AESOP newsletter - June 2024

2024 AESOP Excellence in Teaching Prize

AIM OF THE PRIZE

Teaching in the broad field of planning is one of the main activities of AESOP Member Schools. Thus, in 2002, AESOP introduced a prize, which recognizes and encourages 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 stimulate the development of planning courses or groups...

We are happy to announce the call for a new Editor in Chief of our Young Academics booklet series Conversations in Planning. The YA Coordination Team is seeking to appoint a new EiC starting August 1st, 2024 for a duration of 2 years.

Conversations in Planning is a booklet series managed by the Young Academic Network. Its open access e-publications are outcomes of collaborative efforts between young academics and more established scholars. The booklet series thus...

Are you interested in joining plaNext –– Next Generation Planning? 

We are hiring a new Editor in Chief, Managing Editor, and two Editorial Board Members.

Email your expression of interest to planextjournal@gmail.com before the 21st of June 2024. This should include your short CV, explaining any previous...

To explore the scientific challenges and opportunities of the 36th AESOP Annual Congress, we sit down with Marco Cremaschi, the event's scientific coordinator. Marco offers his perspective on what it means to be a genuine "game-changer" in sustainable urban development and the significance of hosting this congress in Paris. He also delves into the critical importance of addressing urban development amid significant social inequalities and environmental changes, highlighting...

A few weeks before the 36th AESOP Congress Paris 2024, which this year will address the theme "GAME CHANGER? Planning for Just and Sustainable Urban Regions" we had the opportunity to speak with Florence Faucher, Director of the CEE (Center for European Studies and Comparative Politics), and Tommaso Vitale, Dean of the Urban School at Sciences Po. They discussed the challenges and implications of hosting such a significant scientific...

EPOS scholarships by DAAD for the 2024 MSc Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design (IUSD) programme are open for application now! This interdisciplinary double-degree links perspectives from the South and North by studying the first year at University of Stuttgart, Germany, and the second year at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. Students learn critical engagement with theories and practices related to dynamically transforming cities,...

Southern Urbanism as a negotiation of past, present, and future

We are pleased to confirm that the abstract submission deadline for the 2024 UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference has been extended to Tuesday 4th June at 11.59pm.

The University of Reading will host this year’s conference, from Monday 2nd September to Wednesday 4th September, at our London Road Campus (25 minutes' walk/10 minutes by bus from Reading Train Station). This year’s theme is ‘Planning for Nature/Nature...

Within the framework of the scientific context of final conference of the EFUA H2020 project (https://www.efua.eu/ ), Politecnico di Torino is organising an intensive half-day training workshop for city officials on 26 September 2024 in Brussels. The event, will help to foster cities’ initiatives in the field, through contributing to the design of effective planning processes and instruments. The EFUA team will share expertise, the H2020 Project results and set...

28-29 November 2024, RWTH Aachen University

Time is too often a peripheral element in scholarly and practical discourses. It is frequently treated as a neutral background factor instead of an active force that shapes cities and their planning. However, complex socio-spatial systems continuously evolve and transform over time in ways that are sometimes predictable, and others spontaneous; sometimes slow, and others fast. Planners are at the frontline of this...

The TG Urban Futures will use the opportunity of the AESOP Annual Conference in Paris for a relaunch. The LOC invited a complete track on the topic of futuring, which will be used to gather ideas and activities. Watch out for an announcement on the TG Gathering. In addition, Thomas Machiels (UAntwerpen) will become co-chair of the TG Urban Futures! Thomas is an expert on scenario techniques and has been active already in previous meetings. Last, find us also...

European Reflections and Learnings for a Post-War Urban Planning

Roundtable details

The roundtable discussion, to be held in the context of the PM4U project, will delve into the intricacies of inclusive urban development in EU, Ukraine and other European post-war countries. The rationale behind the PM4U project is grounded in the urgent need for projects of urban transformation address a spectrum...

Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey, City and Regional Planning Department is looking for an international Assistant Professor candidate (Non-Turkish citizen) to employ in research and teaching activities.

Candidates must have

1)  PhD in Urbanism, City Planning, Regional Planning 

2)  Strong record of international publications

Please send your CV to enginduran@iyte.edu.tr (Prof.Dr. H. Engin Duran, Department Chair) for an initial screening.

Call for Applications for 2025: Sustainable Innovations in Housing

Housing constitutes a foundational pillar of societies and their economies. It is an essentially spatial phenomenon with diverse implications regarding human needs and the environment. Its construction, development, provision, and accessibility vary widely across regions and globally—and so do its life cycles, ecological impacts, and resilience to environmental risks.

Current sustainability...

The new publication, “Mapping of 15-minute City Practices,” offers a comprehensive overview of the 15-minute City concept and related policy fields. By collecting case studies and examples from 100 cities, the report provides insights into international practical definitions, strategies, and experiences of implementation.

The 15-minute City concept presents an ambitious vision for increasing opportunities, connections, and the quality of life in cities. Although...

The volume SPATIAL PLANNING SYSTEMS IN EUROPE . COMPARISON AND TRAJECTORIES has just been published by Edward Elgar!

https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/spatial-planning-systems-in-europe-9781839106248.html

The Book summarises the results of the ESPON COMPASS project, the most up-to-date, systematic overview of spatial governance and planning in the European continent.

 Spatial_Planning_Systems_in_Europe.pdf

Below are some short reviews by prominent scholars:

‘Incisive,...