ESCAPES is a Research Project of National Interest (PRIN 2022), supported by PNRR and financed by the European Union – Next Generation EU, which aims to analyse the sustainability of remote work for female and male workers, investigating its impacts in the physical space of the city, in the workplace and in the domestic environment. The project intends to suggest “care-oriented” policy solutions to foster an equitable and sustainable management of remote work as well as community spaces and services designed to include and respond effectively to the needs of those with caring demands and desires.

Through a transdisciplinary survey that connects architecture with labour law and the sociology of the family, ESCAPES aims to rethink work spaces beyond the office that combine work with people’s needs and are able to respond to a new concept of care to be integrated within the city of the future.

The two-year project involves three research units:

Michela Bassanelli, Principal Investigator, Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Architettura e Studi Urbani;

Alessandra Ingrao, Responsible for the Research Unit, Università degli Studi di Milano, Facoltà di giurisprudenza, Dipartimento di diritto privato e storia del diritto; 

Caterina Satta, Responsible for the Research Unit, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali.