The members of the thematic group meet every half year. Together they explore linkages between spatial planning, non-linearity and the science of complexity, processes of adaptivity, mechanisms of self-organization, transformation towards a resilient society, transition managemant and many more issues. Out of various events (Vienna, Reading, Cardiff, Mexico City, Cambridge, Stuttgart, Milano, Tessalonici, Stockholm,  Istanbul, Groningen) two books have emerged:

• De Roo, G & E.S. Silva (2010) A Planner's Encounter with Complexity, Ashgate Publishers, Farnham (UK)
• De Roo, G., J. Hillier & J.E. Van Wezemael (2012) Complexity & Planning: Systems, Assemblages and Simulations, Ashgate Publishers, Farnham (UK)

The 2nd and 3rd of May 2013 the University of Aveiro, Portugal, hosted the 11^th meeting AESOP's thematic group on Complexity & Planning. A committed group of planners and urban designers from Europe and North-America had an intense dialogue on the relation between the concept of self-organization and planning. How to understand this concept in a socio-spatial context? To what extent can processes of self-organization be identified in spatial systems and networks? And what are the possible insights gained for planning theory and practice? 

A special word of gratitude goes to Paulo Silva for organizing the event.

Update:

- Powerpoints presentations are published online. Video recordings will follow soon

16^th and 17^th of November the 10th meeting of the Thematic Group on Complexity and Planning was held in Groningen, The Netherlands. The theme of the event was ‘Complexity and the collaborative reationale to planning’. A keynote presentation was given by prof Judith Innes, Berkeley University, US. The event was hosted by the Department of Spatial Planning & Environment, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen.

All video recordings of the paper presentations as well as the powerpoint files are now avaliable.

The powerpoints of the workshop are now available

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VIIth AESOP WORKSHOP Thematic Group on Planning and Complexity
Milan, 22 - 23 February 2008 Politecnico di Milano - Dipartimento di Architettura...

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Powerpoint presentations at Cambridge (.pdf downloadable):

Elisabete Silva - (Department of Land Economy, Cambridge University , Cambridge ,...

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Host:
Centre of Planning Studies
Department of Real Estate and Planning
Reading University
Participants:
Angelique Chettipramba
Jean...