Urban planning shapes the future. Very often, though, planners fail to recognise varied types and uses of futures they deal with: futures as material continuities; futures as expectations and visions; futures as predictions reflecting data on the past; or futures as unexpected discontinuities and radical transformations. This deficit becomes urgent in the current context where cities and metropolitan regions are increasingly guided by transformative future targets, such as climate neutrality and biodiversity regeneration.
Therefore, planning has to refocus on futures. Let's work on this, together:
When and where? 16-20 June 2024 in Tampere, Finland.
Application deadline 7 April 2024.
Further information https://research.tuni.fi/turns/international-phd-school-2024/
