Write your manifesto for the Just City.
A collaborative exercise among universities around the world to discuss spatial justice and the right to the city. After joining our online lecture series, teams of 3–6 students and professionals draft a short, illustrated manifesto laying out their vision for cities that are sustainable, fair and inclusive — then submit it here.
Submit your manifesto ↓Open to anyone building cities.
The workshop is intended primarily for Bachelor’s and Master’s students, but PhD candidates, professionals and teachers from any discipline related to the built environment are welcome too — architecture, urban planning and design, urban geography, landscape design, environmental engineering, sociology, and more.
Write with a group of 3 to 6 people. Groups can be made up of students from a single university or several — collaborations across universities are especially encouraged. There is no limit to the number of groups from any one university.
- Group size 3 to 6 members, from one university or several.
- Eligibility Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD candidates, professionals and teachers.
- Language Any language, with a good English translation provided.
- Certificate Only those who submit a manifesto receive a TU Delft certificate of participation.
- Not sure? If you study, teach, research or practise in a field connected to the built environment, you qualify — no need to check with us first.
Four files. One group.
Every group submits exactly four files. Keep them separate — don’t merge them into one document — so we can process submissions quickly and fairly.
The manifesto’s title, and the full roster of the group: every member’s name, affiliation (school or institution) and email address.
- Not published — for our records only.
- Not counted in the word limit.
The manifesto itself, laid out as a single visual spread: two A4 pages in portrait orientation, side by side, illustrated with your own images or images you have written permission to use. See the diagram below for exactly how the spread is put together.
- Captions should credit the source and author of every image.
- Design is entirely up to you — any font, size or colour.
The manifesto’s text only — no layout, no images — followed by the same reference list in APA 7th format that appears in file 04.
- Captions and references are not counted in the word limit.
- This is what gets scanned for plagiarism and AI-generated content.
Your reference list on its own, as a separate Word document, in APA 7th format. This is the copy we use to check and format references for publication, so it must match file 03 exactly.
- Only sources actually cited in the manifesto — not everything you read.
- Not counted in the word limit.
A “2 A4 spread” is not two separate pages you design one after another. It is one continuous landscape canvas made of two A4 portrait pages sitting side by side, exactly like an open magazine or book.
Design across the whole spread: text, images and colour can run from page 1 into page 2 and cross the centre fold. Export the finished spread as a single PDF — one file, two pages wide — not two separate A4 PDFs.
Four steps to a trailblazing manifesto.
01
Register
Sign up individually for the workshop’s four-part online lecture series with leading academics and practitioners in urban theory, planning and spatial justice.
02
Debate & draft
Form your group of 3–6 and start drafting. Use each session to debate ideas with peers from other universities and put your thinking into writing.
03
Illustrate
Manifestos are visual documents. Illustrate yours with your own images, photos or drawings — and mind the copyright rules.
04
Submit
Upload your four files before the deadline. Manifestos are published in an open-access book by TU Delft OPEN.
Read this before you write.
Word & format limits
1,000 words maximum, laid out across one spread: two A4 pages, portrait, side by side (see the diagram in “What to prepare”). The cover page, image captions and reference list are not included in the word count.
Referencing
Use APA 7th for every reference. Give credit for every idea, image or quotation that isn’t your own — and say whose it is. The reference list must also be submitted as its own Word document (file 04), matching the one at the end of your text file exactly.
Plagiarism & AI
Plagiarised texts are automatically excluded. You may use AI as a writing assistant — for example, to make your English sound more natural — but we strongly discourage using it to generate your ideas or arguments. Submissions are scanned for AI-generated content, and texts that are AI-generated beyond a certain threshold will be excluded.
Image rights
Only images produced by your group, or used with written permission from the copyright holder, are accepted. This includes collages: use free-copyright sources if you don’t hold the rights.
Publication licence
By submitting, your group licenses TU Delft to publish the manifesto (text and images) in open access under a CC BY‑NC‑ND licence. Others may share it with attribution, but not for commercial use or as a derivative work. You remain the copyright owner.
Certificates
Only students who submit a manifesto receive a certificate of participation from Delft University of Technology.
Submit your manifesto.
Have your cover page, PDF spread, text file and reference list ready before you start — the form asks for all four, plus the name, affiliation and email of every group member.
Go to the submission form →