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We promote international exchange in spatial sciences and practice.

Our platform connects excellent knowledge, transferable questions, practical recommendations, and expertise from both science and practice across Europe and beyond.

This dynamic approach fosters cross-border perspectives and transdisciplinary solutions, addressing the increasingly important challenges of our time.

Latest News

08/04/2025

The Winners of the Photo Contest 2025 "Future Now!"

For the ARL Photo Contest 2025, we invited participants to capture the socio-ecological transformation through images.

07/04/2025

University of Coimbra Hosts Intensive Programme on Migration, Displacement, and Health

The University of Coimbra will host a Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) titled "Migration, Displacement, and Health" from June 23-27, 2025, in Coimbra, Portugal.

19/03/2025

Webinar Series on European Perspectives on Justice Issues in Socio-Spatial Change – Part 3

The ARL, in collaboration with the Regional Studies Association (RSA), is organising a three-part webinar series as part of the RSA City and Regional Sustainability Transitions Webinars. The second part will take place on April 15^th 2025, on the topic of Urban Planning for Health Equity.

12/03/2025

Open Access Book of the ARL IAK “Land Policies in Europe” Presented at PLPR Conference

The Open Access book "Land Policies in Europe", supported by the ARL and originating from the ARL’s international working group (IAK) of the same name, was presented at the International Academic Conference on Planning, Law, and Property Rights on March 7 in Cardiff – in the week of its publication.

11/03/2025

illustrative graphic for the project Planners' Forum

Calling all spatial planners in the Baltic Sea Region: your expertise counts!

Are you working in spatial planning and interested in cross-country collaboration? We invite you to take part in a short survey to help shape the future 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺.

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Who we are

The ARL – Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association is the central platform and professional voice of spatial science research and practice. As a social research infrastructure, we bring together recognised experts on socially relevant topics.

We provide our members and all participants in our network with the human and financial resources necessary for inter- and transdisciplinary cooperation, the synthesis of spatial knowledge and the effective transfer of results. In this way, we tackle current issues of sustainable spatial development in an integrated, multidisciplinary and practice-orientated manner.

This inter- and transdisciplinary approach characterises all our activities, events and publications with the aim of stimulating forward-thinking change and actively shaping the process of spatial transformation.

The ARL is a member of the Leibniz Assoctiation.

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