AESOP would like to thank the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University and the Global Urban Research Unit (GURU) for the excellent organization of the 13th AESOP Heads of Schools Planning Education & Research: Retrospect and Prospect.
 
This year the AESOP Heads of Schools Meeting coincided with the 25th Anniversary of the Global Urban Research Unit (GURU) and the event has been a great joy and pleasure to all of us, so largely thanks to the dedicated work and hospitality of our English colleagues, to whom we remain grateful.

AESOP COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES

Elections for the Country Representatives 2018-2020

 

AESOP is looking for an excellent candidate for the position of Secretary General 2019-2023

Candidates are kindly asked to send their applications before 8th June 2018.

We are pleased to announce that the AESOP Council of Representatives has approved Dominic Stead, Delft University of Technology, as the new Chair of the Best Published Paper Award Committee.

On behalf of the whole AESOP community we would like to express our warmest congratulations to the new AESOP Official, Dominic Stead! We are looking forward to a fruitfull collaboration.

The election was held at the CoRep Meeting in Newcastle, on April 19th 2018. 

In Memoriam Leonie Janssen-Jansen by

Willem Salet
Rachelle Alterman

The Call for Proposals to organise the Fifth World Planning Schools Congress (WPSC'2021) is now open.

Any institution affiliated with GPEAN's associations is welcome to submit proposals.

Deadline for submissions is May 1st, 2018.

For more information, please see the attached document or visit this link.

In Memoriam Gösta Blücher by

Andreas Faludi
 

Special Session co-sponsored by AESOP & ACSP at the ACSP 2018 Conference in Buffalo, NY:

After Hardin: What remains from 50 years of the tragedy of the commons?

 

Submission deadline: April 30th, 2018

SITUATED PRACTICES OF STRATEGIC PLANNING
An International Perspective

© 2018 – Routledge

The Department of Urban Planning at Nation Cheng Kung University and the Urbanism Department at TU Delft invite you to participate in 5th iCities Innovative Planning Education and Research Forum on October 26th - 28th, 2018 at National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.

The theme of 2018 iCities is Grounded Planning: University Social Responsibility and the Reflections on Planning Education, Research and Practices.

Abstract submission deadline: 15 May 2018

The School of City and Regional Planning (SCaRP) at Georgia Tech invites applications for visiting faculty positions with an expected start date of August 2018.

Review of applications will begin 15 May 2018 and continue until the position is filled.

Re-learning public space: an action-research event to develop an alternative city guide of Amsterdam (June 28-30, 2018)

Deadline is approaching

The position is at the University of Queensland, located in Brisbane, Australia.

Applications close: 07 May 2018 (11:55 PM) E. Australia Standard Time

Have a look at the two Curricula offered at Politecnico di Torino in the framework of the Master Course in “Territorial, Urban, Environmental and Landscape Planning”.

• Curriculum “Pianificare la Città e il Territorio” (in Italian)

• Curriculum “Planning for the Global Urban Agenda (in English).

Additional information in here

‘China’s New Urban Agenda’ Conference will take place on the 1st and 2nd November, 2018 at Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), Manchester, UK.

Information about the conference is available on our web site: https://manchesterurbanchina.com/

8 paid PhD positions in “Urban Studies and Regional Science” are now available at the Gran Sasso Science Institute (l'Aquila, Italy).

The position is for FOUR years (and not for three years, as usual in Italy), starting November 2018.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 20, 2018.

Rethink the City: New Approaches to Global and Local Urban Challenges

How do you plan future cities? Explore alternative theories and innovative solutions for urban challenges in the global south.

TU Delft is offering a free online course focusing on three urban challenges of the Global South: spatial justice, housing provision and management, and resilience. In this new edition there is a new module focusing on the urban challenges of the African continent.

IV International Day

Railway policies, mobility patterns and territory

Towards new perspectives?

Rome, 18 May 2018