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Ilaria Milazzo takes over the executive direction of the Urban School. She replaces Guillermo Martin at the Executive Education of Sciences Po. Ilaria began her career at Capgemini Consulting as a management consultant.

Thomas is a Policy Officer with the Public Interest Advocacy Centre in Sydney. He works to influence public policy around housing and homelessness services. He also works on a climate justice project with the NGO.

The project aimed at identifying key elements for successful territorial strategies for economic and social reconversion of highly carbon-intensive regions in Europe. The issue of transitioning carbon-dependent territories is at the heart of the European Green Deal strategy aiming towards carbon neutrality by 2050.

The guide was made as part of a capstone by Rim Ayouch, Kenza.Fahim, Hermine Martinez, Mocktoub Razaki and Juliette Yaniv, students of the Governing the Large Metropolis. The guide will focus on digital sobriety and frugality.

Cécile is project manager for prison and justice projects at APIJ. She has a Master's degree in Urban Planning and Sustainable SustainableDevelopment Law. She is trained in law and the environment with contracting authority management.

Camille Larminay and Orane Le Saout came 2nd in the Positive Future competition. The competition was led by the Institut d'études avancées de Paris.

The 12th edition of the Palladio Scholarship Campaign took place from November 2020 to May 2021. 16 young talents, including 6 forrenewal, were awarded the 2021 scholarships for the innovative nature of their training or research projects.

Floriane is Manager and Adaptation Lead at The Carbon Trust. She is passionate about climate change and the urban world. She has worked in Colombia, South Africa, China and the USA.

Students of Governing the Large Metropolis carried out a comparative analysis between five cities across four continents. They found that France as a country is remarkable in that it bears no apparentweaknesses in any of the aspects presented in the Holistic SustainabilityAnalysis.

Vienna is one of the most fascinating European cities. Once the capital of an Empire that disappeared after 1918, it was known as Red Vienna. Students tried to examine the legacy of Red Vienna, and its influence in contemporary policies.

The students of the Executive master Regional governance and urban development were in Barcelona from 15 to 18 September. This study trip allowed to immerse the students in a European city where the major current issues are at stake. We would like to thank all the local actors we met for their time and hospitality.

The students in second year of the Master in Governing the Large Metropolis went to Dubai from 4 to 9 September. The trip aimed at understanding how the metropolitan development of Dubai is governed.

Yunqing graduated in 2017 with a Master in Governing the Large Metropolis. She is now a technical manager at C40 Cities in Beijing. Her job is to help cities manage their climate policies.

Philippe Rio, mayor of Grigny and graduate of the Urban planning programme, has been elected World Mayor 2021. The City Mayors Foundation is an international think tank dedicated to urban affairs. The foundation awards the World Mayor Price every two years.

Inaugural lecture organized as part of our welcome week took place lastAugust 26. Find the replay above. "HOW ARE CITIES FACING COVID CHALLENGES?"

The graduation ceremony was held on Monday, June 28. The event was for students studying regional planning and regional planning. Find the entire ceremony in the video above.

Every year, STU Master’s students make their first study trip to a French city. The students carry out a collective survey on the issues of the visited territory. Nantes has distinguished itself over the past twenty years by an urban action widely recognized.

Urban planning students went to Genoa from 25 to 29may, 2021. The trip focused on the strategic orientations of the city in the face of thedecline of the industrial port.

Juliette Hazard and Thaïs Sarrebourse d'Audeville are currently cycling around France as part of their gap year. They met in the master’s degree and discovered that they share values and interests.

The Palladio Foundation and the Agorize open innovation platform launched the "Make the City Challenge" last September. Students from all over France, from all curricula and disciplines were invited to “imagine cities and places of life that are more human, inclusive, livable, environmentally friendly and sustainable" The team of our students "Dans ta rue" won this first edition of the challenge.

Marion Waller, graduate of the master Governing the Large Metropolis, is currently Advisor to the Mayor of Paris. She previously worked as advisor to the deputy mayor of Paris in charge of urban planning and architecture.

The Ruhr is an industrial and urban space located in the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the west of Germany. The challenges of this trip were to understand the evolution of the IBA model.