2012 - 7th AESOP Heads od Schools Meeting, Oslo (Norway) 4th - 5th May
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Item Restricted How to Manage Planning Schools in Times of Crisis – Lessons Learned over 25 Years of Experience: Report on the 7th AESOP Heads of Schools Meeting(Taylor & Francis, 2012) Cotella, Giancarlo; Mironowicz, IzabelaThis report summarizes the 7th AESOP Heads of Schools meeting held in May 2012 in Norway, as part of AESOP's Silver Jubilee activities. The meeting focused on strategies for managing planning schools amidst internal and external crises. Discussions explored challenges such as adapting to financial constraints, institutional reform, increased competition, and the need for improved cooperation between schools. Workshops addressed the role of the AESOP Experts Pool, institutional contexts, and the balance between competition and collaboration. The event concluded with the proposal of new strategic directions for AESOP and planning education. The meeting underscored the importance of shared experiences, academic resilience, and the role of planning schools as bridges between education and practice.Item Open Access Agenda : 2012 AESOP SIlver Jubilee(AESOP, 2012)AESOP2012: Head of Schools meeting in Oslo, Norway Thursday 3rd of May 09:30 The group gathers at the Reception Desk, Hotel Thon Panorama for joint departure to ExCo-meeting at EBY 10:00 - 16:00 ExCo-meeting in Oslo - ExCo members only Place: EBY 20:00 - 21:30 Welcome reception - All HoS participants Place: The Ministry of Environment, Oslo city centre Friday 4th of May: 09:45 – 10:00: Registration with coffee 10:00 – 10:20: Welcome AESOP Kristina L. Nilsson, President Ruth Haug, Prodirector of UMB Eva Irene Falleth, Head of Department of Landscape Architecture and Spacial Planning 10:20 – 11:00: Planning and market – successful interaction for urban development Key note speaker: Colin Jones, Professor of Estate Management, Institute for Housing, Urban and Real Estate Research, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland 11:00 – 11:20: Coffee break 11: 20 – 11:30: Results from earlier Head of Schools meetings Kristina L. Nilsson 11:30 – 13:30: Managing Planning Schools in a time of external and internal strains - Planning schools in crisis or wealth Silvia Saccomani, Professor, DIST Politecnico di Tori, Italy Chris Webster, Professor, Cardiff University, United Kingdom - How to manage a planning school with great external cooperation Didier Paris, Professor, Institut d'Aménagment et Urbanisme de Lille, France - How to manage a planning school under substantial internal change (merging or dividing departments) Hans Mastop, Professor, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nederland 13:30 – 14:30: Lunch 14:30 – 14:45: Introduction of the method of Europe Café Kristina L. Nilsson 14:45 – 17:30: Parallel workshops 1: Experts pool – quality and expertise of planning schools Maros Finka, Professor, STU Bratislava, Slovac Republic 2: Institutional context – how to manage a planning school Pantoleon Skayannis, Professor, University of Thessaly, Department of Planning, Greece Giancarlo Cotella, Doctor, Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento Interateneo di Scienze, Progetto e Politiche del Territorio (DIST), Italy 3: Cooperation – Competition and competition between planning schools Andrea Frank, Doctor, Cardiff University , United Kingdom Piotr Lorens, Doctor, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland Coffee break during the workshops 17:30 – 18:30: Plenum: Results from the workshops Conclusions and recommendations to the AESOP Executive Committee 18:30: Jubilee event with Aperitif (2nd floor, Yellow room, The Economy building, no 27) 19:30: Conference dinner (2nd floor, Economy Cafeteria, The Economy building) 22:30: Buss returns to Oslo Central Station (waiting outside The Economy building) Saturday 5th of May: Parallel activities in the morning: CoRep meeting (A) and Mobile Workshop (B) 10:00 – 13:00: A: AESOP Council of Representative meeting in the Agency for Planning and Building Services (Vahls gate 1,Oslo) 10:00 – 13:00: B: Mobile Workshop in the Oslo Harbour Area (for those not attending the CoRep meeting) Meeting point for the Mobile Workshop will be announced on the 4th of May 13:00 : Bus leaving from Mobile Workshop area for joint lunch 13:00 – 14:00: Joint lunch CoRep’s and Mobile Workshop participants meet for joint lunch in the Department of Oslo Planning and Building Authority 14:00 – 16:00: Lectures on Oslo Waterfront Development - Successful joint venture or costly compromises? Ellen de Vibe, Executive Director of Oslo Planning Agency - Financing public goods in urban redevelopment: models and mechanisms Ove Ellingsen, Executive Director EBY 17:00 – 18:00: Walk in the Harbour Area - Optional for CoReps that are still around Guided tour by Eva Irene Falleth and Berit Irene Nordahl 19:00 – 22:00: Oslo Fjord boat trip