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Save the date: AESOP LECTURE SERIES 2026: PLANNING GROUNDWATER FUTURES - 17 November 2026
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Cities, Participation and Institutional Innovation: Towards alternative models of urban governance?
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Save the date: AESOP LECTURE SERIES 2026: GENDER-EQUITABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT - 19 November 2026
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15TH BIENNALE OF EUROPEAN TOWNS AND TOWN PLANNERS – LISBON, 11–13 NOVEMBER 2026
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AESOP Planning/Conflict Thematic Group: new coordination team
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Coordinated by: Barbara Pizzo
CITIES AND URBANISM BEYOND GROWTH
Coordinated by: Dr. Stefano Cozzolino
ETHICS AND JUSTICE
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

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TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF EUROPEAN SCHOOLS OF PLANNING
Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning is an international peer-reviewed open-access journal, produced and owned by AESOP, Association of European Schools of Planning.
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PLANEXT – NEXT GENERATION PLANNING
plaNext–Next Generation Planning is an international peer-reviewed open access e-journal by the Young Academics network of AESOP.
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CONVERSATIONS IN PLANNING THEORY AND PRACTICE
AESOP Young Academics Booklet Series builds an essential library containing issues, discussions, arguments and proposals relevant to the planning discipline

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