AESOP newsletter - February 2024

VENICE, MARCH 15-16, 2024

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to remind you to register for the next Head of School Meeting held in Venice!

Please visit the HoS website: https://aesop-planning.eu/hos-venice

Three international keynote speakers: https://aesop-planning.eu/hos-venice-keynnote-speakers

AESOP COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES – National Representative Elections 2024

Dear Colleagues,

The 2022-2024 mandatory period of the National Representatives in the AESOP Council of Representatives will soon be over, and new National Representatives need to be elected/appointed. The right to elect new National Representatives rests with Full Members of AESOP in each country. If you are interested in joining the Co-Rep please be directly in touch with your current...

AIM OF THE 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 in teaching in its Member Schools. The broad aim of the Prize is to...

Dear Colleagues, we are delighted to share with all of you that the Book of Proceedings of the 35th AESOP Annual Congress: Integrated Planning in a World of Turbulence held in Lodz is now available!

You can find it within the AESOP Eprints.

You can also find it at the AESOP Annual Congress Website of Lodz.

We once again thank the Lodz LOC for its precious work!

SPATIAL TRANSFORMATION FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE

THUR 26 – SAT 28 September 2024, Vienna

The event is jointly organized by:
ARL - Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association
University of Vienna / Department of Geography and Regional Research

The ARL – Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association in cooperation with the Department of Geography and Regional Research at the University of Vienna, Prof. Dr. Meike Levin-Keitel,...

 CRISES, CONFLICTS, CONTRADICTIONS

(re)thinking the meaning of public space in cities

Planning Theory Lecture Series

online from 14 February to 06 March 2024

The upcoming edition of the Planning Theory Lecture Series addresses the constantly renewing negotiations of the meaning of public space in cities. In the context of the current social change, we want to take a critical look at multiple challenges that...

Do they pose a threat for open spaces and undermine spatial planning? 

11 March 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 CET, online

While numerous mountain regions remain mostly undeveloped worldwide, the European Alps have witnessed centuries of extensive anthropogenic transformation. At the same time the Alps are home to numerous unique endemic species and natural habitats. 

In the Alpine context, remote areas...

The research activities of the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER) aim to answer fundamental questions in the spatial and sustainability sciences. We cordially invite all interested parties from science and society at large to discuss with us current findings as well as future challenges and solution pathways.

IOER Conference 2024

Space & Transformation: Living in Harmony with Nature

Date: 25 to 27 Sept. (Wed–Fri)...

The passing of Luigi Mazza in May 2023 saddened anybody who knew his witty humour and brilliant intelligence. The remembrance is combined with gratitude for his fruitful contribution to planning theory and practice. The Department of Architecture and Urban Studies commemorates this gentleman planner in a bilingual seminar on the topics that inspired him most in half a century of professional, academic and scientific life.

The fifth event of the two-year period 2022-2024 on the working theme ‘Public Spaces, Urban Cultures, and Constructing Peace’ will take place in Nicosia, Cyprus on 30 and 31 May 2024. It will be an in-presence symposium entitled ‘Constructing Peace through Public Space: What publics? Whose commons?’ The symposium will be organized at the Goethe Institute and Home for Cooperation in the Buffer Zone of Nicosia, Cyprus.

Aim...

Urban space and everyday life are permeated with asymmetrical, complex and contested relationships, which are indicative of and are intertwined with challenges of political representation, ecological and economic crises, social and cultural exclusion, as well as struggles in accessing healthcare, education and social services. Simultaneously they also channel hopes, needs and desires for collectively negotiated social orders.  

According to Fraser (2022), the hierarchical...

The C-NEWTRAL Doctoral Network (funded by the prestigious Horizon Europe Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions) is currently seeking applicants from highly ambitious candidates. The research aims to advance towards achieving climate-neutral cities from different dimensions (Urban Nature, Urban Mobility, Built Form, Energy, Circularity) through citizen engagement and decision-making support.

An excellent team of academics from six universities is providing supervision...

The Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Liverpool is recruiting a Lecturer in Planning  to join a dynamic international team of planning educators and scholars.

Applicants should demonstrate an ability to contribute to core planning teaching and research in the Planning, Environmental Assessment and Management Research Group. Applicants should have a research profile that engages with themes within planning and has clear relevance...

We are hiring a 2-year postdoc for the Horizon project Rehous/in to research the effects of Environmental and Energy Policies (EEPs) on housing inequalities. Special attention will be given to (a) Nature Based Solutions (NBS) development, (b) improved energy efficiency through building retrofits, and (c) densification through sustainable land use (re)development. Planners and social scientists are welcome. Hurry up!

https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/196834?fbclid=IwAR18Gwd0vOWb9GHtRnP69WeIETFVqfSl3xnu-BHIsqEomSbFF1yifvj7wgE

Applied Sciences for Life - This claim describes the unique range of subjects at Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences (HSWT), all of which clearly and consistently focus on life sciences. We are one of the leading universities of applied life sciences and green technologies. We prepare our graduates to become responsible and highly qualified professionals and executives who are well prepared for a successful career entry....