Urbicide Task Force is a research group established at Università Iuav di Venezia, an independent, no-profit think tank based in Venice that will provide a nonpartisan, open, and collaborative platform for research, design, knowledge sharing, and capacity building related to reconstruction strategies with a specific regard to the MENA region. 

Urbicide Task Force’s mission is to carry out trans-disciplinary research that will investigate current conditions of the cities and territories affected by war and develop solutions for architecture, urban planning, technology and management of the built environment. Urbicide Task Force aims to strengthen effective multistakeholder discourse, with local, regional and global actors, and to develop a robust global network that shares a deep interest and commitment in reconstruction of material environment and immaterial cultural heritage

At the core of Urbicide Task Force is independent and interdisciplinary research exploring both the opportunities and the challenges related to reconstruction process; facilitate local and regional approaches to shaping and embracing emerging opportunities, and initiate and support cross-cultural multidisciplinary dialogues and collaborations. 

Urbicide Task Force tries to answer a central question: how can destroyed cities and territories reconstruct a future of sustainable peace through social cohesion, equality and inclusion?