AESOP would like to acknowledge Gothenburg University – Department of Conservation, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg – Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm – Department of Urban Planning and Environment and Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona – Department of Spatial Planning, the four schools that hosted the 2018 AESOP Annual Congress in Gothenburg, on the general theme MAKING SPACE FOR HOPE.