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Yıldız Technical University, ISTANBUL: July 7th - July 11th 2025
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Istanbul Planning Agency (IPA) Campus, Istanbul, Turkey
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Spatial Networks and Social Equity: Applying Space Syntax for Sustainable Urban Development?
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New Book: Postcapitalist Countrysides
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Are Spatial Planning Schools across Europe Teaching Climate Change? A Survey of Curricula in the European Context

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THEMATIC GROUPS

Coordinated by: Barbara Pizzo
CITIES AND URBANISM BEYOND GROWTH
Coordinated by: Dr. Stefano Cozzolino
ETHICS, VALUES AND PLANNING
Coordinated by: Dr. Olivier Sykes
FRENCH AND BRITISH PLANNING STUDIES GROUP
Coordinated by: Chandrima Mukhopadhyay
GLOBAL SOUTH & EAST
Coordinated by: Prof. Michele Campagna
NEW TECHNOLOGIES & PLANNING
Coordinated by: Prof. Raine Mäntysalo
NORDIC PLANNING
Coordinated by: Dr. Ward Rauws
PLANNING AND COMPLEXITY
Coordinated by: Enrico Gualini
PLANNING/CONFLICT
Coordinated by: Dr. Andrea Frank
PLANNING EDUCATION
Coordinated by: Dr. Linda McElduff
PLANNING, LAW AND PROPERTY RIGHTS
Coordinated by: Prof.dr. Benjamin Davy
PLANNING THEORIES
Coordinated by: Dr. Christine Mady
PUBLIC SPACES AND URBAN CULTURES
Coordinated by: Prof. Valeria Lingua
REGIONAL DESIGN
Coordinated by: Prof.dr. Daniel Zwangsleitner
RESILIENCE AND RISKS MITIGATION STRATEGIES
Coordinated by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Silke Weidner
SMALL TOWNS
Coordinated by: Dr. Alessandra Manganelli, Prof. Marian Simon Rojo, Prof. Coline Perrin, Prof. Michiel Dehaene
SUSTAINABLE FOOD PLANNING
Coordinated by: Prof. Dr. Menelaos Gkartzios, Prof. Mark Scott, Prof. Nick Gallent
RURAL PLANNING
Coordinated by: Dr. Eva Purkarthofer
TRANSBOUNDARY PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE
Coordinated by: Dr. Enrica Papa
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND POLICY
Coordinated by: Prof.dr. Peter Ache
URBAN FUTURES
Coordinated by: Prof.dr.-ing. Yi Xin
URBAN TRANSFORMATION IN EUROPE AND CHINA

Thematic Groups News

  • October 2025: Lecture Series on Small Towns 14-05-2025

    First European Lecture Series on Small Towns will start in winter term 2025/2026, starting in October.

  • Small Towns - Meet us in Istanbul 14-05-2025

    Meet us in Istanbul 2025 in the Special Session "SMALL TOWNS – Big challenges and high potentials?"

  • NEW BOOK: RURAL PLANNING FUTURES 13-05-2025

    Mark Scott, John Sturzaker, Nick Gallent, Gavin Parker, Amy Burnett and Ian Mell co-edit a new collection published by Routledge (RTPI Series) examining ‘Rural Planning Futures – Principles, Policy and Practice in the UK and Ireland’. The...

  • New Book: Postcapitalist Countrysides 23-04-2025

    Nick Gallent, Menelaos Gkartzios, Mark Scott and Andrew Purves co-edited a new collection published by UCL Press on “Postcapitalist Countrysides: From commoning to community wealth building”. The book is available open access here: ...

  • New TG: Rural Planning 16-04-2025

    Professors Menelaos Gkartzios, Mark Scott and Nick Gallent started a new thematic group that focuses on rural planning research and practice. The TG Rural Planning recognises that, in the course of the last century, rural areas have...

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