CONGRESS PROGRAMME

The programme components of the 37th AESOP Annual Congress 2025 Istanbul, Türkiye

Programme at a Glance
Tracks
Special Sessions
RoundTables
Publishing Events
Istanbul Sessions

AESOP 2025 ANNUAL CONGRESS | TRACKS

The 37th AESOP Annual Congress 2025 addresses the following scientific tracks

Chairs: Barbara Pizzo, Emrah Altınok, Shefali Nayak
TRACK 01: POSTGROWTH URBANISM
Looking “Beyond Growth” for Ecological Balance and Social Equity in Cities and Regions
Chairs: Rachelle Alterman, Fatma Ünsal, Şence Türk, Paula Vale de Paula
TRACK 02: PLANNING AND LAW
Law as a catalyst for change; Legal frameworks for planetary transformation and just transitions
Chairs: Enrica Papa, Ela Babalık, Simon De Boeck
TRACK 03: MOBILITY
Planning for Inclusive, accessible, sustainable, innovative forms of urban mobility systems
Chairs: Eva Purkarthofer, Mustafa K. Bayırbağ, Mehmet Penpecioğlu, Elisa Privitera
TRACK 04: GOVERNANCE
Institutions, actors and ideas crossing boundaries and enabling learning
Chairs: Francesco Musco, Osman Balaban, Doğan Dursun, Xiaolin Lao
TRACK 05: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE
Sustainable cities and climate action: the role of planning in addressing the environmental and climate challenge
Chairs: Evangelia Athanassiou, Tihomir Viderman, Zeynep Günay, Anita Martinelli,
TRACK 06: URBAN CULTURES AND LIVED HERITAGE
Transformative power of culture and heritage; Risks and threats on cultural landscapes
Chairs: Chandirma Mukhopadhyay, Ela Ataç Kavurmacı, Ersi Zafeiriou
TRACK 07: INCLUSION
Planning responses to shifting demographic landscape; Vulnerable populations; Political, natural and anthropogenic triggers of migration
Chairs: Andrea Frank, Kerem Koramaz, Dafni Riga
TRACK 08: EDUCATION AND SKILLS
Planning education responses to social, economic, and environmental challenges; Innovative pedagogical approaches, knowledge and skills
Chairs: Peter Ache, Mete Baypınar, Varvara Toura
TRACK 09: URBAN FUTURES
Changing mindset; Novel and innovative narratives for a equitable, and just future
Chairs: Meike Levin-Keitel, Franziska Sielker, Binnur Öktem, Jesse Fox
TRACK 10: THEORIES
Critical approaches to planning theory and practice
Chairs: Michele Campagna, Fatih Terzi, Merve Deniz TAK
TRACK 11: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Emerging digital technologies, transformative planning, and spatial systems
Chairs: Daniel Zwangsleitner, Meltem Şenol Balaban, Cora Fontana
TRACK 12: DISASTER-RESILIENT PLANNING
Planning for the Unexpected; Disaster preparedness, management and recovery; Disaster-oriented urban solutions; Resilience and risk mitigation
Chairs: Massimo Briccocoli, Dilek Darby, Elif Alkay, Wanlin Huang
TRACK 13: HOUSING AND SHELTER
Planning for affordable housing; New models of living; Homelessness; Shelter for refuges and vulnerable population
Chairs: Stefano Cozzolino, Anita De Franco, Büşra İnce, Erhan Kurtarır, Stefano Moroni, Brett Allen Slack
TRACK 14: ETHICS, VALUES AND PLANNING
Upholding justice in an age of crisis
Chairs: Tuna Taşan KOK, Elvan Gülöksüz, Francesca Leccis
TRACK 15: PROPERTY MARKET ACTORS
Property market actors in shaping cities, challenges of financialization, policies and strategies to overcome multi-faceted crisis
Chairs: Alessandra Manganelli, (Coline Perrin, Marian Simon Rojo Michiel Dehaene) Emel Karakaya Ayalp; Ebru Seçkin, Zeynep Ozcam
TRACK 16: FOOD
Planning for just and sustainable food systems; Food security; Food safety
Chairs: Matej Nikšič, Ebru Firidin Özgür, Maliheh Hashemi Tilenoi
TRACK 17: PUBLIC SPACE
Transformative power of public spaces, Planning for Inclusion, Equity and Transformation
Chairs: Alex Deffner, Ferhan Gezici, Nikola Mitrović
TRACK 18: TOURISM
Overtourism, commodification of culture and nature, responsible tourism, regenerative tourism