AESOP newsletter - April 2023

Dear AESOP Members,

Following popular demand for an extension, we are pleased to inform that the deadline for early bird registration for the 35th AESOP 2023 Annual Congress Lodz is extended till 12 May!

The deadline for submission of full papers is also extended to 19 May.

For more information please click here: https://aesop-planning.eu/lodz

Kind regards

AESOP 2023 Congress LOC

Dear AESOP Members!

We are happy to invite the submission of poster abstracts within the 35th AESOP Annual Congress 2023 Lodz, Poland “Integrated Planning in the Context of Global Turbulence”.

The call is addressing only new submissions!

To submit your poster abstract, please use the guidelines available here (https://proceedings.aesop-planning.eu/index.php/aesopro/about/submissions)

Please submit your poster abstract to: submission_aesop2023@wz.uni.lodz.pl....

AESOP is looking for member schools willing to host the 18th AESOP Heads of Schools Meeting in 2024.

Application Guidelines for hosting AESOP 2024 Heads of Schools Meeting
AESOP member institutions interested in hosting AESOP Heads of Schools Meeting are kindly asked to send their applications before the 19 June, 2023 to the Secretary General (secretariat@aesop-planning.eu).

The Election will take place in the CoRep Meeting,...

Dear AESOP Members,

We hope you are all well! Please be aware that registration for the AESOP 2023 Congress is open!

Please be kindly informed that the AESOP membership renewal fee is due for payment shortly.

Your institution's designated contact person will soon be emailed directly detailing the procedure. Within this procedure your institution’s contact person will be able to update the contact details of your head of school, alternative...

World Planning Schools Congress 2026:

Call for Proposals is now open!

The aim of the below is to provide guidelines for those institutional members of GPEAN local and regional associations that are interested in presenting proposals to host and organise the Sixth World Planning Schools Congress 2026. The document comprises the following sections:

1. PURPOSE                                                                                                                           ...

How are planning and law related? How can spatial planners’ interventions in property rights be justified? Who benefits from spatial planning in a society committed to the rule of law?

Last year, our Land Policy Reading Club was dedicated to re-reading classic literature on land policy. In 2023, we re-read more current literature on land, property, and spatial planning. Please find more information on the LAND POLICY READING CLUB here: readingclub.landpolicy.de 

The...

An online lecture on "International Planning Education" by Paulo Silva, AESOP representative to GPEAN, GPEAN Vice Chair, organised by the thematic group on Global South and East on 14th April, 2023

Leibniz Research Network “Spatial Knowledge for Society and Environment – Leibniz R”
Dresden/Berlin, 19 April 2023

Spatial Science Colloquium 2023
“Spatial Development and Digitalisation“

The intensive interactions of digitalisation and spatial development are the focus of the Spatial Science Colloquium 2023 (SSC2023), an event hosted by the Leibniz Research Network “Spatial Knowledge for Society and Environment – Leibniz R”. For the first...

Dear colleagues,

The RAMAU network (Network of architectural and town planning research evolution of stakeholders. professions and activities - https://www.ramau.archi.fr) is pleased to transmit herewith the call for contributions for the next issue of the Cahiers RAMAU entitled: "Digital technologies and urban fabric. Design processes, professions and organizations" (issue to be published online: https://cahiers-ramau.edinum.org).
Research on the interface between...

Urban Studies at the University of Glasgow and the Planning Schools Forum are excited to announce that abstracts are now being accepted for the UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference 2023 “Planning on a Crisis Footing”, which will take place the University of Glasgow from Monday 4th September – Wednesday 6th September 2023.

We will be inviting submissions for paper abstracts, organised session abstracts, roundtable abstracts and expressions...

The 2023 ARL Congress Towards a viable and mobile future - How can we plan socially just and ecologically responsible mobility? will include a hybrid English-language session with different presentations on 'Social and Environmental Perspectives on Mobility and Cities: Examples from abroad' on Friday, 23 June 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (CET). 

Online participation is possible for this session, please register free of charge at kongress@arl-net.de if...

Call for papers

Governing heterogeneous urban energy landscapes: Global North and South perspectives
20-23 June 2023 | International Roundtable Workshop | Limburg, Netherlands

The heterogeneity of urban energy systems and, more broadly, urban infrastructures has attracted increasing attention in urban and infrastructure studies. Infrastructure heterogeneity speaks not only to the diversity of infrastructure constellations across variegated urban contexts with...

A call is now open for applications for four open subject positions (of which three fully funded with scholarships) in the PhD programme of Urban Planning, Design and Policy (39th PhD cycle) at Politecnico di Milano. All scholarships cover three years of study and research starting from September 2023. 

The PhD programme in Urban planning, design and policy aims to explore the impact of contemporary urban change and understand how it can be governed through...

Fully ESRC-funded PhD opportunity: A critical analysis of biodiversity in urban planning and development

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/programme/a-critical-analysis-of-biodiversity-in-urban-planning-and-development/?p5155

The studentship will commence in October 2023 and will cover tuition fees as well as a maintenance grant (currently £17,668 p.a. for 2022/23 for full-time students, updated each year). This would be a great opportunity for someone...

We want to inform you about the Call for applications of Post-Doctoral and Researcher Scholarships of SMUS – the Global Center of Spatial Methods for Urban Sustainabilities! Deadline for application is Wednesday, 31 May 2023. Please note: The potential applicants must be part of SMUS partner institutions (50 institutions in 8 world regions – interactive map to be found here). SMUS-scholarships are available for (TRACK A) young academics at...

Master of Urban Planning Program

Visiting or Regular Faculty Position | Assistant or Associate Professor | Program Academic Coordinator

The College of Architecture, Art and Design (CAAD) at American University of Sharjah (AUS) invites applications for a visiting or regular faculty appointment—at the assistant or associate level—to the Master of Urban Planning (MUP) program....