AESOP newsletter - October 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",...

REVERSIBILITY, FRUGALITY AND CARE IN THE CONTEXT OF URBAN TRANSITIONS

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...

MESSAGE BY THE AESOP PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES FROM MEMBER SCHOOLS

The fundamental precondition for sustainable spatial development is humanity, peace, justice, understanding, tolerance, respect, dialogue and collaboration of people, communities and nations. They belong to the principal values followed in each AESOP activity. Awareness of our shared responsibility for the world, for the future of the next generations, for safeguarding principles of democracy and understanding...

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 happy to invite the submission of proposals to organise a special session or a roundtable within the 36th AESOP Annual Congress 2024

“GAME CHANGER? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions” 

which will be held in Paris at Sciences Po on July 8-12, 2024, two weeks before the Olympic Games.

To submit your proposal, please download and fill out this form and send it back to the Head of the Local Organising Committee, Professor...

8 November - 2023, Brussels

Accelerating on a greener, more just and competitive Europe

Breakfast Event
08:00-10:00 (starting promptly at 08:30)
European Parliament Building, Brussels 

Register

Rethinking Europe’s institutional framework is essential if we are to accelerate to more resilient, greener, just and better-connected communities. It’s time to grow Metropolitan Partnerships in Europe.

METREX...

UN-Habitat's World Urban Campaign is organizing a side event at COP-28, 7 December, "Taking Action on Low Carbon and Inclusive Housing."  If someone will be at COP-28 in Dubai and is interested in self-nominating to speak at this side event, please email Christine Auclair at UN-Habitat: christine.auclair@un.org.  [Please note: UN-Habitat will not fund travel to this meeting, nor will they be able to secure accreditation/entrance for speakers -- you must have...

The Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL) is currently establishing an international working group (IAG) “Resilient Metropolitan Regions – Spatial Planning and Management for Urban Transformation” and looking for participants. The members of the working group will work for approximately three years together and address the topic from inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives.

The central objective of the IAG "Resilient Metropolitan Regions...

ONLINE EVENT: 1700 (UK) 29th November 2023

The Spaces of HOPE project*  - bringing together stories of the creative ways people have developed, owned and occupied sites, opposed and challenged developments, drawn up their own land-use plans, and established community projects  – is coming to an end. 

In this event we will provide an overview of the project and hear from some of the remarkable community led initiatives...

ECPR Workshop on Exposing the Deep Politics of Land: Conceptual Contestations in Land Debates (25-28 March 2024)

Dear Colleagues,

I am calling for papers for a European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) virtual workshop on Exposing the Deep Politics of Land: Conceptual Contestations in Land Debates. The workshop will examine the role of political concepts in shaping institutions of land governance and ownership. The aim is...

Date: 31st October, 2023
Time: 4:00 pm London time (Daylight time saving ends on 29th October.)
6:00 pm Central African time.

Organised by: Global South and East thematic group. 

Chair: Giulio Verdini, University of Westminster, UK
Speakers:
Tanja Winkler, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Nobukhosi Ngwenya, African Centre of Cities, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Gilbert Siame, University of Zambia, Zambia
Beacon Mbiba, Oxford...

Dear colleagues,

Please take note of a call for papers for a special issue in BELGEO which might be of interest to many in our TG:

« Régions en évolution. Transitions, renouvellement et formes émergentes de régionalisation » / “Regions in evolution. Transitions, renewal and emerging forms of regionalisation”

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, ...

Conference of the AESOP Thematic Group Public Spaces and Urban Cultures

“Public space and peace building: from degenerative to regenerative environments”

28-30 January 2024, Pretoria, South Africa

Hosted by the University of Pretoria, Department of Town and Regional Planning

The conference is part of the series of events to the working theme 2022-2024 of the AESOP Thematic Group Public Spaces and Urban Cultures (TG PSUC; https://aesop-planning.eu/resources/news-archive/thematicgroups/public-spaces-and-urban-cultures)...

Attention young researchers! Join us in IOER Dresden, on December 15th, 2023, for the DLGS Winter School, where we'll delve into the topic of sustainable urbanism and spatial planning. This event offers a unique platform to engage with renowned scholars and experts from various disciplines, providing a comprehensive understanding of sustainability science. Beyond the enriching academic experience, you'll have ample networking opportunities to connect with fellow enthusiasts,...

PhD Student in Human Geography within Urban and Regional Research

at  the Department of Human Geography. Closing date: 15 november 2023.

The School of Natural and Built Environment (NBE) at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Planning. The successful applicant will deliver professionally-accredited Modules in Planning at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, linking planning practice with contemporary and future societal challenges, within a theoretically informed context. The role involves contributing to the teaching, assessment, organisation and administration...

PhD position (75%, TV-L E13, all genders)

The Professorship of Urban Design, TUM, offers a PhD position (75%) starting from 18.01.2024 or 01.02.2024 (limited to 48 months).

The position is based on the research project "Housing for Families in Community and Neighbourhoods: Practices, Resources and Socio-Ecological Transformations (FaGeNa)". The project explores how collaborative housing projects are embedded in neighbourhoods and how these are linked to practices...

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Dean of the Faculty of Social Science

The University
Founded in 1963, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) ( http://www.cuhk.edu.hk ) is a forward-looking comprehensive research university with a global vision and a mission to combine tradition with modernity, and to bring together China and the West. Today CUHK is home to over 30,000 students and over 8,000 staff members (including a faculty team...

Maybe you know of (or are) a recent PhD graduate, eager to understand how to make mobility and accessibility in urban outskirts and beyond more just and sustainable? If you do/are, they/you might be excited by this job opportunity!

Please note: Dutch proficency is a necessary reauirement

https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdoc-Commoning-Accessibility-in-Urban-Outskirts-and-Beyond/780887902/