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With over 150 members, AESOP is the only representation of planning schools of Europe. Given this unique position, AESOP strengthens its profile as a professional body. AESOP mobilizes its resources, taking a leading role and entering its expertise into ongoing debates and initiatives regarding planning education and planning qualifications of future professionals. AESOP promotes its agenda with professional bodies, politicians and all other key stakeholders in spatial and urban development and management across Europe.
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Item Open Access Bachelor programme in Urban and Regional Planning (Faculty of Architecture Yıldız Technical University)(AESOP, 2023) Dabović, Tijana; Perić, Ana; Fikfak, AlenkaThe BSc in Urban and Regional Planning delivered at the Yildiz Technical University is distinctive in its focus on theoretical and methodological courses, interdisciplinarity and regional science. It brings together the following aspects of quality in planning education: Programme Curriculum and Identity - A blend of substantive planning courses and courses focused on communicative and strategic spatial planning constitute the three main pillars of the curriculum: knowledge, skills for professional competencies, and values and ethics, making the latter a crucial component of the curriculum. - Focus on contemporary research areas in urban and regional planning enable students to understand, research and apply their knowledge, skills and attitudes to solve complex problems and recognise and enable future opportunities in cities and regions. - Progression from mainly compulsory courses in the 1st year towards more elective ones on the final year stimulates the progression in student’s responsibility for their education and future professional engagement in urban and regional planning. - An excellent balance and exposure to theoretical, methodological and policy-based courses delivered by a highly qualified teaching team engaged in public services, visiting professors from a well-established global network, stakeholders and practitioners foster the intentional distinctiveness of the programme to integrate planning theory with practice while safeguarding professional ethics.Item Open Access Bachelor Programme in Urbanism (Faculty of Architecture University of Ljubljana)(AESOP, 2019) Galland, Daniel; Dabović, Tijana; Pinho, PauloThe Bachelor Programme in Urbanism delivered at the University of Ljubljana brings together the following aspects of quality in planning education: — Academic curriculum: • A comprehensive study programme within the field of urbanism with a strong knowledge emphasis on the urban dimension of planning education. • A balance between planning knowledge and professional skills reflected in and acquired through the delivery of high1level courses in and around urbanism, and the provision of skills and abilities to address real1life urban issues. — Teaching pedagogy: • An assortment of teaching and learning approaches including inter alia project1oriented instruction, case1based work as well as design workshops and studios. — Elements of distinctiveness: • An alignment with the urbanism education tradition in planning, which places emphasis on interdisciplinarity as expressed by the programme’s structure connecting knowledge from the fields of urban design, architecture, deliberative planning, sustainability and project engineering. • Practical orientation to community problem1solving supported by experiential learning.Item Open Access Master in Architecture and Urbanism - Spatial Planning Module (Czech Technical University Prague)(AESOP, 2023) Perić, Ana; Silva, Paulo; Dabović, Tijana; Cotella, GiancarloThe Master Programme in Architecture and Urbanism - Spatial Planning Module delivered at the Czech Technical University in Prague enriches students’ knowledge in the field of regional policy and development, geography and social ecology, and skills in applied statistics, spatial analytics, ICT and GIS. In this way, the Module provides the students of the study programme Architecture and Urbanism an added value, extending their professional capabilities to the field of spatial planning. Additionally, it brings together the following aspects of quality in planning education: Programme Curriculum and Identity: - Acknowledgement of professional ethics through applied approach (e.g., studio course occasionally attended by real-world stakeholders). - A cross-disciplinary approach, seen not only in the structure of the courses offered in the Module but also in collaboration with experts in complementary fields from other universities. - A comprehensive yet well-interlinked and content-coordinated system of subjects.Item Open Access Master in Regional Planning (Faculty of Architecture Istanbul Technical University)(AESOP, 2022) Galland, Daniel; Dabović, Tijana; Chettiparamb, AngeliqueThe MSc in Regional Planning delivered at Istanbul Technical University is distinctive in its focus on theoretical and methodological courses, interdisciplinarity and regional science. It brings together the following aspects of quality in planning education: - Programme Curriculum and Identity o An effective blend of compulsory and elective courses focused on contemporary research areas in regional planning and regional science. An excellent balance of theoretical, methodological and policy-based courses delivered by a highly-qualified teaching team in relation to the interdisciplinary character of the programme. o An exposure to multi-scale, socio-spatial challenges across the four main modules of the curriculum: economic–policy management, sectoral–spatial, environment and sustainability, and analysis methods. o Highlighting the relevance and implications of professional ethics and reflexive practice throughout the programme for planners performing at the regional scale and beyond. Principles of Pedagogy o Providing students with theoretical and practical knowledge whilst enabling them with opportunities to develop analytical, critical and interpretive thinking and skilss through methodological and studio-based courses. o Excellent level of student/alumni/employer's engagement in facilitating research-oriented and proactive curriculum appraisal and development through inter-institutional advisory boards, alumni feedback forums, and studio juries. o Encouragement of active, independent and peer-learning in theoretical and studio-based courses through research-based assignments and presentations. Active promotion of academic excellence through national and international dissemination of thesis projects.Item Open Access Master in Urban and Regional Planning (Norwegian University of Life Sciences - NMBU)(AESOP, 2023) Maidment, Christopher; Dabović, Tijana; Galland, Daniel; Chettiparamb, AngeliqueThe programme curriculum offers three main progressions – scales, topics and ethics –, the development of which are clearly articulated through a coherent course structure: - Rooted in landscape and land use planning and land consolidation alongside the Norwegian legislation and public administration, programme branches from compulsory knowledge related to project management, place making, local development to comprehensive land use planning, urban, landscape, regional and strategic planning. - Progression of skills and competences related to procedural and substantive theories and methods in planning, but also to interdisciplinary collaboration. From the main focus on land use and spatial planning, the programme offers a large spectrum of optional courses around the following 5 tracks: Planning, landscape and public health; Global development and sustainability; Property development; Organisation, project management and finance; and Environment/climate/nature/management/ecology. - Progression of professional and academic ethical considerations and engagement of planners in practice and in research: from the planner’s role in mediating/communicating knowledge about the impacts of spatial interventions to key decision-makers to the planner’s role in defending the ethical choices (related to sustainability, climate change, social justice and resilience) in a specific planning practice. The progression of professional ethics in is undertaken to consider the specific Nordic, but also agnostic/general market and regulative driving forces and planning system(s). - International mobility, including recruiting international staff and students, is perceived as a significant mechanism for increased quality and competence in education, research, innovation and multicultural understanding. It fosters collaboration within leading international research and education environments and a variety of institutional measures are in place to support it.Item Open Access Master Programme in Spatial Planning (Graduate School of Geosciences Utrecht University)(AESOP, 2019) Galland, Daniel; Dabović, Tijana; Pinho, PauloThe Master Programme in Spatial Planning delivered at Utrecht University brings together the following aspects of quality in planning education: — Academic curriculum: • A comprehensive, research3oriented master study programme in spatial planning with a strong emphasis on knowledge3integrated coursework and academic research skills in planning. • A balance between planning knowledge, professional skills and planning practice reflected in and acquired through the delivery of high3level theoretical and methodological planning courses, and the provision of skills and abilities to address real3life planning cases. — Teaching pedagogy: • An assortment of teaching and learning approaches combining interactive classroom settings and digital platforms workshops. • A progression from combined individual and group work in theoretical courses towards a focus on internships and workshops alongside planning practitioners. — Elements of distinctiveness: • A programme with a demarcated emphasis on the relationship between scientific knowledge production in planning and the practical, problem3oriented dimension of the field. • An international, research3oriented planning programme aimed at facilitating both the Dutch and broader European spatial planning labour markets.Item Open Access Master Programme in Spatial Planning (Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering University of Ljubljana)(AESOP, 2019) Galland, Daniel; Dabović, Tijana; Pinho, PauloUniversity of Ljubljana The Master Programme in Spatial Planning delivered at the University of Ljubljana brings together the following aspects of quality in planning education: — Academic curriculum: • A comprehensive spatial planning study programme with a strong knowledge emphasis on the land management dimension placed within a wider understanding of strategic and interdisciplinary spatial planning issues. • A balance between planning knowledge and professional skills delivered through high6level courses in and around land use management and geoinformatics. Namely, it focuses on the provision of skills and abilities that enable the interdisciplinary exploration of various aspects of regional and local spatial development and land use towards addressing real6 life situations and demands. — Teaching pedagogy: • An assortment of teaching and learning approaches focusing on project6based learning, application of ICT and GIS, knowledge testing, seminar work and professional excursions. — Elements of distinctiveness: • An alignment with the Slovene tradition of interdisciplinary spatial planning practice, which carefully places different regional and local land management aspects and planning tools in relation to more strategic, as well as practical opportunities and challenges. • Practical orientation to problem6solving supported by interdisciplinary planning knowledge and technical skills in geo6informatics applied to ongoing and future land6use changes.