The aim of the group is to contribute to the creation and maintenance of a network of lecturers and researchers, who are willing to explore and debate new developments influencing both planning theory and practice in the light of complexity, complexity thinking and complex systems.

Coordinated by: Prof. Dr. Gert de Roo

The GOAL: improve the communication and the knowledge between AESOP members on what is the state of the art, the methodologies and the practice of New Technologies in Planning.

Coordinated by: Dr. Elisabete A. Silva

Law is an essential element of planning. Statutory law, as interpreted by the courts, defines planning powers, the planning process, and the mandatory elements of binding development plans. Although the law often attributes a wide margin of discretion to the planning authority, it also limits planning powers for the protection of individual rights.

Coordinated by: Dr. Leonie Janssen-Jansen

Aim of this group is to contribute to the creation and maintenance of a network of researchers and lecturers who are involved in issues of transnational and cross-border planning. This network could be used for many different things. It can be used to share and discuss research results, to learn about each others teaching in this field, to start transnational research projects among different members of the network, to take the initiative to publish research results, to comment on transnational and cross-border planning initiatives etc.

Coordinated by: Jochem de Vries

The main intention of the urban design group is to develop a better understanding of status of urban design within planning education across Europe, and of its relationship to both the professional disciplines of planning and architecture.

Coordinated by: Dr. Alan Reeve

The GOAL of this group is to create and grow a network of researchers interested in the complex interlinkages between transport behaviour, transport infrastructure, the role of technology, sustainability, governance structures and interventions.

Coordinated by: Angela Hull

This TG is based on the contention that research into planning raises ethical issues which are distinctive enough to warrant more attention than the routine references to standard social science discussions which are the usual responses of research monographs and doctoral theses.

Coordinated by: Francesco Lo Piccolo

The AESOP Thematic Group on Resilience and Risk Mitigation Strategies has the overall aim to strengthen communication about relationships between risk management and planning at European Level

Coordinated by: Prof. Dr. Murat Balamir

French and British Planning Studies Group

Groupe d'Etudes sur l'Urbanisme Français et Britannique

Coordinated by: dr lauren andres

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Coordinated by: Angela Hull

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Coordinated by: Prof. Francesco Domenico Moccia

Aims

This Group aims to bring together academics, policy-makers and practitioners from an international audience and provide a forum for discussion and development of sustainable food systems.  Fashioning a sustainable food system is one of the most compelling challenges of the 21st Century.  Because of its multi-functional character, food is an ideal medium through which to design sustainable places, be they urban, rural or per-urban places.

Meetings

Meetings are held annually, hosted in different cities.  The three meetings that have been held so far have attracted between 80-100 participants and discussed a wide variety of issues within sustainable food planning.  Further details of keynote speakers and all of the meeting presentations can be found in the blog posts.

Coordinated by: Prof. Kevin Morgan

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

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

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