AESOP Newsletter 6 June 2011

Published at: 5 June 2011

News

3 June 2011 : POSTER COMPETITION FOR PHD STUDENTS AND EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS

The Directorate-General for Regional Policy, European Commission, is currently calling for expressions of interest in the form of a word abstract (max 1.000 words) to enter a high profile poster competition.

Deadline 17th June 2011

30 May 2011 : AESOP New Charter - Discussion Forum Now Open

Having been one of the prominent European planning associations for 25 years, AESOP recognizes the need to adapt to the changes that took place in Europe and in planning education within that period. With these changes in perspective, the need for the AESOP Charter to be restructured appeared...

 

26 May 2011 : Call for hosting Joint AESOP-ACSP Congress

We are looking for the AESOP member willing to host 2013 Joint AESOP-ACSP Congress. Every five years AESOP organizes its annual congress in cooperation with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP). In 2008 Joint AESOP-ACSP Congress took place in Chicago. In 2013, Europe will be the host.

Call closes 15 September 2011.

26 May 2011 : The Territorial Agenda 2020 has been adopted.

The Territorial Agenda 2020 was adopted at the informal ministerial meeting in Gödöllő on 19 May, 2011.

25 May 2011 : Registration at AESOP webpage

We would like to ask academics and PhD students from AESOP Member Schools and Institutions to register as users at our webpage.

The more users will register, the more the website will become a platform able to foster interaction and information exchange. Please fill in all the fields of the information form (including research profile, picture and CV) and contribute to make our community lively.
Being a registered user enables you to also upload your advertisements or information.
This is your webpage - you decide about the content and the network.

25 May 2011 : AESOP Expert Pool

We would like to address all AESOP Member Schools to nominate experts for the AESOP Expert Pool. It is seen as mainly composed of experienced senior academics or professionals, mainly ones already involved in previous accreditation or evaluation processes at different levels, covering managerial or organizational positions in higher education institutions, e.g. heads of schools or heads of departments.

We will be very grateful for nominating the experts for AESOP EP before 3 July, 2011 via email to the Secretary General.

14 May 2011 : Second European Urban Summer School in Lisbon

Second European Urban Summer School will be hosted by Lusofona University in Lisbon. EUSS 2011 will take place in the second half of September.

13 May 2011 : AESOP Election 2011

Call for the position of AESOP President is open.



Members: News

29 May 2011 : The First "Rencontres Internationales de Reims" on Sustainability Studies: Social Justice and Sustainability, back to planning?

The First "Rencontres Internationales de Reims" in Sustainability Studies will be held on June 22-23, 2011, with the participation of Ignacy...

The First "Rencontres Internationales de Reims" on Sustainability Studies: Social Justice and Sustainability, back to planning?

27 May 2011 : IFHP 55th World Congress: Impact of Housing and Planning on the Economy

55th IFHP World Congress: The Impact of Housing and Planning on the Economy

11-14 September 2011, Tallinn, Estonia

This year's IFHP World...

IFHP 55th World Congress: Impact of Housing and Planning on the Economy

26 May 2011 : Protecting the global environment at a neighbourhood level

A new publication from the Department of Planning and Architecture at the University of the West of England has won a Commendation from the Royal...

Protecting the global environment at a neighbourhood level

Members: Activities

25 May 2011 : Blue Award 2012

Together with the Society of Architecture and Spatial Design, the Department for Spatial and Sustainable Design from the Vienna University of...

Blue Award 2012

25 May 2011 : Knowledge Cities World Summit 2011 - Extended Deadline!

Knowledge Cities World Summit 2011

Extended deadline for submission of abstracts: 1st June!

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Knowledge Cities World...

14 May 2011 : Dortmund 2012 Conference Call for Papers

School of Spatial Planning
TU Dortmund University
Dortmund Conference 2012 on Spatial Planning Research
9-10 February 2012
Call for Papers
THE...


Activities

31 May 2011 : 3rd AESOP (Cardiff) Sustainable Food Planning Conference, Oct 29th-30th 2011

AESOP (CARDIFF) 3RD SUSTAINABLE FOOD PLANNING CONFERENCE

CONFERENCE TITLE: Food Planning and Sustainable Places

DATE: 28th/29th October 2011...


Members: Job Postings

26 May 2011 : PhD – SCHOLARSHIP IN SHARED SPACE AS A PLANNING IDEAL IN URBAN TRANSPORT PLANNING

The Norwegian University of Life Sciences is recognised as a leading international centre of knowledge, focused on higher education and research...

18 May 2011 : Professor in Strategic Projects Catholic University Leuven

K.U.Leuven invites applications for a full-time academic position at the Department of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning in the field of...

15 May 2011 : Marie Curie Fellowships applications encouraged

Delft University of Technology is very keen to encourage outstanding postdoctoral candidates with an interest in spatial planning to apply for...

2 May 2011 : Professor of Landscape and Environmental Planning, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH)

The professorship will take responsibility for teaching at BSc, MSc, PhD, and MAS levels in the Departments of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic...


Members: Journals

11 May 2011 : Italian Journal of Planning Practice

We are happy to announce the first issue of a brand new on-line journal edited by our School of Planning (in the person of Prof. P. Scattoni),...

Italian Journal of Planning Practice

1 May 2011 : Call for Papers: Territoire en Mouvement - Revue de Géographie et d’Aménagement - Des campagnes en mouvement pour "mieux vivre ensemble"

Deadline 13/05/2011Call for Papers (in French)Guidelines for Authors (in French)

30 April 2011 : Call for Papers: disP - The Planning Review, an ISI indexed journal published by ETH Zürich - "Induced demand in transport and beyond". Publication is planned for the end of 2011 or begining of 2012.

Deadline 30/04/2011This issue is central for the assessment of the benefits and costs of any infrastructure investment or regulatory change. In...

20 April 2011 : Call for Papers: TeMA, the Journal of the University of Naples Federico II Department of Urban and Regional Planning – n°2/2011 “Green Mobility”

Deadline 20/04/2011 TeMA, focuses on the relationships among Land Use Planning, Mobility and Environment. The next issue of TeMA Journal “Green...


Members: Books

25 May 2011 : Urban Change. The Prospect of Transformation

Urban Change. The Prospect of Transformation.
Mironowicz I., Ryser J., (eds.)
AESOP, UN Habitat, Wrocław University of Technology
2011, pp. 308, hard cover ,

The book is an outcome of 1st AESOP and UN Habitat European Urban Summer School.

Urban Change. The Prospect of Transformation

18 May 2011 : Zorica Nedovic-Budic; Joep Crompvoets; Yola Georgiadou (eds.), Spatial Data Infrastructures in Context: North and South. CRC Press. 2011. 288 pp.

What can we learn from spatial data infrastructures in the North and South? Drawing comparisons and lessons from both hemispheres, the book...

Zorica Nedovic-Budic;  Joep Crompvoets;  Yola Georgiadou (eds.), Spatial Data Infrastructures in Context: North and South. CRC Press. 2011. 288 pp.

18 April 2011 : Harry T. Dimitriou and Ralph Gakenheimer (eds.), Urban Transport in the Developing World: A handbook of policy and practice. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. 2011. 631 pp.

The twenty thematic chapters in this book provide a broad set of perspectives on the plight, possibilities and opportunities of urban transport in...

Harry T. Dimitriou and Ralph Gakenheimer (eds.), Urban Transport in the Developing World: A handbook of policy and practice. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. 2011. 631 pp.

18 April 2011 : Graham Haughton, Philip Allmendinger, David Counsell & Geoff Vigar, The New Spatial Planning, Territorial Management with Soft Spaces and Fuzzy Boundaries, Routledge, 2009, 288 p, Hardback or Paperback

Spatial planning, strongly advocated by government and the profession, is intended to be more holistic, more strategic, more inclusive, more...

Graham Haughton, Philip Allmendinger, David Counsell & Geoff Vigar, The New Spatial Planning, Territorial Management with Soft Spaces and Fuzzy Boundaries, Routledge, 2009, 288 p, Hardback or Paperback

17 April 2011 : Michael Neuman and Angela Hull (eds.), The Futures of the City Region. Routledge. 2011. 116 pp.

The book illustrates the dialectical interplay of theory and fact, time and space, and spatial and institutional which expands on our intellectual...

Michael Neuman and Angela Hull (eds.), The Futures of the City Region. Routledge. 2011. 116 pp.

15 April 2011 : Oliver Frey and Florian Koch (eds.),The Future of the European City. Urban Politics, Urban Planning and Urban Society in Transformation. Wiesbaden, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 2011. 432 pp

The objective of the book is the analyses of the often cited model of the European city through an interdisciplinary approach – which implies that...

Oliver Frey and Florian Koch (eds.),The Future of the European City. Urban Politics, Urban Planning and Urban Society in Transformation. Wiesbaden, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 2011. 432 pp