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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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20th Young Academics AESOP Conference Successfully Completed
Saturday, 28 March 2026 17:06
The 20th Young Academics AESOP Conference , organized by the Faculty of Architecture at the Czech Technical University...
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AESOP Young Academics Coordination Team Elections 2026: Stand, Vote, Shape Our Future
Saturday, 28 February 2026 14:03
Every year, the AESOP Young Academics Network holds democratic elections to welcome new members onto our Coordination...
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Announcing Our New YA Blog Editors
Monday, 02 March 2026 14:28
We are delighted to announce two new editors of the AESOP Young Academics Blog. We thank everyone who applied for this...
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AESOP Young Academics Network at WPSC 2026
Saturday, 28 February 2026 14:04
The AESOP Young Academics Network (YAN) is thrilled to share our programme of six events at the 6th World Planning...
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The Lisbon Early-Career Workshop in Urban Studies
Thursday, 26 February 2026 11:58
The Lisbon Early-Career Workshop in Urban Studies (6th edition) will be held November 4–6, 2026 at the Institute of...
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Fraudulent Email Warning – AESOP YA PhD Conference 2026
Wednesday, 18 February 2026 15:21
We have been informed that a fraudulent email is currently circulating regarding the AESOP Young Academics PhD...

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An Interdisciplinary Journey
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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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Collaborative housing projects as neighbourhood micro-planners
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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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Planning the Invisible – Part I
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