Abstract Submission Guidelines

AESOP Annual Congress, 7-11 July 2025 Istanbul, Türkiye,

 Dear Authors!

Please ensure that you choose the most appropriate track for your submission. Note that submitting an abstract constitutes Author’s consent for including it in AESOP open access Congress Proceedings. 

Please note that as the presenting author, you may contribute a maximum of 2 papers, but there is no limit on the number of co-authorships.

Title:

  • The title should be concise, informative and descriptive. Please avoid abbreviations and formulae, where possible, unless they are established and widely understood.

Content:

  • The abstract should briefly state the purpose of your research, principal results and major conclusions.
  • The abstract should not exceed 600 words.
  • Any additional element, such as a table or a figure, must be included in the document in its appropriate place. No additional file will be accepted.
  • Please avoid non-standard or uncommon abbreviations. If any are essential to include, ensure they are defined within your abstract at first mention.
  • Good quality English is expected.

Authors:

  • Please provide each author's title, affiliation, first name(s), family name(s), e-mail, address and phone number. Carefully check that all names are accurately spelled.
  • Please provide each author's role as author or co-author, and do not forget to enable the“speaker icon” in the submission system for the presenting author.
  • Define the order of authors or co-authors by drag and drop in the submission system.

Keywords:

  • Provide three to five keywords..

References:

  • Giving reference to pertinent literature indicative of the theoretical framework of your paper is encouraged but not obligatory. 
  • If you choose to give references, please follow the Harvard referencing style, e.g., (Campbell, 2020), and arrange the reference list in the alphabetical order using the formatting examples:

Book: 

Sassen, Saskia (2011) Cities in a world economy. London: Sage Publications.

Chapter in a book:

Mandelbaum, S. (1996) The talk of the community. In Mandelbaum, S., Mazza, L. and Burchell, R. (eds.) Explorations in planning theory. New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Urban Policy Research.

Journal article:

Faludi, Andreas (2014) EUropeanization or Europeanization of spatial planning? Planning Theory and Practice, 15 (2), pp.155-169.

Other documents:

OECD (2019) The circular economy in cities and regions. [Online] available at: https://www.oecd.org/cfe/regionaldevelopment/circular-economy-cities.htm

Friedmann, John (2004) Globalization and the emerging culture of planning (revised version of a paper originally prepared for UN-