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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

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Program Book: AESOP Annual Congress 2025
(AESOP, 2025)
This programme book presents the schedule of the AESOP Annual Congress 2025, held in Istanbul from 7 to 11 July 2025. It includes the congress sessions organised by tracks, parallel sessions, special sessions, roundtables, online sessions and special events. The programme lists session titles, dates, times, rooms, chairs, organisers, contributors, paper IDs, authors and presentation titles. The thematic scope covers post-growth urbanism, planning and law, mobility, governance, environment and climate, urban cultures and lived heritage, inclusion, education and skills, urban futures, planning theories, emerging technologies, disaster-resilient planning, housing and shelter, ethics and values in planning, property market actors, food, public space and tourism.
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Book of Abstracts – AESOP Annual Congress 2025 Transformative Action in an Age of Planetary Crisis
(AESOP, 2025) Casavola, Donato; van der Hoeven, Frank; Radisavljević, Ljiljana
This volume contains the abstracts presented at the AESOP Annual Congress 2025, held in Istanbul, Türkiye, from 7–11 July 2025. Under the theme Planning as a Transformative Action in an Age of Planetary Crisis, the congress explored the role of planning in addressing complex environmental, social, economic, and political challenges. The collection brings together contributions from scholars, researchers, practitioners, and students covering a wide range of topics, including climate change adaptation, sustainability transitions, housing, mobility, governance, spatial justice, urban cultures and heritage, planning education, and regional development. Through keynote lectures, roundtables, special sessions, thematic tracks, and networking events, the volume reflects contemporary debates on transformative planning and highlights diverse approaches to fostering more just, resilient, and sustainable futures.
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Book of Proceedings : Planning as a Transformative Action in an Age of Planetary Crisis, 7-11th July 2025
(AESOP, 2025) Enlil, Zeynep; Dinçer, İclal
This volume contains the proceedings of the AESOP Conference Planning as a Transformative Action in an Age of Planetary Crisis, held from 7 to 11 July 2025. The conference brought together researchers, educators, practitioners, and early-career scholars from across the world to reflect on the role of planning in addressing the interconnected environmental, social, economic, and political challenges that characterize the contemporary planetary condition. The contributions collected in this volume explore how planning theory, research, education, and practice can support transformative action in response to climate change, biodiversity loss, resource scarcity, social inequalities, housing crises, demographic change, digital transformation, and growing geopolitical uncertainty. The papers discuss innovative planning approaches, governance arrangements, participatory methods, spatial justice perspectives, sustainability transitions, and emerging forms of territorial and urban development. Particular attention is given to the capacity of planning to foster resilience, inclusiveness, and long-term sustainability while responding to rapidly changing local and global contexts. Reflecting the interdisciplinary character of AESOP, the proceedings encompass a broad range of thematic areas, methodological approaches, and geographical perspectives. Together, the contributions provide a comprehensive overview of current debates in planning scholarship and demonstrate how planning can act as a transformative force in addressing the complex challenges of an age increasingly defined by planetary crises.
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Counteracting Digital Divides through a Place-based Inclusion Process. Insights from an Ongoing Research Project
(AESOP, 2025) Caciagli, Carlotta; Piscitelli, Paola; Sabatinelli, Stefania; Savoldi, Paola; Toldi, Aubrey
The inclusion paradigm raises a paradoxical question: how inclusive is inclusion in contexts marked by deep socio-economic vulnerability? Digitalization—especially through the “smart city” model—claims to promote inclusion but often reinforces inequality by placing responsibility on individuals and ignoring structural barriers. Drawing on the ‘(E)Welfare in the City’ project in Rozzano, south of Milan—part of Italy’s PNRR-funded M.U.S.A. program—this paper rethinks digital inclusion through ecological thinking. By combining insights from urban planning, sociology, and design, the project co-designs inclusive digital solutions with both youth and older residents, at the same time leveraging Rozzano’s strong local networks that everyday address pressing challenges such as poverty, school dropout, and demographic complexity. The goal is to create place-based, equitable digital futures that respond to the lived realities of marginalized communities.
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Complex System Conservation Technology for Spatial Cultural Heritage Networks: A Case Study of Qinghai Province, China
(AESOP, 2025) Ma, Chao; Wu, Zuobin; Wei, Yimin
Qinghai Province, on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, hosts 517 national/provincial heritage sites across 720,000 km², with spatial dispersion challenging conservation. Shifting from single-site models, current research stresses interconnectedness and systemic risks but lacks dynamic modeling and value quantification. This study uses ArcGIS, spatial syntax, and AI-driven multidimensional models (cultural value, environmental vulnerability, social connectivity) to analyze spatial distributions. For the first time, we identify hierarchical structures and vulnerability patterns, yielding three outcomes: (1) a five-tier vulnerability classification framework; (2) a “Three Cores, Three Belts” conservation network; and (3) pathways for heritage activation. These findings advance UNESCO’s “Cultural-Natural Symbiosis” agenda, addressing plateau conservation challenges through an integrated technical system (spatial analysis, risk simulation, decision support), positioning Qinghai as a potential International Demonstration Zone for plateau heritage conservation.