December 3-4 2026, Piacenza [Italy]
The workshop, jointly designed and organized by Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Politecnico di Milano, brings together scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and institutional actors to explore the evolving role of humanitarian megaprojects in addressing some of the most pressing global challenges of our time. Increasingly, these initiatives are conceived not merely as short-term responses to crises, but as complex, large-scale interventions capable of fostering sustainable development, strengthening resilience, coordinating diverse stakeholders, and generating long-term social value across territories and communities. By examining humanitarian megaprojects through interdisciplinary lenses, the workshop aims to stimulate critical reflection on how such projects can contribute to rebuilding social, economic, and institutional systems while navigating conditions of uncertainty, resource constraints, and competing stakeholder interests.
The workshop, jointly designed and organized by Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Politecnico di Milano, brings together scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and institutional actors to explore the evolving role of humanitarian megaprojects in addressing some of the most pressing global challenges of our time. Increasingly, these initiatives are conceived not merely as short-term responses to crises, but as complex, large-scale interventions capable of fostering sustainable development, strengthening resilience, coordinating diverse stakeholders, and generating long-term social value across territories and communities. By examining humanitarian megaprojects through interdisciplinary lenses, the workshop aims to stimulate critical reflection on how such projects can contribute to rebuilding social, economic, and institutional systems while navigating conditions of uncertainty, resource constraints, and competing stakeholder interests.
