Looking forward: (re-)imagining planning futures
With apologies for any cross-posting
The organising committee for the UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference (PRC) 2025 – hosted by Ulster University, Belfast – is delighted to announce that the conference website and abstract submission pages are now live:
- Conference website (including registration): https://www.
ulster.ac.uk/conference/ prc2025 - Abstract submission: https://app.
oxfordabstracts.com/stages/ 78322/submitter
Paper abstracts are invited on the following tracks:
- Planning theory and history
- Planning law and ethics
- Environment, coastal and marine
- Inclusive planning and community engagement
- Housing and urban regeneration
- Transport and sustainable mobility
- Urban design and placemaking
- Urban and regional development
- Rural and countryside planning
- Planning education and pedagogy
- Future realities, digitalisation, AI and innovation
The conference organising committee also welcomes roundtable proposals.
We look forward to welcoming you to Belfast.
Key information:
- Conference dates: Wednesday 10th - Friday 12th September 2025
- Location: Ulster University, Belfast Campus, 2-24 York Street, Belfast, BT15 1AP
- Abstract submission / call for roundtable proposals opens: 28 February 2025
- Abstract submission / call for roundtable proposals closes: 02 May 2025
- Email:
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Registration and costs:
- Early bird registration – up to 1 July 2025: £175
- Regular registration – from 2 July 2025: £225
- Student registration – includes PhD workshop on 10 September 2025: £150
- Conference dinner – Thursday 11 September 2025: £50
