CANactions School, as part of CANactions framework and first in Ukraine interdisciplinary school for Urban Studies has launched an international call for applicants for STUDIO #2 Tackling the Future of Ukrainian (Post)industrial Cities. CANactions School for Urban Studies is an interdisciplinary educational lab, based in Kyiv, Ukraine. It’s aimed at exploration of Ukrainian cities, identifying concepts and defining actions for strategic development.

STUDIO #2 is the second study program of CANactions School which will start in February and will last till May 2016 (3,5 month in total). Application deadline is January 3, 2016. The program is suitable for postgraduate students of various backgrounds and a strong interest in postindustrial urban development.

Theme of this year's STUDIO #2 is Tackling the Future of Ukraninan (Post)industrial Cities. Do (post)industrial cities of Ukraine have a future? Have they truly become post- or do they still remain industrial? How to take a step forward from a utopian Soviet past to a contemporary city without the utopian pretense?

The STUDIO #2 participants will be working on finding answers to these questions and raising new ones through developing strategic scenarios and tactical proposals for Kramatorsk – an Eastern Ukrainian city which has been chosen for our case study. The students will get an opportunity to present their results at the annual CANactions International Architecture Festival in May, 2016.

Applicants who don't have a degree in urbanism or architecture, but have a keen interest in those areas and work experience in related field are also encouraged to apply. Studies will be intensive and full-time, therefore, your ability to be totally involved in the project is very important.

Participants: urbanists, architects, designers, urban transport specialists, economists, culturologists, sociologists, lawyers and other professionals.

Application process:
- open call / 11 November 2015 – 3 January 2016
- first selection by the international jury. Progression to the Second round / 4 January – 8 January 2016
- short Skype interviews with candidates who progressed to the Second round / 11 January – 14 January 2016 (Candidates who progressed to the Second round will be informed about the time of the interview by 9 January 2016.)
- announcement of the final students list (18-20 participants) of STUDIO #2 / 15 January 2016 (Candidates who progressed to the final list will be informed about the admission via e-mail by 15 january 2016.)

Candidates have to submit all required documents.
1. Application form in which you:
- provide your personal data and write a motivation letter (2000 characters max)
- indicate your level of English. Good command of English is an important requirement, as study process will be conducted in English
APPLICATION STUDIO #2 (please download and fill on the form)
2. Portfolio
We are looking for people with various profiles. Therefore, your portfolio may include briefs of any kind of your work examples: researches, publications, analytical work, architectural or urban projects, examples of your designs etc. Projects should demonstrate your experience and capabilities. Portfolio must meet following criteria:
- PDF format, no more than 10 pages
- 20 MB maximum
- five projects maximum
- use following format to structure your portfolio: title, year, explanation, significance and amount of work the candidate has conducted for each project.
3. Scan-copy of university diploma
- candidate must possess at least Bachelor degree
- transcript is not required
4. Scan-copy of passport
- translation is not required

The application deadline is 3 January 2016 at 23:59 EET. Curator is Urs Thomann from Czech Republic. Tuition fee is 11 800 UAH. The required documents, all in English, have to be sent in PDF format (max size 25MB) to: stud.canactions@gmail.com