 4th h 2:00 pm)
"Museography and Museology: Reading and Interpreting the Project as a “Linguistic Expression of the Structure of Perceptions”

Giovanni Leoni (May 14th h 2:00 pm)
"The “historic city” as a Counter-Model of Urban Development in Postwar Italy"

Daniele Pascale Guidotti Magnani (May 19th, h 3.00 pm)
"I portici di Bologna e la candidatura all'UNESCO. La storia della città applicata a un caso di tutela e conservazione del patrimonio architettonico"


Teaching method: In presence

Evaluation method: Eligibility

Period and venue:
From April 27th to May 19th (see dates and hours of the individual lectures above)
VENUE TO BE DEFINED


Registration: Please send the teaching staff a confirmation of participation by email before the start of the course.

Contact: matteo.cassani@unibo.it, ilaria.cattabriga3@unibo.it

Lecturers: Prof. Annarita Ferrante, Prof. Luca Guardigli, Prof. Cecilia Mazzoli
SSD: CEAR-08/A

Doctoral credits: 1, Lecture hours: 4
Type of activity: Seminar
Doctoral year: 1, 2, 3
Language: English

Contents and learning objectives:
The seminar aims to provide an update on the state of the art in research on building renovation in the EU and on the results of some competitive research on the environmental renovation of buildings developed by the Technical Architecture group at the University of Bologna. In particular, it will focus on the topic of deep renovation integrated with exoskeleton systems and the use of x-lam panels, and the process of renovating existing buildings based on consumer and circular economy principles.
Teaching method: Preferably face-to-face lessons, remote lessons on request. Interactive final questionnaire

 
Assessment method: Pass mark based on attendance in the classroom or remotely

Period and location:
Tuesday 14 April 2026, Via Saragozza (Bologna Campus), 9.30am-1.30pm

 
Registration: Please send the lecturer confirmation of your participation by email before the start of the course.
Contact: luca.guardigli@unibo.it

Lecturers: Prof. Ernesto Antonini, Prof. Andrea Boeri, Prof. Saveria Olga Murielle Boulanger, Prof. Jacopo Gaspari, Prof. Danila Longo, Dr Rossella Roversi, Prof. Beatrice Turilazzi

SDS: CEAR-08/C

Doctoral credits: 2, Lecture hours: 12.

Type of activity: Disciplinary and multidisciplinary course.

Doctoral year: 1, 2.

Language: Italian

Contents and learning objectives:
The course will discuss the notion of climate adaptation, critically examining the definitions proposed in recent scientific literature on the subject and in certain guidelines and regulatory acts issued by national and supranational public authorities. It will then examine its applications at different scales, presenting and discussing some case studies and the most significant effects that the need for adaptation has on the design of transformations in the built environment, also with reference to integrated digital technologies and the potential of artificial intelligence in sustainable urban regeneration processes.

Teaching method: In person

Assessment method: Eligibility

Period and location:
DATE, TIME AND PLACE TO BE CONFIRMED
4 sessions of 3 hours each: May/June 2026.

Registration: Please send the teaching staff confirmation of your participation by email before the start of the course.

Contact: ernesto.antonini@unibo.it

Lecturers: Prof. Andrea Borsari, Prof. Pierpaolo Ascari

PhD: PHIL-04/A Aesthetics

Doctoral Credits: 2, Lecture Hours: 24

Type of Activity: Seminar

PhD Year:1,2,3

Language: Italian / English

Description of Contents and Educational Objectives:

Teaching Method: In-person

Assessment Method: Eligibility

Date and Location:
January 20, h 10.00 - 17.00 (Classroom 7.5, via Saragozza 8 Bologna)
January 22, h 10.00 - 17.00 (Classroom exPam, via Saragozza 8 Bologna)
February 3, h 10.00 - 17.00 (Classroom exPam, via Saragozza 8 Bologna)
February 5, h 10.00 - 17.00 (Classroom exPam, via Saragozza 8 Bologna)

Registration: Please send the instructor a confirmation of participation by email before the start of the course.

Contact: a.borsari@unibo.it, pierpaolo.ascari@unibo.it

Lecturer: Prof. Francesco Saverio Fera

SDS: CEAR-09/A Architectural and Urban Composition

Doctoral Credits: 5, Teaching Hours: 48

Type of Activity: Workshop
PhD Year: 1, 2, 3

Language: Italian

Description of Contents and Educational Objectives:
The call for projects, still being finalized, aims to imagine a new idea of ​​the city for Cagliari through the architectural design of public spaces and new buildings. The program and dates will be further defined in the coming months. A site visit to Cagliari is planned for February 2026. The projects will be presented in the fall at an exhibition-conference at the University of Cagliari and collected in a catalog (Quaderni di ProArch_Intersezioni). Maximum number of participants for the Doctorate: 5. Any selection will be made through an interview and presentation of the project portfolio.

Teaching Method: In-person

Assessment Method: Eligibility

Date and Location:
Second Semester 2026 - The workshop will last two weeks in the second half of July and will be held on the Cesena Campus
(see description of content and learning objectives)

Registration: Please confirm your participation by email before the start of the course.

Contact: saverio.fera@unibo.it

Lecturers: Prof. Elena Formia, Prof. Valentina Gianfrate, Prof. Michele Zannoni, and young design researchers

SDS: CEAR-08/D Design

Doctoral Credits: 3, Lecture Hours: 16

Type of Activity: Disciplinary and Multidisciplinary Training

PhD Year: 1, 2, 3

Language: Italian/English

Description of Contents and Learning Objectives:
The training module aims to provide doctoral students with knowledge, skills, and a critical perspective on the relationship between research, design, and innovation.
In 2026, it will be structured around three sessions that also represent possible declinations of the research: THEMES-PROCESSES-PERSPECTIVES.
- THEMES. 1 Seminar (approximately 4 hours) held in collaboration with FADU University (Buenos Aires, Argentina) dedicated to exploring cutting-edge research topics at the intersection of Advanced Design and Innovation.
- PROCESSES. One-day training (6 hours) dedicated to understanding the implications of the peer review process in the evaluation of scientific production, as part of evaluation training (title: New Perspectives on Peer Review: Practices, Criteria, and Emerging Technologies, in collaboration with Dr. Lorela Mehmeti).
- PERSPECTIVES. One-day training (approximately 6 hours) held in collaboration with ArtER and dedicated to: PhD and the Law of Talent in ER.

Teaching Method: In-person

Assessment Method: Eligibility

Date and Location:
3 one-day events: February 2026 (TOPICS, 4 hours, concentrated in one day, in the week from 23 to 28/02), 26-3-2026 (PERSPECTIVES, workshop in collaboration with ART-ER, “The ER Region and higher education courses”), 14-4-2026 (PROCESSES: “New Perspectives on Peer Review: Practices, Criteria, and Emerging Technologies,” 2:00–6:30 p.m., at the exPam Hall – Meeting Room, Via Saragozza 8, Department of Architecture, Bologna)

Registration: Please confirm your participation by email before the start of the course.

Contact: elena.formia@unibo.it