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Item Restricted Shaw, David(Routledge : Taylor and Francis Group, 1993) SPOTLIGHT on.... AESOPIn the mid-1980s planning education throughout Europe was faced with a number of threats and challenges. Some threats were internal to the various nation states. For example in Italy, France, and Spain, planning education, which was beginning to emerge in its own right, was having to face up to the internal pressures exercised by other disciplines, notably the architects and engineers, who, supported by strong, powerful, and wellestablished professional associations, were afraid of losing their position to potentially better qualified planners. In Germany, Austria, and Switzerland it was argued that there were signs of academic stagnation and a lack of innovation in the field of planning education, which needed rejuvenating by being opened up to a wider European market. In Britain planning education was emerging from a period of intense rationalisation and was still faced by a government hostile to professional courses and looking to reduce the length of planning programmes. A similar threat of rationalisation was perceived to exist in the Netherlands (Kunzman, 1990). At the same time there was a growing realisation that enormous changes were taking place throughout Europe which were and are having significant impacts on the nature and context of planning practice and therefore, planning education. For example, the pattern of urban and regional development was seen to be increasingly determined by the internationalisation and globalisation of regional and local economies. Such processes were certainly being accelerated by the activities of the European Community, most notably at this stage the Single European Act.Item Open Access The XIV AESOP Congress in Brno, 19.-22. July 2000(Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, 2000) Schmeidler, KarelThe XIV European Congress of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP)2 was ceremonially opened on Wed- nesday 19 July 2000 in the Ro- tunda of Pavilion A at Brno Exhi- bition Centre. The motto of this year«s congress was »Planning at a Turning Point«. The most im- portant event in AESOP«s pro- gramme is its annual congress, where a broad spectrum of work from individual schools is put for- ward. It also features presenta- tion of scientific research work and educational work, and dis- cussion of individual topics rela- ting to, for example, town and land planning, issues in the so- ciology of towns and cities, settle- ment geography, regional issues, the economy of towns and cities, and the legal issues involved in planning. The congress is usually accompanied by local excursions, business negotiations and mee- tings of interest groups. Congres- ses are held in member countries, and focus on particular issues depending on the specific condi- tions of the time. It is always or- ganised by a university with a good name in a specialist field. Each year those attending the congress take an interest in local town planning issues and draw up local studies.Item Open Access 18th Congress of the AESOP, Grenoble, France, 2004 ‘Metropolitan Planning and Environmental Issues’(Routledge : Taylor and Francis Group, 2005) Silva, Elisabete A.Grenoble-France was this year’s venue for the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) 18th congress entitled ‘Metropolitan Planning and Environmental Issues’. A successful congress ensued (it contained 390 authors and 195 papers) taking place in a sustainable and charming city at the University Pierre Mende`s France, Grenoble and at the Institute of Urbanism in Grenoble. The local organizing committee Jan Tucny, Alain Motte, Gilles Novarina, Marc Bonneville, Yves Chalas, Jack Fontanel, and Bernard Pouyet; as well as the conference coordinator, the very promising young academic Ste´phane Sadoux, are to be congratulated for this year’s AESOP congress. The congress opening ceremony began with the welcome address by professors: Prof. Claude Courlet (President University Pierre Mende`s France), and Prof. Alessandro Balducci (President Association of European Planning Schools) Politecnico di Milano The keynote were addressed by: Prof. Gabriel Dupuy, University Paris Sorbonne with a presentation entitled ‘Cities and Planning in an era of Information Technologies and Communication’; Prof. Bernardo Secchi, Unversity of Venice presenting ‘The contemporary European city and its project’; Prof. Sir Peter Hall, University College of London with a presentation entitled ‘Policentropolis: in search of the European Holy Grail’; and Jean-Paul Blais, PUCA, Ministe`re de l’Equipment with a speech on ‘Current research issues in strategic and metropolitan planning: a French perspective’.Item Restricted Viewpoint: AESOP at Twenty: Introduction(Liverpool University Press, 2007) Massey, DavidIn the mid-1980s, the planning academy in Europe consisted of a range of planning schools with different intellectual traditions, as well as specialist options in courses of architecture, engineering and economics (Rodriguez-Bachiller, 1988). The academics teaching within them were influenced primarily by their national cultures in education and research, as well as by a variety of intellectual traditions. For many, planning was a practice craft rather than a scholarly endeavour. Some published in the academic literature, primarily in economics and geography, but many acted as consultants to government and private bodies. International networks existed, but mainly within separate language communities. Student movement between countries during their educational programme was unusual. It was in this context that AESOP was born. Of course, the wider project of European integration was a major influence and opportunity, but for many of those who gathered for a snowy weekend in Schloss Cappenberg in January 1987 (Fig. 1), invited by Klaus Kunzmann of Dortmund University, the motivation to create an Association of European Schools of Planning was to widen horizons for staff and students, to promote a more international outlook, and, in particular, to advocate a social scientific underpinning for understanding and developing the theory and practice of planning activity. For me, certainly, coming from one of the larger EU countries, I felt that the academic planning community in my country was too small, and its intellectual traditions as yet too weak, to sustain a vigorous community of critical inquiry. Both Klaus and I had experienced the energy of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Congresses of the 1980s, and appreciated the way in which the Journal of Planning Education and Research had been developed. But we also felt that a European association should have distinctly European qualities.Item Restricted Expect the unexpected: a young academic’s conference report : The 23rd AESOP Congress, Liverpool, 2009(Liverpool University Press, 2009) Rosenfeld, OrnaThe brand ‘AESOP’ stands for excellence in planning education in Europe. The 23rd AESOP congress in Liverpool certainly stood loyal to this legacy. However, for those young academics joining the AESOP family this year, the event will be remembered not only by its expected traits, but also for its unanticipated qualities. Across its 18 tracks, the 23rd congress gathered participants from far beyond the European planning schools that AESOP represents. Planning academics came from as far as China, Malaysia, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, USA, Tanzania and New Zealand (just to mention a few). Learning about planning issues from these countries along with European ones was the most unexpected and enriching experience. Considering our cultural diversity, even less expected was the immediate sense of belonging and the almost nonchalant ease in cross-national communication created at the event. Apart from individual presentations, some other congress events facilitating interactive knowledge exchange were of particular value. Meetings of the AESOP working groups, the Young Academics Network events and the PhD Workshop held immediately before the congress in the University of Manchester provided places for such gatherings. They made us realise that no matter how different our backgrounds and local contexts may be, no matter what languages we speak, dealing with similar issues and facing similar challenges gives us a sense of unity.Item Restricted Planning to achieve/Planning to avoid: The 26th AESOP Congress, Ankara, Turkey, 11-15 July 2012(Liverpool University Press, 2012) Peel, DeborahThe 26th annual Congress of the Association of European Planning Schools (AESOP), with its umbrella motto – ‘Planning to achieve/Planning to avoid’ – took place from 11 to 15 July in the Turkish capital city, Ankara. The event was hosted by the Middle East Technical University (METU). Given METU’s pioneering role in contributing to higher education across Turkey and Middle Eastern countries, its commitment to natural and social sciences and its innovative approaches to teaching and learning, this proved an exciting venue for celebrating the Association’s Silver Jubilee. Delegates were welcomed by the Vice Principal and Mayor – both planning alumni of METU and both emphasising the living geography afforded by the campus and the intellectual and professional contributions of METU planning graduates. Indeed, current students were much appreciated by congress delegates – not least because of their bright yellow T-shirts saying, simply, ‘Ask Me’. Established in 1956, METU’s extensive campus now provides a vital green area for the city of Ankara. A significant ‘greening-the-campus’, initiated in 1958, has effectively transformed 4500 ha of barren land into a city forest, incorporating 500 ha of lakes and ponds, that makes the City less dry and less polluted and offers an important recreational facility for students and visitors alike. Professor Taner Oc, an METU alumnus, recalled with affection – and pride – the celebration and festivity involved in this (still continuing) student tree-planting tradition. A commitment to scientific enquiry and maintaining quality of life are more than symbolically rooted in a campus where public art commemorates notable thinkers and where cherry trees blossom. In an entertaining plenary address by Professor Baykan Günay on the spatial history of Ankara, we learned how, inspired by METU’s contribution to greening the city, the region launched its own re-afforestation programme, echoing a Geddesian motif: ‘by leaves we live’. It is not surprising that the very capable 2012 AESOP Local Organising Committee at METU initiated the new Greening Policy for AESOP activities, bringing waste avoidance and planned resource efficiency to the heart of future AESOP congresses.Item Restricted AESOP Young Academics Special Edition Call for Abstracts(Routledge : Taylor and Francis Group, 2013) Driscoll, Patrick; Galland, DanielUrban planning has dramatically shifted when compared with its former logics and styles. Increasingly, the dynamics of large urban agglomerations spanning multiple boundaries put significant pressure on planning institutions to scale up. In this shifting context, how can both planning theory and practice coevolve in adapting to the ever-increasing transformation of cities and urban regions? In this context, Planning Practice and Research (PPR) is seeking perspectives from the young academic community in planning. We propose to publish at least one special edition of PPR with a number of short papers from Young Academics. The contributions should address the question of how planning theory and practice can respond to the increasing complexity of cities and regions. We are proposing shorter contributions so that we can include a wider range of perspectives. They may of course, point to longer explanations of research published elsewhere. Otherwise the papers will have to meet the normal expectations for publication in PPR. Young academics means researchers doing their PhD and up to 5 years after finishing their PhD and young practitioners with an academic interest.Item Open Access Editorial: The AESOP best PhD Paper Prize(Emerald Publishing, 2015) Silva, ElisabeteThe Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) was founded in 1987 by a renowned group of academics from European Universities: Patsy Healey (Newcastle, UK), Klaus R. Kunzmann (Dortmund, Germany), David Massey (Liverpool, UK), Dieter Frick (Berlin, Germany), Giorgio Piccinato (Venice, Italy), Dieter Bökemann (Vienna, Austria), Willy Schmid (Zürich, Switzerland), Andreas Faludi (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Jean-Claude Hauvuy (Paris, France) and Luigi Mazza (Turin, Italy). The formal charter establishing AESOP was signed in Dortmund, Germany, in 1987 and had the following objectives & to represent the interest of planning schools in Europe in national and international administrations and organisations, particularly within Europe & to promote the development of teaching and research in the field of planning & to facilitate co-operation and exchange between planning schools in Europe, and to encourage the harmonisation and equivalence of their degrees & to articulate a European dimension within planning education as part of the process of institutional co-operation and integration within Europe, bearing in mind also the prospect of increasing professional mobility within Europe & to foster and enrich higher education in planning across Europe by mutual support, including facilitating dialogue, exchange visits and the spread of information & to defend the cause of expanding and enhancing higher education in planning & to promote a progressive approach to planning education in schools of planning by experts with a rounded view against rival claims from older-established academic units and from other disciplines and professions.Item Restricted Differences and connections: beyond universal theories in planning, urban, and heritage studies(Routledge : Taylor and Francis Group, 2016)The annual Young Academics network of the Association of European School of Planning (AESOP YA) conference, entitled Differences and Connections, was held for the first time in a Southern Italian city, Palermo, Italy, during 23–26 March 2015. The call for papers attracted a wide range of authors within the field of planning and other related fields. Forty-five contributions by young academic scholars, representing 19 countries, were selected by the conference scientific committee to critically explore the themes of the conference. Over the last few decades, cities, societies, economies and institutional arrangements have experienced momentous changes, driven by globalisation, urbanisation, migration and mobility as well as totalitarian regimes, democratisation processes and insurgencies. Scholars in planning and other related fields have engaged diverse critical debates to make sense of these trends and their impacts on spatial planning and urban governance. Several postcolonial studies reveal (Chakrabarty 2000; Santos 2010) doubts about the capacity of mainstream and other universal theories to grasp and express the specific relationships that connect global trends with local characteristics. Studies on planning cultures (Sanyal 2005; Knieling and Othengrafen 2009; Getimis 2012) and the methodological approach of phronetic research (Flyvbjerg 2004) have stressed the importance of local contextual characterisations for the production of theory. Similar approaches in critical urban studies uncover the risk for building generalisations grounded in the study of a few global cities (Amin and Graham 1997; Robinson 2011).Item Open Access Report from the 2019th Association of European schools of planning annual conference: 9–13 July 2019, Venice, Italy(Routledge : Taylor and Francis Group, 2019) Schwake, GabrielThe 2019th AESOP conference took place in Venice, on 9–13 of July. This year’s conference consisted of five intensive days that included more than 100 different panels, which consisted of thematic and special sessions, roundtables, discussions and poster presentations. Overall, more than 1000 scholars attended the 2019 AESOP, representing almost 100 different institutions word wide. The 2019th conference was overall a stimulating and intriguing event, which was further enhanced by the city of Venice, the chosen venues and the evident organization. One could only hope that future conferences will continue to embrace the same level, depth and diversity of topics, while encouraging a wider and more critical approach to the question of planning history.Item Restricted Round Table on Low Carbon Infrastructure, AESOP Congress, 10–14 July 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden(Liverpool University Press, 2019) Mukhopadhyay, Chandrima; Ho, Chin Siong; Bonvino, Gualtiero; Blyth, PascaleThe conference report presents the content of a round table on Retrofitting Cities with Low Carbon Public Transport Infrastructure organised at the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Congress, 10–14 July 2018, at Gothenburg, Sweden. The theme for the annual congress was ‘Making Space for Hope’, which could be interpreted as making spaces that are sustainable, inclusive and just in the long term, in the era of planetary urbanization and growing inequality. The four keynote speakers included Ananya Roy (UCLA, USA); John Law (Open University, UK); Ceyda Sungur (Istanbul University, Turkey) and finally Eyal Weizman (University of London, UK). The conference had a total of sixteen themes or tracks. ‘Mobilities’ and ‘Spatialities’ were two themes amongst those that attracted research on the transport sector and transit-oriented developments.1 The track on Mobilities focused on ‘making space and mobility for hope’.2 The Spatialities track explored how ‘spatial patterns of urban and regional development contribute to the making and unmaking of spaces for hope’.3 There were multiple sessions, including round tables and presentations on mobility and public transport scheduled under these two tracks. The discussions on accessibility, mobility, transit-oriented development, autonomous vehicles and self-driving buses were raised in many presentations, drawing examples from multiple contexts. There were interesting cases from various modes of public transport, including cable cars, in the context of Europe and in Latin America, addressing different socio-economic groups. The conference organisers also offered some mobile workshops, which included a tour of ‘Vastlanken – new infrastructure in perspective’.Item Open Access What’s the future for planning in a time of democratic retreat, white supremacy and silence(Routledge : Taylor and Francis Group, 2023) Grange, KristinaIt has been argued that we are witnessing an ‘antidemocratic turn’ in history, with an increase in ideologies of white supremacy and a disregard for the fundamental principles of democracy. Antidemocratic attacks are often directed, through hate and threats, towards politicians, researchers, and non-governmental organisations that engage in democratic aspects of societal development, such as critical and spatial investigations of racial discrimination, gender inequalities and human rights. The above is troubling news for a profession that often sees itself as a facilitator of democratic futures. This article shows how growing self-censorship is having real implications for planning. It is stated that the planning profession must ask itself what futures, and for whom, it is contributing to. It is argued that, as planners, we need to acknowledge that antidemocratic attacks from white supremacists stem from a colonial relationship which continues to produce violence, as well as deep inequalities around the world. It is furthermore argued that if the planning profession wants to contribute to democratic futures, it urgently needs to scrutinize how its own practices are imbued with racial capitalism. If not, the future of critical planning theory and practice comes into question. KEYWORDS: colonialism; critique; democracy; future; planning; silence; white supremacy;