Call Expression of Interest MSCA Postdoctoral fellowships at UNIGE – N. Twentieth-Ce

Department of Architecture and Design (DAD)

Organisation / Company University of Genoa Department Department of Architecture and Design (DAD) Is the Hosting related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Description - Call for Expression of Interest for a joint application under the upcoming Call for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026

University of Genoa, UNIGE, located in Genoa, ITALY, welcomes postdoctoral researchers of any nationality, with an excellent track record, to apply to the European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026. Our University has been beneficiary of several MSCA-PF in Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe.

The Marie Sklodowska Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship is one of funding scheme of the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Research & Innovation programme, dedicated to excellent research promoting international mobility, as well as interdisciplinary and intersectoral exchanges.

MSCA fellowship grant provides a competitive salary plus mobility and family allowances if applicable, as well as a contribution to cover research, training and networking costs. The research projects will have 2- or 3-years duration.

Selected candidates will be provided with special support for proposal writing and development.

The University of Genoa will organize in May the fifth edition of theMasterclass MSCA@Uni Ge.Selected candidate researchers will have the opportunity to attend a 2-days online intensive training and coaching course on how to write a successful proposal.This masterclass is a pathway of support to candidates and their supervisors in preparing project proposal, includingprescreening activity of the draft proposals and the organisation of dedicated B2B meetings, by the European Research Office of Uni Ge, National Contact Point and other experts.

The masterclass will take place in Spring2026.

MSCA domain: Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC);

Environmental and Geosciences (ENV);

Information Science and Engineering (ENG)

Research Project Description

This main thematic area focuses on the identification, investigation, interpretation, and critical assessment of twentieth-century architectural heritage and cultural landscapes, such as (post) industrial sites and landscapes, socialist and post-socialist heritage, dissonant and contested heritage and landscape, Historic Urban Landscapes, etc., as potential resources for locally grounded, sustainable development. Proposals should interrogate how heritage values are produced, negotiated, and governed, and should advance innovative, ethically sound approaches to conservation, interpretation, and adaptive reuse that are responsive to contemporary social, environmental, and economic pressures.

Research is expected to be empirically driven and methodologically interdisciplinary, combining quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis. Suitable projects may integrate historical, architectural, and territorial/spatial methods (including archival research, mapping, spatial analysis, and field-based survey) with ethnographic approaches (e.g., interviews, participant observation, participatory methods), methodologies for cultural landscape analysis, and critical heritage studies perspectives. The aim is to generate robust, transferable insights and actionable knowledge on conservation and reuse strategies, with explicit attention to community needs, power relations, and the politics of heritage-making.

Research Group

The Department of Architecture and Design (Dipartimento di Architettura e Design, DAD, Polytechnic School, Uni Ge) carries out research on both contemporary and historic architecture, exploring design and design–build processes across multiple scales. A distinctive strand of DAD’s activity is the study and critical interpretation of the historic built environment and cultural landscapes, spanning renovation, architectural conservation and restoration, and adaptive reuse strategies that support the long-term stewardship of heritage.

This work intersects with urban planning and design, sustainable architectural design, and research on climate change impacts on the built environment,…