This is not a Master of research, but an executive program, introducing students to work environments. This means we don’t want you to invest months in a research, toward a Ph.D., but rather learning how resilience happens on the ground, and how to work for enhancing it.
What does it consist of?
The thesis will be a short report. The students will develop it exploring some practical resilience challenges or best practices, contributing to some city goal.
It is a 5 credits applied research, meaning no more than 3 weeks work.
Every year the thesis topics change, according to the professors and tutors involvement in consultancy activities or European projects, to which students contribute learning how to conduct applied research feeding clients needs.
Alumni Reports
In previous years, ALUMNI worked alongside city resilience officers and the 100RC program to produce reports that traced how cities evolved from traditional risk management to more holistic resilience-building approaches, highlighting the main challenges in developing and implementing urban resilience strategies. Building on this foundation, students have contributed through their short theses to the European Project UP2030 (Urban Prosperity for Carbon Neutrality and Resilience in EU 2030) and have supported partner cities in drafting their city or regional resilience plans. Since 2025 , the program has shifted its focus toward identifying and sharing best practices in adaptation that can be replicated and scaled up to strengthen resilience across different urban contexts.