About our group

• Public Space and Urban Cultures

  AESOP Thematic Group on Public Spaces and Urban Cultures has been initiated in 2009 by Sabine Knierbein, Ceren Sezer and Chiara Tornaghi after the Annual Meeting of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) in Liverpool (UK) in 2009. In April 2010 the initiative has been recognised as new Thematic Group Public Spaces and Urban Cultures by AESOP. The aim of the group is to settle the research and design focus on Public Space and Urban Cultures as well in other related disciplines.

  Themes of Investigation

  - Issues of artistic and intellectual practices and urban planning

   - Emerging urban cultures and socio-spatial practices in public spaces

    - Academic education approaches regarding urban cultures and public spaces that challenge sectorial rationalities of particular disciplines

   

  Coordinators

  Sabine Knierbein (Vienna University of Technology, Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space, Austria)
  Ceren Sezer (Delft University of Technology, Chair of Spatial Planning and Strategy, The Netherlands)
  Chiara Tornaghi (University of Leeds, Faculty of Environment, School of Geography, United Kingdom)

  How do we work?

  With these three strands of research highlighted above, this thematic group encourages a systematic discussion on theory and practice of urban cultures and public spaces within the AESOP planning community. By doing so, we aim to initiate further collaborations in building and implementing a change in contemporary fragmented research agendas regarding the interface of both thematic fields, to foster experimental and innovative programmes in planning education as well as committing ourselves to a range of publications for the planning community.

  How to get involved?

  We welcome enthusiast participants from the Aesop community and beyond, to join this group and to take active role in co-organising conference sessions, methodology workshops, summer schools or working meetings for the development of a common research proposal.

  To get involved, please visit our website http://publicspaces-urbancultures.wikispaces.com/Home

  and contact us (PSUCnetwork@gmail.com)

Coordinated by: Ms Ceren Sezer