AESOP Newsletter 3/2012 - February 13

Published at: 13 February 2012

News

7 February 2012 : CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LOC of 26 AESOP Silver Jubilee Congress in Ankara

We are extremely happy and proud to announce that almost a thousand abstracts were submitted for the Silver Jubilee  AESOP Congress.
The Local Organizing Committee and the track co-chairs are now busy reviewing this extraordinary number of abstracts.
Our special word of gratitude goes to Dr Ela Bablik-Sutcliffe, who is responsible for the cooperation between the AESOP Executive Committee and the Local Organizing Committee at the Middle East University in Ankara. AESOP is deeply indebted to all members of the LOC in Ankara for their extremely hard and efficient work.

We will keep you informed about the progress of the preparations of the Congress.
Thank you for your contribution and see you all in Ankara!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LOC of 26 AESOP Silver Jubilee Congress in Ankara

13 February 2012 : AESOP Heads of Schools Meeting 4-5 May 2012, Oslo - REGISTRATION OPENS 15 February 2012

The Silver Jubilee AESOP Head of Schools Meeting will take place in Oslo on 4-5 May 2012

How to Manage Planning Schools in the Times of Crisis.

The Lesson Learnt from 25 Years of Experience.

More

11 February 2012 : AESOP-IFHP Lecture Series on AESOP's webpage

AESOP community is now able to enjoy the lecture by Klaus R. Kunzmann (Schloss Cappenberg, 28 January 2012).

The lecture 'Planning Education in Europe: Challenges and Pathways into the Future' launching AESOP-IFHP Lecture Series and our Silver Jubilee celebration can be replayed following this link.

10 February 2012 : Acknowledgment to Dr. Beata Banachowicz

AESOP wishes to thank and express gratitude to Dr. Beata Banachowicz for the mission she has completed with the end of 2011 within the AESOP Executive Committee as the Thematic Group Officer. Dr Banachowicz’s contribution to the everyday functioning of the organisation has not been unnoticed, and the whole of the ExCo has greatly appreciated her input. The ExCo has been happy to be able to work with a person of her skills and commitment level in a position of major significance for the Association.

10 February 2012 : Acknowledgment to TU Dortmund

Association of European Schools of Planning would like to thank Technische Universität Dortmund, Faculty of Spatial Planning (Fakultät Raumplanung) and express our gratitude for the organization of the AESOP Birthday Meeting (27th – 28th January), which opened the celebrations of our Silver Jubilee. The team from Dortmund has shown tremendous dedication to the task and remarkable reliability. The event has been handled very smoothly, and we have had no signs of anyone being less than happy with the weekend we spent in Dortmund. We consider the cooperation with very successful and pleasurable.

10 February 2012 : AESOP Silver Jubilee Birthday Meeting REPORT

Schloss Cappenberg is a place of extraordinary meaning for AESOP. Here, on 24th January 1987, Klaus R. Kunzmann managed to gather a group of enthusiastic academics who decided to found a new association that would bring together European planning schools.
AESOP Silver Jubilee Birthday Meeting REPORT

7 February 2012 : The AESOP Secretariat General available on Skype

Please join us on Skype. Our name is AESOP SG.

The AESOP Secretariat General available on Skype

7 February 2012 : Events Calendar on the AESOP webpage

Our webpage has a new tool – the Events Calendar, which is displayed on the home page. The SG will be delighted to be able to present information about events of our Members and Partners there. Do not hesitate to contact the SG in this respect.

7 February 2012 : New payment methods – the Treasurer Application is already active

In 2012, the AESOP members will receive their invoices in the new way – they will be generated under the control of the AESOP Treasurer, Professor Thomas Matta, by our new system and sent by email to our Member institutions.




Members: News

2 January 2012 : IFHP Congress 2012 - Call for Papers

16-19 September 2012 in Gothenburg (Sweden): The Inclusive City in a Global World

Call for Papers is open through 15 February 2012!

Please visit: http://www.ifhp2012goteborg.se

IFHP Congress 2012 - Call for Papers

6 February 2012 : EURA2012 Call for Papers

Urban Europe - Challenges to Meet the Urban Future

The European Urban Research Association EURA would like to invite you to submit abstracts for...

EURA2012 Call for Papers

24 January 2012 : ISOCARP CONGRESS, Perm, Russia, 9-14 September 2012

The48th ISOCARP Congress will take place in Perm, Russia, 9-14 September 2012.


The topic is: "Fast Forward - planning in a hyper-dynamic urban context".

ISOCARP CONGRESS, Perm, Russia, 9-14 September 2012

23 January 2012 : AESOP Young Academics Network

AESOP Young Academics Election Results

The two newly elected YA Coordination Team (CT) members are Verena Peer and Chandrima Mukhopadhyay. We...

AESOP Young Academics Network

Events

2 February 2012 : Launch of AESOP-IFHP Lecture Series

28 January 2012: Klaus R. Kunzmann in Schloss Cappenberg, Germany.
Planning Education in Europe: Challenges and Pathways into the Future.
Launch of AESOP-IFHP Lecture Series

Members: Job Postings

8 February 2012 : ZAP-position in the field of mobility and spatial planning at the Center for Mobility and Spatial Planning at the Ghent University (Belgium)

Herewith you can find a vacancy for a professorship at the Center for Mobility and Spatial Planning at the Ghent University (Afdeling Mobiliteit...

1 February 2012 : Professor in urban planning, Institut d'Urbanisme de Lyon (IUL) - Université Lyon 2

The Institut d'Urbanisme de Lyon - Université Lyon 2 is currently recruiting a full professor in urban planning. The professor will take the...

31 January 2012 : Open position: Research Assistant / PhD candidate, Chair of Planning Theory, TU Berlin

Open position:

Research Assistant / PhD candidate
at the Chair of Planning Theory, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, TU Berlin

(to be...

24 January 2012 : Lectureship and Senior Lectureship in Planning and Real Estate

Job Title: Lectureship and Senior Lectureship in Planning and Real Estate

UCL Department / Division: Faculty of the Built Environment

Specific...

23 January 2012 : Vacancy Professor Environmental Technology & Design - TU Delft

The faculty of Architecture of Delft University of Technology is looking for a full Professor of Environmental Technology and Design.
The...

11 January 2012 : Urban Studies Foundation PhD Studentships

The University of Glasgow invites applications for two fully-funded PhD studentships.

6 January 2012 : Research Professor (or Reader) in Urban Society and Politics

The University of Glasgow wishes to appoint a Research Professor (or Reader) in Urban Society and Politics, with associated editorial...

3 January 2012 : Spring Internships at IFHP

The IFHP is offering two ‘housing and planning’ internships at its secretariat in The Hague, Netherlands for the spring of 2012. The length of both internships is estimated at about 3 months. There is some flexibility in the length of the internships as there are always other things to do in IFHP.

Members: Activities

5 February 2012 : UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference, April 2012

The University of Brighton Planning School in the South East of England is hosting the 2012 UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference in April 2012...

UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference, April 2012

23 January 2012 : IUPEA Conference Abstracts Deadline

The International Urban Planning and Environment Association’s 10th Symposium will be held in Sydney, Australia during July 24-27, 2012. ABSTRACTS...

23 January 2012 : AESOP Young Academics Network

6th AESOP Young Academics Meeting

AESOP YA is glad to announce its Annual Meeting in Reading, UK from 18th to 20th April, 2012, sponsored by...

AESOP Young Academics Network

13 January 2012 : CAUMME 2012 International Symposium "Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in the Meditteranean and the Middle East - Global Impacts and Local Challanges"

We would like to announce Call for Papers of CAUMME 2012 International Symposium

CAUMME 2012 International Symposium "Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in the Meditteranean and the Middle East - Global Impacts and Local Challanges"

5 January 2012 : Planning as a Collaborative Act / the Plan as a Collaborative Actor

7th International Conference on Interpretive Policy Analysis

5-7 July 2012

Tilburg University — Tilburg, The Netherlands

www.ipa2012.org

The...


Members: Journals

26 January 2012 : Town Planning Review - 83.1

Volume 83, Number 1 / 2012 of Town Planning Review is now available on the liverpool.metapress.com website at...

Town Planning Review - 83.1

5 January 2012 : disP – The Planning Review – special issue on the evolution of spatial planning in Europe and the influence of domestic actors

disP 186 – 3/2011 | Differential Europe: Domestic Actors and Their Role in Shaping Spatial Planning Systems

Contents

Guest Editorial |
Dominic...

disP – The Planning Review – special issue on the evolution of spatial planning in Europe and the influence of domestic actors

Members: Educational news

7 February 2012 : PGT Excellence Awards 2012 - Newcastle University

PGT Excellence Awards 2012
The School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape is proud to offer 20 PGT Excellence Awards for Home and EU students...


Members: Books

9 January 2012 : Investigationg Quality of Urban Life:Theory, Methods, and Empirical Research

Springer recently published Investigating Quality of Urban Life: Theory, Methods, and Empirical Research as part of its Social Indicators Research...

Investigationg Quality of Urban Life:Theory, Methods, and Empirical Research

2 January 2012 : Staging the New Berlin. Place Marketing and the Politics of Urban Reinvention Post-1989

Colomb, Claire (2011) Staging the New Berlin. Place Marketing and the Politics of Urban Reinvention Post-1989.

London: Routledge (Planning, History and Environment Series).

Published 16th November 2011.
Staging the New Berlin. Place Marketing and the Politics of Urban Reinvention Post-1989