PNUM2025 – 13th Conference of the Lusophone Network of Urban Morphology: “Beyond Form: Territory and Societal Challenges”

The 13th PNUM Conference 2025 continues the series of events organized by the Lusophone Network of Urban Morphology (PNUM), which has been active since 2010 in the fields of architecture, urban planning, engineering, geography, history, and related disciplines. This network is part of a broader initiative called the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF), which began in 1994 and has held annual itinerant seminars since 1997. In 2011, these events started taking place in Portugal, and since 2015 they have alternated years between Portugal and Brazil, fostering the study of urban form within the Lusophone context.

The 2025 edition focuses on urban form in light of the growing challenges faced by territories, particularly those related to social, environmental, and technological issues. Acknowledging the importance of addressing urban morphology to enhance the overall quality of built environments, the conference emphasizes the need to strengthen its connection with other key areas essential for urbanization, such as socio-territorial cohesion, urban “ecologization,” and digital transition. These and other aspects form a framework for planning based on inclusion, innovation, and intelligent habitat design, where urban form serves as the common ground for the collective construction of territory.

The 13th PNUM Conference 2025 aims to bring urban morphology closer to territorial planning by deepening knowledge on how to address—through and within urban forms—analyses, guidelines, principles, strategies, approaches, methodologies, and solutions for the myriad societal challenges affecting humanized contexts, from climate change to artificial intelligence. The goal is to expand and strengthen, through inter- and transdisciplinary approaches, the articulation of urban morphology with other fields of knowledge that focus on how individuals and communities organize and experience shared living spaces, places, and landscapes.

Selected articles will be published in the Urban Morphology Journal (RMU), and a proceedings book for the 13th PNUM Conference 2025 will also be produced.

KEY DATES:

• 28 January 2025: Deadline for abstract submission
• 31 March 2025: Feedback on abstracts/notification for development into full papers for accepted abstracts
• 19 May 2025: Deadline for full paper submission
• 9 June 2025: Feedback on papers and decision on possible revisions
• 5 May 2025: Deadline for Early registration
• 6 May – 2 June 2025: Regular registration period
• 25, 26, and 27 June 2025: 13th Conference of the Lusophone Network of Urban Morphology “Beyond Form: Territory and Societal Challenges”