The Department participates in national and international research projects within the framework of the "Dipartimenti di Eccellenza - Design for Systemic Change" project. Thanks to the quality of its research, the Department is able to open new frontiers in the academic debate and to lead the development of scientific research with a high socio-economic impact in the following themes: Design for Systems of Production and Consumption of Goods and Services, Design for Public and Social Systems, and Design for Systems of Creativity and Culture.
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Making cities in the age of uncertainty

URBREATH
Training Mission II to Certify European Nature-Based Solutions Managers

UGPplus
Enhanced Urban Greening Plans for Biodiversity Mainstreaming in Society

Human Cities/SMOTIES
Creative works with small and remote places

HeriTech4Fashion
Technologies and processes for dissemination and augmented fruition of the technical heritage in the fashion-textile sector

Design Philology
A historical and philological research project to celebrate design at Politecnico di Milano

ekip
A new Innovation Policy Platform for the Cultural and Creative Industries
