International Doctoral Program
"Urban Regeneration and Economic Development" | Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria
31° CYCLE CALL FOR ADMISSION

Reggio Calabria, Italy
APPLICATION DEADLINE | 19 October 2015, h. 12.00
POSITION WITH A SCHOLARSHIP: no. 5
• Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria
• Dipartimento patrimonio, Architettura, Urbanistica (PAU)
• Northeastern University in Boston
• CLUDs - Comunity Local Urban Development LAB
 

THE Ph.D. PROGRAMME
In 2012, The Università Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria has launched the first Cycle of the International Doctorate Programme in "Urban Regeneration and Economic Development" - URED. 
URED is an international and interdisciplinary PhD programme based on a high training agenda focused on new approaches in delivering and implementing integrated urban policy and local economic development strategies.
The URED is an initiative promoted by the international research network, which was established from 2011 to 2014 within the CLUDs research project under the Seventh Framework Programme Marie Curie IRSES 2010 and funded by European Social Fund Calabria Region Operational Program. The Network has been confirmed within the new research International project MAPS-LED (Multidisciplinary approach to plan Smart specialisation strategies for local Economic development) HORIZON 2020 – Marie Skłodowska-Curie RISE, for the period 2015-2019. 
The URED programme is built on the two objectives firstly shared by the CLUDs and currently by MAPS-LED project:
1) Improving innovation and knowledge economy in the field of urban regeneration process by introducing new financial urban management tools and
2) Strengthening research partnerships through Mobility of researchers by focusing on activities related to the research project, the URED extends the topics towards a stronger linkage between urban regeneration and local economic development.

OTHER INFORMATIONS
The URED has up to six full time PhD studentships available to start in November 2015. The studentships are not subject specific and we encourage applications from Planners, Economists, Political Scientists, Urban Designers, Civil And Transportation Engineers, Human Geographers and other social and environmental scientists.

The URED consists of three (3) years: the first and last year, students are required to attend courses at the Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria (IT). In the second year students are required to take courses at Northeastern University in Boston (USA). The study program includes 12 courses during the first and second year, and a reinforcement of the Research Method in the third year.

MISSION AND GOALS
The URED has a leading position at international level, as it is based on an innovative multidisciplinary approach allowing the integration of economic disciplines with urban issues to support economic development of territories in relation to local needs.
The emphasis on the Public Private Partnerships, on the Community Led Approach and the Urban-Rural connections reflects the orientation of the future Cohesion Policy to the Europe 2020 Agenda defining areas of research consistent with the Horizon 2020. In addition, the strong interconnection between Europe and the United States represents an added value in the context of future lines of research of Horizon 2020 in which bilateral EU-US projects are widely supported.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT:
PhD School Website

INFO & CONTACTS:
• Professor Paolo Fuschi | Coordinator PhD programme
Email: paolo.fuschi@unirc.it 
• Professor Carmelina Bevilacqua | Vice-coordinator PhD programme
Email: cbevilac@unirc.it
• Dr. Domenico Cappellano | Research Administrative Office
Email: d.cappellano@unirc.it
• Scuola di dottorato
Email: scuoladottorato@unirc.it
Tel: +39 0965 29374