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Roundtable at WPSC 2026 — Moving forward with Conversations in Planning: encounters with John Forester, and more
Thursday, 28 May 2026 11:38
AESOP Young Academics Network invites participants at WPSC 2026 to join a special roundtable dedicated to the...
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Roundtable at WPSC 2026 — Regional Networks and Global Alliances - Connecting the Next Generation in Planning Academia
Thursday, 28 May 2026 11:36
AESOP Young Academics Network is pleased to participate in a roundtable discussion on regional networks and global...
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Education and Skills Track at WPSC 2026: Democratic Self-Organization in Planning Education
Thursday, 28 May 2026 11:35
Democratic Self-Organization in Planning EducationAESOP Young Academics Network (YAN) will participate in the...
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AESOP YA Social Event at WPSC 2026
Thursday, 28 May 2026 11:32
Following the AESOP Young Academics General Assembly at WPSC 2026, young academics are warmly invited to continue the...
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AESOP YA General Assembly at WPSC 2026
Thursday, 28 May 2026 11:31
The AESOP Young Academics Network warmly invites young planning academics from around the world to join the AESOP YA...
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Meet the new members of the AESOP YA Coordination Team 2026–2028!
Tuesday, 19 May 2026 10:06
Meet the new members of the AESOP YA Coordination Team 2026–2028! Congratulations to our newly elected members:...
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VOTING STARTED: AESOP YA COORDINATION TEAM 2026-2028
Tuesday, 21 April 2026 10:06
We are excited to announce that we have 12 candidates running for the AESOP Young Academics Coordination Team, and the...
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CALL EXTENDED - Call for Nominations and Elections: AESOP Young Academics Network Coordination Team Members 2026-2028
Friday, 10 April 2026 16:34
Dear Young Academics, Are you passionate about shaping the future of planning academia? Do you have innovative ideas...
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DEADLINE EXTENDED: AESOP IIT DELHI SOPP - UCL BSP WORKSHOP, 2026
Thursday, 02 April 2026 11:24
for PhD candidates, Post-doctoral and Early-Career researchers Association of European Schools of Planning, Young...
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Call for Nominations and Elections: AESOP Young Academics Network Coordination Team Members 2026-2028
Tuesday, 31 March 2026 14:07
Dear Young Academics, Are you passionate about shaping the future of planning academia? Do you have innovative ideas...
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⁠Bari to Host the 21st YA AESOP Conference 2027
Saturday, 28 March 2026 17:32
We are pleased to announce that the 21st Young Academics AESOP Conference will take place in Bari, Italy , around...
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Call for Papers: Special Issue – Urban Interactions Revisited
Saturday, 28 March 2026 17:37
A Special Issue of plaNext – Next Generation Planning , published by the Association of European Schools of Planning...

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05 May 2026
An Interdisciplinary Journey
Planning, city, and society
I came to my PhD topic, the ethics of architecture, through a slightly winding route. My academic background is in political science and political theory, with a particular interest in democratic theory and applied ethics. Within that broad field, ho...
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22 April 2026
Collaborative housing projects as neighbourhood micro-planners
Collaborative housing projects as neighbourhood micro-planners
Planning, city, and society
Collaborative housing (CH) is a commonly used umbrella term for all housing projects with at least some degree of collaboration between residents. Collaboration may refer to common ownership, building and design, activities, shared spaces, and more. ...
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23 March 2026
Planning the Invisible – Part I
Planning the Invisible – Part I
Beyond planning
On Emotional Mapping, Spatial Identity, and Urban Memory Cities are often explained through drawings. Maps, boundaries, planning notes, legends. The language of planning naturally relies on what is visible, because what can be seen can also be measur...
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