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I - AESOP | Association of European Schools of Planning
Promoting Excellence in Planning Education and Research
II - Events
Congresses, Workshops, Meetings, Lectures and Summer School Events
III - Excellence in Planning Education
Safeguarding the development of AESOP’s Quality Recognition Programme
IV - Awards
Awards in Teaching, Best Published Paper, Best Congress Paper
V - Journals
International, peer-reviewed, open-access journals
VI - YA Network | AESOP Young Academics Network
Encouraging the active participation and exchange of academic work from PhD students and Early-Stage Researchers
VII - Thematic Groups
Working groups on specific themes, established in order to create more effective platforms for debate and discussion amongst AESOP members

Recent Submissions

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Bridging global and local agendas: Reflections on AESOP’s engagement in GPEAN and HABITAT-UNI (2019–2025)
(Taylor & Francis, 2025) Silva, Paulo
This reflective article examines AESOP’s engagement in the Global Planning Education Association Network (GPEAN) and its collaboration with UN-Habitat through the HABITAT-UNI initiative between 2019 and 2025. Written from the perspective of AESOP’s representative to GPEAN, the paper discusses how academic networks contribute to global sustainability agendas through knowledge exchange, planning education, policy engagement, and international collaboration. The article reviews AESOP’s role in strengthening interregional cooperation, supporting network governance, participating in World Urban Forum activities, and fostering dialogue between planning schools and international policy organisations. It concludes by identifying future priorities for planning education, including sustainability, equity, digital collaboration, capacity building, and stronger academic–policy linkages.
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Building institutional capacity in academic associations: Reframing treasury as a strategic function in AESOP (Association of European School of Planning)
(Taylor & Francis, 2026) Perrone, Camilla
This article examines the transformation of the treasury function within AESOP (Association of European Schools of Planning) during the 2021–2025 mandate. Drawing on internal reports, audit documents, governance materials and the legacy of the AEKOM digital transition project, the paper argues that treasury reform should be understood as part of a broader process of institutional capacity building. The analysis highlights how financial reorganisation intersects with infrastructural, normative and constitutional development, including the implementation of open-source digital infrastructures, the adoption of the AESOP Core Curriculum (2024), and the update of the AESOP Charter (2023). The article concludes that professionalising technical financial management can strengthen institutional autonomy, provided that strategic decision-making remains anchored in AESOP’s mission, governance structures, digital infrastructures and collective leadership.
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AESOP Young Academics Conference 2026 – Sessions
(AESOP, 2026)
Detailed session programme of the 20th AESOP Young Academics Conference held in Prague, Czech Republic, in March 2026. The document presents parallel thematic sessions, session chairs, presentation titles, authors, and affiliations across four conference tracks: Proximity and Permeability Revisited, Flows and Connections Revisited, Governance and Tools Revisited, and Inclusion and Dynamics Revisited. Contributions address a wide range of contemporary planning topics, including urban governance, social inclusion, housing, mobility, public space, environmental justice, digital technologies, placemaking, migration, accessibility, sustainability, and urban resilience.
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AESOP Young Academics Conference 2026 Programme
(AESOP, 2026)
Programme of the 20th AESOP Young Academics Conference held in Prague, Czech Republic, from 18 to 21 March 2026. The programme includes registration, opening ceremony, keynote lectures, thematic sessions, editors’ session, mobile workshop, social programme, conference dinner, city tour, excursions, closing session, YA Assembly, and the Best Paper Prize ceremony. Keynote speakers include Luca Bertolini, Tanu Priya Uteng, Jakub Vorel, and Veronika Šindlerová. The programme also contains information on session tracks, venues, chairs, and conference activities hosted at CTU and CULS.
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Standard Operating Procedure (SOP): Procedure for Selecting 45 Extended Abstracts + 15 Waiting List (Weighted Percentile-Based Method)
(AESOP, 2026)
Standard Operating Procedure describing the methodology used for the selection of extended abstracts submitted to the YA AESOP 2026 PhD Conference. The document defines reviewer roles, evaluation criteria, scoring methodology, percentile-weighted assessment procedures, domain-aware review allocation, proportional quota allocation, waiting-list procedures, adjudication processes, and equity checks. The SOP was developed to ensure a rigorous, transparent, reproducible, and bias-resistant selection process for conference submissions.