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The uniqueness of the Academy (ARL) has stemmed since 1946 from close voluntary cooperation between researchers in the spatial and planning sciences and practitioners of spatial planning and development.

Joint, cross- and transdisciplinary cooperation in working groups and projects brings together the knowledge of both academia and practice. During the first decades of its existence the ARL focused primarily on German spatial planning and development.

Since the early 1990s this focus has broadened out to engage with the EU and increasing globalisation.

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userInformation and Initiative Group

Gender and Spatial Transformation

The international Information and Initiative Group is based on these potentials of gender-related research and planning practice and pursues the goal of demo

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userInternational Working Group

Gender in Spatial Development

Gender in Spatial Development – Perspectives, Similarities and Differences.

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Gender Perspectives on Energy Transition

Spatial Transformation Processes of Energy Transition – Analytical and Design Perspectives from Gender Studies in Spatial Planning

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InDaLE

Innovative approaches to services of general interest in rural areas. What Germany can learn from the experience of other european countries.

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userInternational Working Group

Land Policies in Europe

Challenges of land policy. An international working group.

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LAND4FLOOD: Natural Flood Retention on Private Land

Which synergies can be identified between different land uses and the provision of flood storage and ecosystem services?

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Lunch Talks

The ARL Lunch Talks are a newly introduced, regularly occurring online-event series taking place at lunchtime.

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Next Generation Forum

The "Next Generation Forum" is an innovative network for young people active in spatial planning science and practice.

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userGerman Working Group

Onshore wind power

Ad Hoc Working Group on ‘The energy transition on land: spatial development challenges resulting from the 2% plan’ Germany’s coalition government r

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Pandemics and Spatial Development

The ARL has set up an inter- and transdisciplinary ad hoc working group on "Pandemics and Spatial Development".

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userInternational Working Group

Planning Theories

A current inventory of the state of the art in international planning theory. A basis for further professional discourse.

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POUNDER

Pollution in urban ponds, eco-evolutionary dynamics and ecosystem resilience

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Reactivation of railway lines as an instrument of integrated spatial development

Focus of Working Group Approximately 15,000 km of railway lines were taken out of service in Germany between 1955 and 2019, but in recent deca

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Regional Inequality in Germany: Assessment, Drivers and Consequences (REINING)

In cooperation with Prof. Dr. Sebastian Siegloch (ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research), the ARL is working on part of the Leib

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userInternational Working Group

Resilient Metropolitan Regions – Spatial Planning and Management for Urban Transformation

The central objective of the working group is to make progress on questions of increasing resilience in spatial development using the example of selected met

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userInternational Working Group

Small towns and metropolitan cores: towards cooperation?

Small towns and metropolitan cores: towards cooperation? A European perspective.

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Socially responsible research: design, impact analysis, quality assurance (LeNa Shape)

Science impacts society, causing change. Scientists thus always bear responsibility for self-critical reflection on their role and impact.

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Spatial Planning and Research in Europe after 1945

Spatial planning is typically European in its attempt to shape the development of societies by ordering their territories.

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Summer School 2022 - Spatial Justice

Exploring Spatial Justice in times of disruptions

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Summer School 2023 - Digital Cities

The topic of the summer school is “A CONTESTED RELATIONSHIP? Urbanisation & the Digital, vs. Digitalisation & the Urban”.

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Summer School 2024: Spatial Transformation from a Planning Perspective

Spatial transformation holds a central role in addressing the multifaceted challenges of the 21st century, extending beyond the pressing concerns of climate

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userGerman Working Group

The future of planning

The challenges The modern political and administrative system of spatial planning arose in the 20th century, initially in response

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The potential of gender studies in analysing and shaping spatial transformation processes in the energy transition

The potential of gender studies in analysing and shaping spatial transformation processes in the energy transition (subproject 1)The energy tra

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userGerman Working Group

The protection and development of open space in spatial planning

Working Group on ‘The protection and development of open space in spatial planning: innovative approaches in the context of sustainable development of settl

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userGerman Working Group

The role of spatial planning and spatial development in the search for a radioactive waste repository in Germany

The Working Group on ‘The role of spatial planning and spatial development in the search for a radioactive waste repository in Germany’ began its work in May