What a ride! We have just completed two intense and inspiring weeks of the Summer SchoolPlanning and Design for the Just City, organised by the Centre for the Just CityFaculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft, by Caroline Newton, Hugo Lopez and myself. This year, we welcomed 80 students from 43 countries. There…

# The Spatial Justice Package is live For the past two years, work inside the Horizon Europe UP2030 project has produced a set of tools meant to do one specific job: help planners, students and policymakers move from talking about spatial justice to actually practising it. Those tools now have a permanent home. The [Spatial…

Hey, folks! Registrations are now open for the 7th edition of the Manifesto for the Just City. Over the last six editions, students from more than 100 cities and 50 countries have come together to debate some of the most pressing questions facing our societies: inequality, climate change, housing, democratic erosion, public goods, exclusion, and…

By Roberto Rocco, Associate Professor of Spatial Planning and Strategy, Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft r.c.rocco@tudelft.nl Abstract This essay argues that contemporary democracy should be understood as “too big to fail”. Drawing an analogy with the 2008 financial crisis, it asks why states were able to mobilise extraordinary…

Power, Awards, and the Neglected Ground: A Reflection on “Majara” and the Aga Khan Award Nima Tabrizi Architect | Urban Researcher+ Stroller September 4, 2025 Photo: Majara by ZAV Architects [photo by Deed Studio, taken from the.akdn] // A community-oriented layout for what community? My fellow Iranian architects have won the Aga Khan Award. Is…

Registrations open! REGISTRATIONS OPEN FOR THE 6th CALL FOR A MANIFESTO FOR THE JUST CITY 2025! REGISTER HERE The Delft University of Technology Centre for the Just City is proud to announce the call for the Manifesto for the Just City workshop, now in its sixth edition. This is an engaging digital lecture and debate series featuring…

feminist & Southern Perspectives 08 OCTOBER 2025 09:30 TILL 10 OCTOBER 2025 15:30  Masterclass with Prof. Faranak Miraftab We are honoured to host Professor Faranak Miraftab (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) for a three-day masterclass during EDI Week 2025. Professor Miraftab is an internationally recognised scholar in feminist planning, transnational urbanism, and the urban consequences of…

As we face an uncertain future, it’s clear that we must become more critical, more radical, and more strategic in our pursuit of justice. The policies that have been enacted and are being proposed by Donald Trump’s administration have and will amplify economic, social, and racial inequalities, often with devastating impacts on vulnerable groups. The threat to civil liberties in the US The…

Convicted felon, self-professed misogynist, science-denialist, and aspiring autocrat Donald Trump will serve a second term as President of the United States, a development that could profoundly impact human rights, civil liberties, and global climate action. His election represents a severe setback for democratic values and human rights everywhere, especially given the outsized influence of U.S.…

Hello everyone! Come along as we explore the Just City and research the concept of Spatial Justice as a practical tool for assessing and shaping urban policy. Join our LinkedIn group at the CENTRE FOR THE JUST CITY!