AESOP newsletter - September 2023

Paris, Sciences Po, 1 place St Thomas

Dear AESOP Community! The Urban School and the CEE (Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée) of Sciences Po are happy to invite you to Paris on July 8-12, 2024, weeks before the Olympic Games for the 36th AESOP Annual Congress 2024.

The congress's main theme, "GAME CHANGER? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions",...

Planning education for recovery and resilience

Iuav - University of Venice

The conditions that led to the birth of the modern city over the course of the 20th Century have changed radically. Today, multiple and dramatic emergencies (economic and financial, social, environmental and climatic, health, and geopolitical) call for critical reflection on the nature and goals of urban planning. After years of progressive reduction of public resources, European...

The Editors of Transactions of AESOP* are delighted to be able to announce that the journal has been accepted for listing by Scopus. 

We have been informed that the Scopus Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB) has reviewed the Journal's application and approved it for indexing, noting that - "The journal consistently includes articles that are academically sound and relevant to an international academic or professional audience in the field". 

The...

We are thrilled to announce the relaunch of our social media presence. In a commitment to better engage, inform, and connect with our members and the broader community, we have revamped our social media platforms to offer a more dynamic and interactive experience.

As part of our renewed digital strategy, we invite you to join our AESOP Facebook Group and follow our LinkedIn AESOP page. So that you are up to date with the latest news and insights in the world...

We are delighted to inform you that AESOP Excellence in Education Board awarded the following programmes with the 2023 - 2029 Certificate of Quality:

Within the context of the ISOCARP Congress, there will be one ONLINE special session on planning education collaboratively organized by ISOCARP and GPEAN. 

The session ONLINE will take place in the Virtual Pre-Congress right after the Opening Ceremony on Tuesday, September 19th at 17.30CET.

The title of the session is "Climate Change and Climate Action in Planning Education and Practice." 

AESOP will be represented by Prof. Cassidy...

Zeynep Enlil, Chair of GPEAN (representative of TUPOB) brought this request by Turkish Chamber of City Planners to the GPEAN Council.

It relates to the case of Turkish colleagues who have been imprisoned and sentenced to 18 years because they objected to a project that intended to transform Gezi Park in the central part of Istanbul into a shopping mall and requested international support for their freedom.

This request for international support calling for their freedom...

CALLING ALL POSTDOCS!

Postdocs who are working on built environment, land use or planning topics are invited to create a 2-minute video to explain the significance of their research and articulate a ‘big picture’ view of its potential contribution. Each participant's video should explain clearly, succinctly and creatively the significance of their research. By engaging in this video challenge, participants will improve their communication skills and enhance the visibility...

Ben Davy

Innovative property for innovative land policy and urban design

Thursday, October 19, 2023, 10:00-13:00 CET - RWTH Aachen University

Moderation: Prof. Christa Reicher, UNESCO Chair for Cultural Heritage and Urbanism, RWTH 

Ben Davy is a former Chair of Land Policy, Land Management, and Municipal Geoinformation at the School of Spatial Planning at TU Dortmund University. He is a Visiting Professor of Law at the...

In July, many of us had the opportunity to meet at the annual AESOP Congress in Lodz, Poland. Under the umbrella of the TG, we organized a track (Track 4 “Integrated Planning over the borders”) with six papers sessions, a roundtable (Roundtable 9 “Planning across borders in times of war and geopolitical conflict”) and an in-person TG meeting. In this message, I want to summarize some of the discussions we had at the AESOP Congress, and give an outlook of the activities...

An event organized by UnCommon Public Space Group, Department of Urban Planning, University of California (Los Angeles, USA) and the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Thematic Group on Public Spaces and Urban Cultures, within the working theme 2022-2024 “Public Spaces, Urban Cultures, and Constructing Peace”

Date: Monday, November 06, 2023, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm CET / 7:00 am - 10:00 am PST 

Local organizers: Claire Nelischer, ...

We are pleased to inform you that during the AESOP conference in Łódź 11-15 July 2023, the 2021-2023 coordination team switched from Stefania Ragozino (University of Naples, CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy), Christine Mady (Aalto University, Finland), and Tihomir Viderman (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany), to Christine Mady (Aalto University, Finland), Tihomir Viderman (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg), Germany, and Matej Nikšič (Urban Planning Institute of...

In this two-day event, which took place at the ILS - Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development (Dortmund, September 14-15, 2023), we had the chance to explore the significance and impact of conformism/conformorality in the planning field and within our scientific community. Although this topic might sound new and fresh, this conference was inspired by some previous works of our invited keynote speakers, Matteo Colombo (Tilburg University) and Claudia...

Breaking through ‘conformorality’ in urban and regional studies

September 14-15, 2023 - ILS (Dortmund, Brüderweg 22-24)

 Thursday, September 14th

Registration and gathering
3.30 pm

Welcome and introduction to the conference
4.00 pm

Keynote 1
4.30 pm

Conformorality: Some consequences for science and society. Conformism is a widespread and robust phenomenon with salient...

University College, Cork has advertised for a Senior Lecturer in Planning at its Centre for Planning Education & Research. The position is a senior one (equivalent to Associate Professor / Reader) and we will be looking for a qualified planner with a strong academic / practitioner track record to join our small teaching and research team. 

Based around our flagship Masters in Planning and Sustainable Development (M.Plan),...