Call for Papers: Contested urban policy: breeding concrete utopias - AESOP Planning/Conflict thematic group conference, Berlin, 30 September – 2 October 2025

Call for papers:

Contributions are welcome that address contexts, conditions, and challenges for introducing change in a variety of urban domains of contestation – including, but not limited to work, care, housing, social autonomy and commoning, sustainability transitions, solidarity, and citizenship –both empirically and theoretically.

Submission of paper proposals:

Please submit your paper proposal including

-    an abstract of 300-500 words, outlining its relation to the conference theme, conceptual framework and methodology

-    three to five keywords

-    a short bio-note of up to 100 words, including current affiliation, position and address

before 30 June 2025 to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Upon completion of selection and registration, papers will be organized in thematic sessions and scheduled to form the final program.

Plans for special issues of international peer-reviewed journals will be discussed during the conference.

Key dates:

-    abstract submission: 30 June 2025

-    decision on paper proposals: 15 July 2025

-    registration deadline: 15 August 2025

-    final program: 1 September 2025

Preliminary program (t.b.c.):

-    two keynote speeches:

Miguel A. Martinez, Uppsala Universitet and Nanke Verloo, Universiteit van Amsterdam

-    thematic paper sessions

-    field-trips to related sites in Berlin

The final program will be published before 1 September 2025.

Conference fee:

100 Euros / 50 Euros (students) to cover meals and refreshments, due to current budget cuts. Payment is requested together with registration before 15 August 2025. Receipt of payment is provided.

Concept and organization:

Chair of Planning Theory and Urban-Regional Policy Analysis, Technische Universität Berlin

Scientific committee:

Francesco Campagnari, EHESS Paris

Enrico Gualini, Technische Universität Berlin

Verena Lenna, Vrije Universiteit Brussels

Alessandra Manganelli, Universitat de Barcelona

Miguel A. Martinez, Uppsala Universitet

Stijn Oosterlynk, Universiteit Antwerpen

Carolina Pacchi, Politecnico di Milano

Nanke Verloo, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Venue:

Technische Universität Berlin, Building A

Straße des 17. Juni 153, 10623 Berlin

Contacts:

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Conference link:

http://www.planningtheory.tu-berlin.de

AESOP Planning/Conflict thematic group link:

https://aesop-planning.eu/thematic-groups/planning-conflict

Open the call here: