CC BY 4.0Alterman, Rachelle2017-10-092017-10-0920172566-214710.24306/TrAESOP.2017.01.001https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14235/852https://doi.org/10.24306/TrAESOP.2017.01.001Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning; Volume 1 / Issue 1 / June 2017; page 1-17The years 2016–2017 have opened up a dream-world set of opportunities for the planning profession. To what extent are planning education and the global planning profession intrinsically ready to take up these opportunities, and are there prices to be paid?enopenaccessFrom a minor to a major profession: Can planning and planning theory meet the challenges of globalisation?article1-17