We are delighted to remind the first AESOP 2025 Lectures that will be delivered by Professor Alessandro Balducci, one of the most prominent voices in the European planning community and former AESOP President.
🗓 Date: 11 June 2025, 14:30–17:00
📍 Location: Salle Simone Veil, 28 rue St Pères, 75007 Paris (with online access available)
🗣️ Lecture Title: Democracy and Planning: Neither Looking Down, Nor Up
In this farewell lecture, Professor Balducci will reflect on his distinguished academic and professional journey in the field of planning, tracing the evolution of conceptual frameworks and institutional practices over the past three decades. The lecture will offer a critical rethinking of the planner’s role in a world shaped by geopolitical transformations, digital media, and pressing democratic challenges.
🎤 Moderator: Marco Cremaschi (Sciences Po)
🎙 Discussants: Maria Håkansson (AESOP President)
📚 Hosted by CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée and the Urban School at Sciences Po, this event promises to be an important moment of dialogue and reflection on the future of planning knowledge and practice.
Please register here for the event (online or in person)
For those online you will receive the link after the registration!
