Be part of the transition towards brighter, better urban landscapes

Shin Koseki has been appointed to the advisory committee of the International Max Planck Research School for Multimodal Digital Humanities (IMPRS-MDH), a new international research initiative addressing a central methodological challenge in computational humanities: moving beyond monomodal analyses of text, image, and space toward genuinely multimodal forms of knowledge production. The program brings together art history, linguistics, digital humanities, and artificial intelligence to rethink how meaning, interpretation, and argumentation emerge across media and cultures.

Rashid Mushkani defended his doctoral thesis, “The Urban Right to AI: Pluralistic Co-Design and Governance of Public Space,” at Université de Montréal on August 24, 2026, completing an interdisciplinary PhD in planning.

A new feature in the Swiss daily Le Temps spotlights the work of Shin Koseki, UNESCO Chair holder in Urban Landscape at Université de Montréal and affiliate of Mila, exploring how artificial intelligence can help reveal who gets overlooked in city planning. Trained at EPFL, Koseki brings a perspective that resonates directly with the Swiss urbanism community the article is written for.

Last month, Roxane Kasprzyk, a student at the Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Environmental Design and a collaborator with the UNESCO Chair, took part in a charrette organized by Architecture Without Borders Quebec (ASFQ) and Design Montréal.

Discover the article “Can AI make cities more inclusive? Yes, if communities remain in control”, by Rashid Muskani and Shin Koseki, published in The Conversation.

Eddy Nono, collaborator at the UNESCO Chair in Urban Landscape and master’s student in Environment and Sustainable Development, specialization in Planning, presented his research findings at the student colloquium of OBVIA’s Ethics, Governance and Democracy axis.

Majdi Hunter-Batal, a collaborator with the Chair and a master’s student in urban planning, is currently completing an internship at Enclume.

We are proud to celebrate Rashid Mushkani’s nomination as a finalist for the 2026 Social Innovation Personality Awards, organized by the Maison de l’innovation sociale (MIS). These awards recognize people and projects that create practical solutions to social challenges and make a positive impact in their communities.

Professor Shin Koseki and Roxane Kasprzyk, graduate researcher and collaborator of the UNESCO Chair in Urban Landscape, took part in the workshop Repenser les bassins versants de demain, held on April 22, 2026, at the Faculté de l’aménagement of the Université de Montréal. Organized by the GRIL and the Vice-Rectorate for Research and Innovation, the event brought together researchers and partners from different fields to reflect on the future of watersheds and the kinds of knowledge, collaboration, and training needed to address their growing environmental and social challenges.

This news is part of a special series following the daily life of a UNESCO Chair holder in the field

Découvrez l’épisode 7 du podcast de la Chaire UNESCO en paysage urbain, intitulé « La fresque de l’IA », présenté par Frédérique Roy et Hugo Berard.

Congratulations to Eddy Nono, recipient of the Perseverance Scholarship from the Fonds d’amélioration à la vie étudiante (FAVE).