AESOP 2025 ANNUAL CONGRESS | TRACKS
The 37th AESOP Annual Congress 2025 addresses the following scientific tracks
Looking “Beyond Growth” for Ecological Balance and Social Equity in Cities and Regions
Law as a catalyst for change; Legal frameworks for planetary transformation and just transitions
Planning for Inclusive, accessible, sustainable, innovative forms of urban mobility systems
Institutions, actors and ideas crossing boundaries and enabling learning
Sustainable cities and climate action: the role of planning in addressing the environmental and climate challenge
Transformative power of culture and heritage; Risks and threats on cultural landscapes
Planning responses to shifting demographic landscape; Vulnerable populations; Political, natural and anthropogenic triggers of migration
Planning education responses to social, economic, and environmental challenges; Innovative pedagogical approaches, knowledge and skills
Changing mindset; Novel and innovative narratives for a equitable, and just future
Critical approaches to planning theory and practice
Emerging digital technologies, transformative planning, and spatial systems
Planning for the Unexpected; Disaster preparedness, management and recovery; Disaster-oriented urban solutions; Resilience and risk mitigation
Planning for affordable housing; New models of living; Homelessness; Shelter for refuges and vulnerable population
Upholding justice in an age of crisis
Property market actors in shaping cities, challenges of financialization, policies and strategies to overcome multi-faceted crisis
Planning for just and sustainable food systems; Food security; Food safety
Transformative power of public spaces, Planning for Inclusion, Equity and Transformation
Overtourism, commodification of culture and nature, responsible tourism, regenerative tourism