AESOP newsletter - January 2025

AESOP’s former president, Ben Davy, passed away peacefully at his home on January 24th, at the age of 68.

He will be deeply missed and mourned by our community and the many academic circles he engaged with throughout his professional life. Until the very end, he remained active in academic debates and discussions, continuously planning ahead for publications and events.

Ben began his academic career at TU Vienna, where he received his PhD in 1980 and held various...

 Legitimate and Inclusive Planning Education for Changing and Challenging Times

We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for the 19th Heads of School Meeting of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP), taking place in Liverpool.

The call for hosting the 2027 AESOP Congress is now open.

All Full and Associate AESOP Member institutions are warmly encouraged to apply.

The deadline for the submission of the bids is February 27th, 2025. 

The decision will be made by the Council of Representatives at the meeting in Liverpool on March 12th, 2025. 

The candidates will be kindly asked to prepare a 10-minute presentation for the Council...

The call for hosting the 2026 AESOP PhD Workshop is now open! 

All Full and Associate AESOP Member institutions are warmly encouraged to apply[1].

The deadline for the submission of bids is February  21st, 2025. 

The decision will be made by the Council of Representatives at the meeting which will take place during the AESOP 2025 Heads of School Meeting in Liverpool, on March 12th,...

AESOP is looking for candidates willing to organize the AESOP Lecture Series in 2025. 

The application has to be from an Academic on behalf of an AESOP member institution.

The Lecture Series was initiated in 2012 as part of the AESOP’s Silver Jubilee Year celebrations. Since then, a series of Lectures have been regularly organized with prominent ‘urban thinkers’, both academics and practitioners. The idea has been to attract not only the local...

2025 AESOP Excellence in Teaching Prize

Teaching and capacity development in the field of spatial planning is one of the main activities of AESOP Member Schools. Thus, in 2002, AESOP introduced a prize (https://aesop-planning.eu/activities/awards/excellence-in-teaching-award ) to recognize and encourage Excellence in Teaching.

Through this award, AESOP celebrates and disseminates innovative practices...

AESOP is pleased to announce the call for the position of President.

This prestigious leadership role is central to the Association’s strategic direction and collaboration within the global planning education community. 

Position Overview

According to Article 23(c) of the AESOP Charter, the President serves a two-year term, starting in August 2026 and concluding in July 2028....

AESOP is pleased to announce the call for the position of Treasurer.

This key role involves overseeing the financial management of the association and contributing to its long-term stability and success.

Position Overview

As outlined in Article 23(e) of the AESOP Charter, the Treasurer serves a four-year term, starting in August 2025 and concluding in July 2029. 

Key Responsibilities

AESOP is pleased to announce the call for the position of AESOP’s representative in the Global Planning Education Association Network (GPEAN).

Position Overview

As outlined in Article 23(f) of the AESOP Charter, the AESOP GPEAN representative serves a four-year term, beginning in August 2025 and concluding in July 2029. The elected candidate will act as AESOP’s voice within GPEAN, fostering...

"The Future is Now!”

Take part in the ARL photo competition 2025 and surprise us with your view of a sustainable future!

The global challenges of our time – multiple crises and challenges including climate change, biodiversity loss and social inequality– make one thing clear: bold steps are needed towards a sustainable and just society. The change we need deeply impacts society and demands a ‘Great Transformation‘ towards a post-fossil, resource-conserving,...

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We are delighted to announce that the Call for Abstracts for the International Forum on Urbanism_IFoU 2025 is now open!

The Lisbon School Architecture of the University of Lisbon (FA_ULisboa) and the Academia de Escolas de Arquitetura e Urbanismo de Língua Portuguesa (AEAULP) invite researchers in Urbanism and...

LAND4FLOOD is a Task Force of the International Water Resources Association that focuses on natural flood retention on private land. It aims to explore such different issues and their interrelation to establish a common platform for academics from different disciplines, decision-makers, landowners, and other stakeholders relevant for the topic.

The second LAND4FLOOD conference will be held in Timişoara, Romania, from September 3rd to 5th, 2025. Call...

Exploring land-management across Europe: perspectives, challenges and practices

UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN CATANIA (IT), 29-30 May 2025:

INSTITUTING CIVICS CIVIC INSTITUTIONS

A SEARCH (CONFERENCE) FOR INNOVATING PLANNING THEORY AND PRACTICE, BEYOND THE COLLABORATION-CONFLICT DICHOTOMY

https://www.resisting-prin.it/instituting-civics-civic-institutions-open-call/

For decades planning scholars have debated on the importance of looking at planning as an endeavour engaging not just institutional decision-makers...

Ciudades 29 (2026)
“Processes, actors and temporalities of the institutionalisation of urban planning. On the seventieth anniversary of the 1956 Spanish Land Law”

Dear colleagues, this call aims to stimulate contributions aimed to address the implementation and consolidation in Spain of a modern legislative framework for town planning. All proposals that address this issue in its various dimensions and manifestations are welcome. Below...

Up-coming soon: #AESOP TG Urban Futures - Online Workshop: Who says future? Acting subjects and the construction of futures. Join us in February - March - April to discuss with colleagues the perspectives on futuring in different contexts. For an overview of dates and speakers, see picture below. To register please follow the link provided here. For comments, please be in touch. More information will be provided closer to the event. Peter Ache and Thomas Machiels

The Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences, Department of Geography, is looking for a tenure track lecturer (assistant professor) in the domain of urban and landscape design.

As a selected candidate, you will teach in programmes offered in Dutch and English in urban design, spatial planning and urban studies, mainly at the master’s level. Your teaching duties will be in the field of urban and landscape design and research by design and will be aimed at...

Are you interested in research to understand housing inequality, and motivated to find governance approaches which can support older adult health and wellbeing?

We are looking for a PhD candidate to take part in the research project ‘Housing Governance for Healthy Aging,’ led by Principal Investigators Dr. Sarah Mawhorter and Dr. Sara Özoğul together with Prof. Louise Meijering.

This project investigates the role of housing governance–at the local and national...

Call for Papers

International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR)

(Vol. 14, 2025)

IJEPR: https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-planning-research/44994

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We look forward to receiving your contributions.

For further information, contact us at >;>;

Symposium: The political economy of housing production under late neoliberalism

Date: Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd May 2025

Venue: Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, London.

Organisers: Dr Chris Foye (University College London), Dr Edward Shepherd (Cardiff University), and Dr. Lan Deng (University of Michigan).

Contact email: c.foye@ucl.ac.uk

Summary

This 2-day symposium will bring together state-of-the-art...