ROCCO Summer school introduction Roberto Rocco is a full-time assistant professor working at the Chair of Spatial Planning and Strategy within theDepartment of Urbanism of the Faculty of Architecture at the Delft University of Technology. He defended my PhD thesis in 2008, on the location trends of advanced producer services in relation to spatial advantages and centrality formation. His current research interests vary from regional planning theory and practice, locational trends and research methodology in areas of design practice.

This last area of research stems from his recent experience as visiting researcher at the University of Hertfordshire (UK), where he took part in the research group Research Into Practice, which investigates issues related to academic research in areas of design practice.