During the Master in City & Technology + Thesis Project, students have the unique opportunity to work for an additional time of 9 months on an Individual Thesis Project, focused on the development of one research or pilot project based on the student’s interest. IAAC supports the student in selecting their Thesis Project topic in order to better orient them according to their future career interests and opportunities. Each student is assigned one or more Thesis Advisors that follow the development of the work throughout the year.
Designing Tools & Methodologies for Investigative Practice
From Afar investigates how geospatial analysis and remote sensing can be used to document and respond to violence, disruption, and environmental instability in the contemporary built and natural environment. The seminar critically examines the political and technological infrastructures through which spatial evidence is produced, combining satellite imagery, data analysis, and machine learning workflows. Through group investigations and public-facing analytical tools, students develop new frameworks to reveal interconnected ecological, social, and spatial dynamics shaping the Anthropocene.
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– A satellite based platform for detecting sand mining across India Sand is the most extracted solid material on Earth, yet it remains one of the least regulated. In India, where rapid urbanisation drives relentless construction demand, river sand extraction has escalated into a crisis of ecological damage, governance failure, and organised crime. Riverbeds are … Read more
India’s solar ambition is written into its landscape. Since the launch of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission in 2010, the country has pursued one of the most aggressive renewable energy expansions in history —targeting 500GW of solar capacity by 2030. But the geography of that expansion follows a troubling logic. The regions chosen for … Read more
