2009 Why can't the future be more like the past? Liverpool, United Kingdom, 15th - 18th July
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Item Restricted Echoes from the Liverpool congress(Taylor and Francis, 2009)This article offers a comprehensive reflection on the 23rd AESOP Congress held in Liverpool in July 2009, themed "Why can't the future be more like the past?" It recounts the academic and social dimensions of the event, hosted by the University of Liverpool’s Department of Civic Design in celebration of its centenary. With over 500 participants and 393 papers presented across 121 sessions, the congress fostered discussions on planning history, contemporary challenges, and future directions in spatial planning. Keynotes addressed Liverpool’s urban transformation and strategic development. The article also highlights the PhD Workshop in Manchester and the AESOP Prizes for excellence in teaching and best paper publication. The Excellence in Teaching Prize was jointly awarded to the Universities of Brest and Liverpool for their collaborative EU-focused course, while Michael Hebbert received the Best Paper Prize for his work on green space transformation in urban planning. Dave Shaw and Cecilia Wong – authors of the section describing the Congress itself. Dave Shaw was Chair of the Conference Organising Committee. Cecilia Wong was Chair of the PhD Workshop. Francesco Lo Piccolo – author of the report on the Excellence in Teaching Prize 2009 (Chair of the Jury). Peter Næss – author of the report on the Best Paper Prize (Chair of the committee).Item Open Access Item Open Access The President’s View: On The Uniqueness of Planning Knowledge and the Challenge of its Valorisation(AESOP, 2009) Salet, WillemAs the President of AESOP, I am very pleased with the privilege to give a reflective view on the state of our profession, in particular on the uniqueness of planning knowledge and the challenges it faces with respect to social and scientific valorization. Planning studies are deeply rooted in practice. Taking this as a point of departure, I will demonstrate the uniqueness of the planning knowledge, which highly differs from all other disciplines. I will further argue that in the present context of governance, the academic organization of planning is getting more and more interwoven with other disciplines. Finally, I will argue that as a result of all this, planning studies face the challenge of double valorization: both in practices and in the scientific world. I will conclude that the planning community qualifies very well for the first part of this challenge but we should make more progress with the second. For this reason, I see it as a crucial mission to put the scientific valorisation more prominently on the agenda of AESOP.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 Open Access The Affordable House Band : Live Forever at AESOP Royal Daffodil Mersey Cruise(2009) Sykes, Olivier; Lord, AlexAHB provided the entertainment for close to 250 of the 550 participants in the 23rd Congress of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) final social event - a cruise on the Mersey on board the Royal Daffodil on Saturday 18 July 2009. Here performing Live Forever - without bass player Chris and drummer Graham. Some sporting AHB 2009 World Tour T-shirts ... available since AHB performed the concluding gig at AESOP Young Academics social at Hannah's, Leece Street, Liverpool on 16 July. [With eternal thanks to Paula Posas for wielding the video camera].