1988 The Environment in Planning Education, Dortmund, Germany, 10-12 November
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Item Open Access Leaflet of the 2nd Annual AESOP Congress The Environment in Planning Education, 1988(AESOP, 1988)Association of European Schools Of Planning Universität Dortmund About AESOP The reasons for establishing AESOP are among others: 1. There is little comparative information about planning schools in Europe. As a rule one knows very little about curricula, aims, research, degrees, professional career prospects and the relation between educational provision and the structure of planning in each country 2. Given the small number of planning schools in most European countries (Britain is an exception), there is a need for a network of European allies to find international support and backing. The discipline which is still young and emerging needs the confidence which an international alliance can foster. 3. The increasing economic integration of Europe will also have an effect on the job market for planners. It will encourage planners to work outside their own country, and require a better knowledge of planning-related conditions and systems in other European countries. 4. Planning problems and environmental issues in all European countries have become much more internationalized. Euro- pean policies effect local and regional economic development and have an impact on the environment. Consequently planning schools have to introduce a more intemnational dimension into planning curricula. The AESOP network is one means to communicate ideas and approaches about how this may be done. 5. By creating a European network of those involved in planning education, opportunities are created which may lead to new comparative research within Europe, lead to the exchange of staff and students and to mutual visits of student groups 6. The policy of the European Commission of intensifying the exchange of students within its members countries will require mutual recognition of credits, of academic degrees and diplomas. AESOP could contribute to facilities such mutual re- cognition by better and comparative information. 7. In Europe, the development of planning knowledge, theory and method is hampered by language constraints. The AESOP network and its activities should encourage communication in other than our respective mother tongues, thus contributing to more cross-national communication and the consolidation of planning as a discipline.