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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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The Insufficient Role of Urban Form and Its Uses in Baseline Assessments of Urban Plans in France
(AESOP, 2025) Picard, Grégoire; Fusco, Giovanni; Zaza, Ornella
When broadly defined, urban form is a key dimension of planning, directly tied to the challenges of 21st-century urbanization. In France, municipalities and metropolitan areas use the Local Urban Plan (PLU) as a powerful tool to move beyond outdated functionalist approaches. For these plans to engage meaningfully with urban form, however, their baseline assessments must identify the strengths and weaknesses of built forms and their multiple connections to related issues. Yet the French Urban Planning Code remains vague on both the content and methodology of such assessments, resulting in varied and often inconsistent practices. A comparative textual analysis, supported by an analytical grid applied to diagnostics from Lille, Bordeaux, and Lyon, shows that urban form is generally reduced to physical features of the built environment. However, it belongs to a broader systemic perspective, which is unevenly recognized across the documents. The absence of standardized protocols, spatial analyses, and detailed cartography reflects the lack of a shared framework—ultimately limiting these cities’ ability to produce robust, spatially informed strategies.
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Pathways to Urban Resilience: Tactical Urbanism vs. Transdisciplinary Approaches
(AESOP, 2025) Özdamar, Esen Gökçe
This article explores how tactical urbanism and transdisciplinary approaches intersect in fostering urban resilience within Türkiye’s evolving planning context. Tactical urbanism, characterised by small-scale, low-cost, and community-led interventions, promotes rapid adaptation and public engagement. In contrast, transdisciplinary approaches integrate diverse disciplines and stakeholder perspectives to address systemic urban challenges through long-term, collaborative strategies. Drawing on international frameworks and Turkish case studies—including Istanbul’s parklet projects and İzmir’s public space renewals—the study reveals that combining these two methods can bridge the gap between experimentation and institutional transformation. It argues that fostering synergy between grassroots initiatives and structured collaboration enables adaptive, inclusive, and context-sensitive urban resilience. Ultimately, integrating both approaches supports sustainable, participatory, inclusive and regenerative urban futures.