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We are delighted to announce that the keynote speeches from the AESOP Heads of Schools Meeting 2025 in Liverpool are now accessible online.

Held on 13 March at The Women’s Organisation and hosted by the University of Liverpool, the meeting featured three insightful keynotes:

  • Nick Small, Cabinet Member for Growth and Economy, Liverpool City Council – Liverpool’s Local Planning and Inclusive Growth

  • Lucy Natarajan, Bartlett School of Planning, UCL – Engaged Urban Pedagogy: Participatory Practices and Legitimacy in Planning Education

  • Jonathan Metzger, KTH Royal Institute of Technology – Attention Economics, Artificial Intelligence and the Future Legitimacy of the Planning Profession 

  • Yannis Paraskevopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, NTUA - InPlanEd 

  • Chris Maidment, University of Reading - AESOP Quality Recognition Programme

📺 You can now watch all keynote videos via:

We thank the speakers for their invaluable contributions and the University of Liverpool for hosting a rich, thought-provoking event.